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NYT Crossword — March 26, 2025

Wednesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 85 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

41 clues
1"Mama" of the Mamas & the Papas
5Swallows nervously
10Motown song played at many a wedding
15"That's hysterical!," online
16Paragon
17Keats and Yeats
18Tiny amount
19"I've done this before"
20-
21It doesn't pay, they say
23Short retirement?
24Lighter giant
25Not so sure about a wedding, say
27-
31She, in São Paulo
32N.L. East or A.F.C. West
34Some privately held businesses: Abbr.
35Pale
37Yearned (for)
39You might have one to pick
40Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do
45Hand or foot
46Faces
47Sleep with
48Image format, familiarly
50Road repair goo
51Alternative to a Stella or Sam Adams
54Thoroughly interrogates
57-
59Portfolio holding, for short
60Popular R&B group composed of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli
62Kind of pole
63Rave over, metaphorically
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68Polo of "Meet the Parents"
69Pre-covenant name for a biblical father
70Up on
71West African staple crop
72Frivolous
73Prepare, as tea
74Campus site for 30,000+ Iowa students

Down

44 clues
1Hackneyed
2Lacking all scruples
3Cannabis variety
4"Likewise"
5Juniper-flavored spirit
6Noodle variety
7Set loose on
8Handouts from street preachers
9Like a fox
10Portions of parsley
11Bootleg booze
12Ref. work that's been available electronically since 1988
13Great Basin tribe
14Historic Chinese general
22Forested moon in "Return of the Jedi"
24Tampa Bay N.F.L.er
26Actress Rodriguez of "Jane the Virgin"
28Timeworn
29"Terrible" ages
30Not mad
33Fabric that George Costanza said he'd drape himself in if it were socially acceptable
36Pioneering game console, for short
37747 or A380
38Tad
39___-relief
40Baby bear
41Downward force on earth, informally
42"I saw," to Caesar
43"My stars!"
44Headwear for Emily in Paris
48British politico Corbyn
49Ad Council production, in brief
51Spin doctors
52"I'd like a brewski"
53Negligent
55Like some signs
56Run away (with)
58Cry after pranking someone
61Adorable
63"Time ___ …"
64Slugger's stat
65Not online, online
66Sounds in spas
67Blouse, e.g.

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025
16×15
Grid size
85
Total entries
42/198
Black / letter cells
4.7
Avg entry length
16 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedMar 26, 2025
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorNathan Hale
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split41 across · 44 down
Longest entries
40ATake care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do16 ltrs8DHandouts from street preachers9 ltrs38DTad9 ltrs27A-8 ltrs54AThoroughly interrogates8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.