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NYT Crossword — March 21, 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

33 clues

1Basketball's quadruple double, e.g

7Not done naturally, in a way

13Prosciutto, e.g.

15Player in the A.L. East

16Image on a South African Krugerrand

21Something typically left in the U.S., but not in Japan

22Site with a "Craft Supplies & Tools" category

23It's a short walk from home

25"Who ___?" (informal question)

26Item not found much in cars nowadays

28Many an M.B.A.'s undergrad major, informally

29Bad thing to blow

31Item that might be on a list

35"About damn time!"

37Show again, as a historical event

39"How you ___?" ("Friends" catchphrase)

40"Hot-diggity" or "Cool it"

43Attire often used in filming C.G.I. scenes, informally

46Home of the Cotahuasi Canyon, which is more than two miles deep

47With 48-Across, cousin of sleet

48See 47-Across

49Tribal spiritualist

51Begin listening to a podcast, say

53PepsiCo product

55How Mario introduces himself in video games

56Really stands out

57Be on the precipice

58Historical records

Down

35 clues

1Not pay as one goes

2Freedom of expression?

3Like wetlands, typically

4Chilling, maybe

5God who wears the belt Megingjörd

7Dressing targets

8Target of the 1890 Sherman Act

9Some digital assistants, informally

10Pokémon tagline

11Ralph who wrote the novel "Juneteenth"

12Spot for cannonballs

14People always getting favorable news coverage

20Org. with a commissioner

24Sports great who said "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be"

26Sierra Nevadas, e.g.

27Handful on the farm

30Country represented by the Black Star of Africa

31Heaven on earth

36"Totes adorbs!"

42Features of the sci-fi planet Arrakis

44Of the highest quality

45More reasonable

46"Animal skin," in Aleut

49Eminem hit whose title became a neologism for "fan"

50Eritrea's locale in Africa

52Inhale, so to speak

54Therapists' org.

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Stats & info

Friday, Mar 21, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.7

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 21, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorBoaz Moser and Jacob Reed

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 35 down

Longest entries

2DFreedom of expression?15 ltrs 10DPokémon tagline15 ltrs 14DPeople always getting favorable news coverage13 ltrs 33AFor a song11 ltrs 23AIt's a short walk from home9 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.7 letters per entry.