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NYT Crossword — March 15, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 66 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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32 clues

1British celebrity chef Nigella

7Cozier alternatives to motels

13"Hi everyone!"

14Congolese neighbor to the south

15They're sometimes seen in cameos

16Big name in electric toothbrushes

17Terrarium critters

18Coats often taken off

19Something you might shield your eyes from, in brief

21Like unspoken understandings

22Ruin a holiday surprise, perhaps

23Release, in a way

24Drink akin to a Moscow mule

26Irish actor who was nominated for a Golden Globe for 2023's "Saltburn"

28Was eco-conscious with tech waste, in modern parlance

29Best Picture winner that beat out "Boyhood" and "Selma"

33It's a good vacation destination, you bet!

35Long, curved bike features

38Texter's "Wow … just wow"

40Elements of some still-life paintings

42Una hija de los abuelos

43Pottery piece

44Like some books and ads

46Casualty of file corruption, maybe

48Where snowboard cross debuted as an Olympic event (2006)

50Bit of investment intel

52Saving oneself, in a way

Down

34 clues

1Member of the only N.F.C. team never to have made the Super Bowl

2One dealing with a certain absence

3"Don't things always turn out OK?"

4Awkward messages to receive in a public setting

5They can be hard to pick out

6Final Fantasy's original platform, for short

7Much concert merch

8Athos, Porthos et Aramis, par exemple

9Universal partner

11Javier who played Desi Arnaz in "Being the Ricardos"

12Double-dealing

162007 Michael Moore documentary with the tagline "This might hurt a little"

18Something legally defined in the U.S. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people

21Captures the moment, say

22Chinese garden features

23Prez in the ’60s

242016 Literature Nobelist who famously skipped the Stockholm ceremony

25Shipping container weights

27Miniature electronic vehicle, for short

30Slam-dancing locales

31Company, e.g.

32Degree of uncertainty?

35Whiny comeback to a certain parent

36Parmesan alternative

41"If you squint, maybe …"

43Steelmaking byproduct

44When doubled, dismiss

45Poet who wrote "To err is human; to forgive, divine"

48Psychoactive component of marijuana, for short

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Stats & info

Saturday, Mar 15, 2025

15×15

Grid size

66

Total entries

31/194

Black / letter cells

5.9

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 15, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRyan McCarty

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split32 across · 34 down

Longest entries

26AIrish actor who was nominated for a Golden Globe for 2023's "Saltburn"12 ltrs 33AIt's a good vacation destination, you bet!12 ltrs 24ADrink akin to a Moscow mule11 ltrs 35ALong, curved bike features11 ltrs 7DMuch concert merch11 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 31 black squares and averages 5.9 letters per entry.