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NYT Crossword — March 23, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

61 clues

1Capital of Western Australia

6Doomed Ethiopian princess

10Do some basic math

13Heats to just below a boil, as milk

19Setting for 6-Across

20Higher in rank?

23Stay in one's lane?

25One place to redeem tickets

26One might be custom-printed

30Vehicle in 2020's "Nomadland"

31Like bread more suitable for panzanella

33Canada's ___ Nova National Park

35It follows Oktober

36CliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories?

42Morales of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise

45Wedding cake features

47"When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.?

51Hockey player who wears #1, traditionally

54Slightest amount

55Pentagon div.

56Figure on a Wyoming license plate

60Straightens up

62Neptune, e.g.

65Weapon/fashion accessory for animation's Sailor Moon

66Apt name for a car salesman?

67Best impression of a Springfield patriarch?

71Start to wear

72Where you might walk down the aisle

74The "K" of 15-Down

75Support on a lease

77Temporarily banish, as a college roommate

79Planks can build them

82Get along in years

84Vivid shade of yellow

86Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot?

89Beautifully emotive

92"___ we forget ..."

93Delivered a nasty insult with perfect timing?

99Word after cash or read

100Toiled on a longship, maybe

101"Lawrence of Arabia" star

105Grain used in Italian cuisine

107Turns inside out

111Bit of concert stage equipment

113Liqueur in a spritz

115Classic breakup excuse … or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across

118Claim in a courtroom

119Dartmouth's colorful nickname

1202010 comedy inspired by "The Scarlet Letter"

121"Too bad for me!"

122Mo. known for political surprises

123Common conjunctions

124Rule the ___

Down

79 clues

1Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin

2Dueling weapons

3Electric appliance button

4Arm muscle, informally

6Noted family of New York City's Gilded Age

7"If you ask me ...," to texters

8Alternative to a citronella candle

10Sign at a gas station

11Use a Clorox wipe on, say

13Laurel of Laurel and Hardy

14They fill up a lot

15Org. that awards the "Paw of Courage" for canine heroism

17Told some jokes, say

18Surgical aids

29One celebrating Ethiopian Christmas (Jan. 7)

32In the thick of

35It might have "-GUEST" in its name

37Big name in elevators

38Dryer detritus

39Victory symbol

41"Middlemarch" author

42___ pop (hybrid music genre)

43Birthplace of Starbucks

44Skeptical of big government, say

49Ecosystem for an estimated 25% of all marine species

50Corrective eye surgery

52"Hamilton" co-star Leslie ___ Jr.

55"Matilda" author

57Darts or billiards

58Ambrosia salad ingredients

62IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr.

63Summertime in Versailles

64Designer's specialty

68Warm, in a sense

69Disc jockey : deejay :: nonbinary : ___

70Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee

76Camera choice, in brief

78Oklahoma's "Wheat Capital"

80Red part of rhubarb

81Philippine currency

83Summer setting in Somerset, for short

85Jackson or Jackman

87Parts of baby wts.

88Member of a choir

89Impressive array

91Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"

93Polite "I'll pass"

94Gummy candy company

95Like the Kama Sutra

97Caesar's addressing?

98More intrusive

102Dogie catcher

103Angela Lansbury was nominated for 18 of them (winning none)

106Some six-packs

108Director Ephron

109Powerful engine

110Kept watch on

114___ Speedwagon

116Army rank above cpl.

117Principle behind yin and yang

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Stats & info

Sunday, Mar 23, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

74/367

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

18 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 23, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeWhere'd You Go?

ConstructorAndrew Colin Kirk

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split61 across · 79 down

Longest entries

36ACliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories?18 ltrs 93ADelivered a nasty insult with perfect timing?18 ltrs 23AStay in one's lane?14 ltrs 115AClassic breakup excuse … or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across14 ltrs 47A"When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.?11 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 74 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.