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NYT Crossword — March 2, 2025

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 145 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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1B
2U
3G
4T
5H
6A
7T
8S
9N
10O
11S
12H
13A
14D
15E
16S
17H
18O
19A
S
A
20B
O
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R
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21O
P
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22I
A
N
23N
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24A
R
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25D
L
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26E
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27A
P
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28T
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29J
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C
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30G
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31N
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32H
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33H
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34N
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35P
36R
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37A
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38P
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39M
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D
40E
41M
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N
42G
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43T
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44S
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45M
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46D
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47I
48B
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49G
50R
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51A
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52A
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53S
54R
O
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55R
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F
56M
57A
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58R
Y
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59A
60O
W
N
61A
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62G
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63F
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M
64N
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65A
66N
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F
67W
68P
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69M
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70A
B
A
71E
C
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G
72Y
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73P
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Y
74A
L
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75C
O
T
76E
M
O
77R
O
Y
78A
L
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79G
R
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D
80S
81T
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82S
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83D
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84M
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85T
86W
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87E
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88S
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89O
M
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90E
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91U
R
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92T
93A
94P
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G
95T
E
E
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96H
E
R
97C
98A
N
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99E
100N
101O
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102P
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103A
D
D
104F
U
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105S
R
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106T
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X
107C
O
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O
108N
109A
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110P
L
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111C
O
N
112A
T
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113I
N
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H
114E
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115O
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116L
O
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117D
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118L
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119P
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120S
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121S
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122M
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123E
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Across

83 clues
1Town
9"Don't take offense," nowadays
19Mid-voyage
20Members of a tough crowd, perhaps
21Some painkillers
22Neighbor of Pakistan
23Go-ahead responses
24The humanities, traditionally
26Move gingerly
30Winged pest
32Binary pronoun options
34Photographer Goldin
35Expecting, informally
37One of two, in this clue
39Mafiosi
42Armada vessel
43Smidgen
45Temper
46Bit of smack talk
49Go in circles
51Taiwan-based tech giant
52Formicary residents
55Maritime hazard
58Malty craft beer
60Personal
62Like much limestone
63Gender abbr.
64Mama's mama
68Narrative arc
69Athletic competitions
71Vaping implement
72Oscar-winning Michelle
73Modest bouquet
75Derby entry
76Comedian Philips
77Pompous "I"
79Makes mincemeat of
81Verifiable
83Capital of East Timor
84Hurt badly
85Packaging cords
87Slippery
88Sloth, e.g.
89All-encompassing prefix
90Goddess of the dawn
91Site-seeing need?
95Something to chew on
97Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak
101Showy
103What "E" on a gauge means
105iPhone speaker?
110Prop ___
112Fighting
113Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?
115Word on a shoppe sign
119Equal
120Not quite yet
121Big name in Western wear
122"Good grief!"

Down

62 clues
1Word after second or before split
2Hard court tournament
3What might fill you up after you fill up
4Parliamentary conservatives
6Pantheon of Norse gods
7Send
8W-9 nine: Abbr.
10Well-connected grp.?
11Take a breather
12Milliners' decorations
13Stayed home for dinner
14"Nebraska" actor Bruce
17Tries
20Came clean?
33___ pants (loose-fitting garb)
35American patriot Thomas
36Author of the "Goosebumps" series
38Gone by
40Came (from)
41Walks leisurely
42Sydneysider's salutation
44Two-point play in American football
49___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)
50Stillness
53Star witness?
5716 years, for Little League Baseball
58Risen from the ashes
59Sloth, e.g.
63Lead-in to a stark reality
65Extreme pain
67Line of questioning?
69Saltwater
78Letter-shaped dress style
79Single-player and multiplayer, for two
80Knight's need
82Rockefeller Plaza muralist
84Driver
86Puns and anagrams, e.g.
91Except if
92Comes to
94"Twister" star Bill
97Spanish "when"
98Virgil epic
99Worn down
100Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly
102Following
104Fun romance
109Memo header
113Points the finger at

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Stats & info

Sunday, Mar 2, 2025
22×21
Grid size
145
Total entries
90/372
Black / letter cells
5.1
Avg entry length
14 ltrs
Longest entry
Themed
Sunday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedMar 2, 2025
DaySunday
ThemeRainbow Connection
ConstructorAdam Wagner
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split83 across · 62 down
Longest entries

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 90 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.