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NYT Crossword — March 13, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

40 clues

5Datum on a dating profile

8Delivery people?

14Presently, in the past

16Aired in multiple places at the same time

18Oil and water, to a painter

19Nationalist grp. founded in 1964

20Collectors of forensic evidence, for short

21Sorts with unruly hair

22Hit up privately on "the socials"

24Some lighters or pens

28Close-up shots, of a sort

30Homemade bombs, for short

32Identity associated with a blue, pink and white flag

42"That's my cue!"

44Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse

45Still to be filled, as a role

48"if u put it that way, however ..."

52Tag sale disclaimer

53Eye part found in the 13-Across

54Items for babies on board

58Vital force in Taoism

60Farmworker organizer Chavez

61Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle?

63Last word of the last multiple-choice option, maybe

64Month with the newest federal holiday, recognized in 2021

65Hyundai S.U.V. named after a region in Hawaii

67Assume the lotus position, say

68Things to brood over

Down

38 clues

1Point of transition

3Try-before-you-buy option

4What un sachet de thé is put into

6Hits the exchange, in Wall Street lingo

7___ around (football trick play)

8Many a work message

9First Hebrew letter

10Companion of Jason in the search for the Golden Fleece

11Complements to salts and fats in the kitchen

14Some smallish batteries

17TV screen option, in brief

21Windows portal, in brief

23Big name in nail polish

25Juggling chain saws on a tightrope, for instance

27Hotel amenity

28"No lie ...," in texts

29Speedway additive brand

33Stand onstage, perhaps

341982 George Clinton hit with the refrain "Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay"

35Cautionary sign at a pier

38Atlanta sch. whose teams are the Panthers

40Quick to learn

43"Surely!," in Orly

46Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named

48Logician who hypothesized that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best

49Kickin' cardio option

50Director Welles

53Online shorthand for "off-line"

57Face on a fiver

59Six-pack that might be in the "Craft" section, for short

61Record setters?

62Barely make, with "out"

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Stats & info

Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 13, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRich Proulx and Simeon Seigel

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split40 across · 38 down

Longest entries

5DBug killers?11 ltrs 25DJuggling chain saws on a tightrope, for instance11 ltrs 16AAired in multiple places at the same time9 ltrs 61ACommit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle?9 ltrs 2DBad actors9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.