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NYT Crossword — March 11, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

38 clues
1U.S.'s oldest continuous women's professional sports org.
5Sample sake, say
8___ salmon
14They're mined, all mined!
15Kissing on a park bench, e.g., for short
16"Fingers crossed!"
17Gives a thumbs-up
19Take to the sky
20Vex
21Pollen producer
23Texter's "I can't believe this"
24Made a scene?
26"I cannot ___ anybody anything; I can only make them think": Socrates
30"Hijack" actor Idris
32"Nope!"
34Middling mark
35Recruit successfully, as a reluctant participant
37Signs of spring
39At the moment
41Finger foods served on a toothpick, maybe
42"Taste the rainbow" candy
44Perplex
45Sunbather's goal
46First-person shooter video game franchise
4799% fat-free, say
48Jazz legend Shaw
50Gave it a go
52Surveillance device, informally
55Followed the leader
57Plenty o'
59Road sign with a unidirectional arrow
62Compliment on the green
64The Blenheim in England, for one
65"___ soon?"
66Spooky-sounding lake
67Reeks
68"Wowza!"
69Bears' lairs

Down

36 clues
1Is nuts for
2Type of event run by the 1-Across
3Grasp a central idea
4Sailing, say
5Ian Fleming figure
6"I.e.," spelled out
7Frenchman who developed an anthrax vaccine
8Decorative pillowcase
9Make noticeable progress
10Offer a thought
11Hawaii's Mauna ___
12Fig. at a body shop
13A deer, a female deer
18Betray
22Like some temporary committees
25Common cooking oil
27Traditional Chinese medicine component ... in which a practitioner might 3-, 9- and 18-Down?
28Relinquishes
29Hermann who wrote "Siddhartha"
31One side of the political aisle, with "the"
33Functional
35Believer in Jah, familiarly
36Herr Schindler in "Schindler's List"
38"Roll Tide!" school, in brief
40Eudora ___, Pulitzer-winning author for "The Optimist's Daughter"
43Kia S.U.V.
49Sioux City native
51"A pain in the neck," e.g.
53Actor Sean of "Stranger Things"
54Aussie buds
56So-called "windows to the soul"
58Take in the paper?
59Photo ___
60Revolutionary Turner
61Horror director Roth
63Gear tooth

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025
15×15
Grid size
74
Total entries
33/192
Black / letter cells
5.2
Avg entry length
13 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedMar 11, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJared Cappel
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split38 across · 36 down
Longest entries
9DMake noticeable progress13 ltrs18DBetray13 ltrs3DGrasp a central idea11 ltrs27DTraditional Chinese medicine component ... in which a practitioner might 3-, 9- and 18-Down?11 ltrs17AGives a thumbs-up8 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 33 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.