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NYT Crossword — March 27, 2025

Thursday’s 14 × 16 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1The "House of Mouse"

7Passing remark?

13If

14Onetime talk show whose studio audience was known as the "Dog Pound," familiarly

15Expressions of contempt

16More than just flirting

17Event in a tent

19Minty Cuban cocktail ... Pass it back

21Figure for the prosecution, for short

22First name on the Supreme Court

24Provide a brief glimpse?

26Sir Isaac Newton wrote about this ... Pass it on

29Covers for a rainy day

34Writing without verse

36"Comin' Thro' the ___" (poem misremembered by Holden Caulfield)

37Gluten-free grain

38Folded pancake

39Electronic device from which users take "sips"

42One signing a guestbook ... Pass it back

43[Can't talk, eating]

48Sun en Sevilla

49Migratory fish

52What some toothpastes do ... Pass it on

55Video game navigation aid

58Pay-to-play business

59"Son of the Dragon," in a medieval Romanian sobriquet

60"At the Movies with Ebert and ___"

61Leave the country?

62Expressions of contempt

Down

42 clues

1Lumbar supports

2Result of some cord-cutting, informally

3Make a point, say

5Long Island Sound, e.g.

6Affirmative reply to "Sprechen Sie Englisch?"

7Test for a future Ed.D.

8Mac platform renamed in 2016

9Request made through a downstairs intercom

10Publication with the 1997 headline "Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules," with "The"

11Fabled figure in feudal Japan

25Sporty auto roof

28Prefix with body or matter

30Some investments, for short

31One on a sic list?

34Not an original

35Nevada city that's farther west than Los Angeles

38Pattern based on nature, informally

41Like a doormat, say

42Cartoon series about a super robot

44East Lansing sch.

45Sign of terrible service

46"Do you remember the ___, Mr. Frodo?": Sam Gamgee

47Comedian Wyatt

49Tour de France stage

50Respected figure

52Disarmament concerns, for short

53Reflexology setting

54Drink with a domed lid, perhaps

56Feature of some outdoor obstacle courses

57Stout, for one

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Stats & info

Thursday, Mar 27, 2025

14×16

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/186

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

8 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 27, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBrad Lively

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 42 down

Longest entries

17AEvent in a tent8 ltrs 24AProvide a brief glimpse?8 ltrs 43A[Can't talk, eating]8 ltrs 53ANot obvious8 ltrs 14AOnetime talk show whose studio audience was known as the "Dog Pound," familiarly7 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.