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NYT Crossword — March 14, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

31 clues

1Charlie Chaplin persona

13Knight shtick?

14Reaction to an unexpected bit of humor

15Wonderland directive

16Hurdles before some touchdowns

17Adds to a thread

18Subjected to a waiting game, militarily

21Question to one's best friend, maybe

24Frasier's brother on "Frasier"

25Where hips do lie

31Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning"

32Upton Sinclair novel that inspired the film "There Will Be Blood"

33Knotting (up)

39They might be written off

42Journeys of escape

43Singer Washington or Shore

48Words of comparison

51Assert without proof

52___ Locks, connection between Lake Superior and Lake Huron

53Not learn one's lesson?

55Places for scheming

57Fruit-flavored pop

59Laundry service, e.g.

60Film collectibles

Down

37 clues

1Network on which "Gossip Girl" aired

2Exterminator's target

3Snack made with celery sticks, peanut butter and raisins

4Band-Aid applier, perhaps

5Buying opportunity for select customers

6Completing a video game as fast as possible, say

7Beyond comprehension

8QB stat: Abbr.

9Wandering sort

10It comes down hard

11They're small and plucked

12Philippine money

14Beehive State flower

16Classic pickup lines, familiarly

19Remark from a celebrity look-alike

22"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak.

23She-bear, in Spain

26Coolly disregard

28Tanners' stock

31Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John

34Gentleman's agreement

37Tear with gusto

38French wine designation

40Truffula forest logger in "The Lorax"

41Foreign title with a tilde

43Stops working

45Disney's ___ of Arendelle

46Pinkish orange

47They're entertaining

48Española, por ejemplo

49Not read thoroughly

50Variable in the Schrödinger equation

54Hit TV series with three spinoffs

56Suffix with oct-

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Stats & info

Friday, Mar 14, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 14, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorBrandon Koppy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split31 across · 37 down

Longest entries

21AQuestion to one's best friend, maybe12 ltrs 44ABench press?12 ltrs 7DBeyond comprehension12 ltrs 19DRemark from a celebrity look-alike12 ltrs 3DSnack made with celery sticks, peanut butter and raisins10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.