Home/Archive/Mar 30, 2025

NYT Crossword — March 30, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 134 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 134 revealed

1P

2A

3S

4S

5T

6R

7A

8P

9O

10B

11V

12S

13C

14A

15L

16M

17S

18A

L

T

O

19A

U

G

E

20R

21R

A

I

L

22O

R

I

E

L

23R

O

O

F

24B

L

A

D

E

25A

N

N

A

26P

E

N

N

Y

27T

H

A

T

28S

B

E

S

I

D

29E

T

H

E

P

30O

I

N

T

31B

A

T

S

U

I

T

S

32A

T

O

M

33P

E

T

R

34A

35P

R

E

H

I

36S

T

O

R

I

37C

38P

E

R

I

O

D

39S

40E

41C

42H

O

E

S

43K

E

N

44A

I

D

S

45L

S

U

46B

R

A

T

47S

48A

Y

49J

50A

R

S

51C

L

A

M

52B

U

Y

S

53B

54Y

T

H

E

55P

56O

U

N

D

57N

58O

H

E

L

P

59R

E

A

M

60R

U

S

K

61C

O

H

E

R

E

62W

63R

I

T

T

E

64N

I

N

T

H

65E

S

T

A

R

S

66L

O

O

N

I

E

67C

O

C

A

68T

I

E

R

69S

E

R

V

E

S

70D

I

N

E

S

71A

N

D

D

A

72S

73H

74E

75S

76T

A

L

E

77D

I

S

S

78B

A

E

79P

O

S

H

80E

N

D

81A

82C

N

E

83O

84R

E

85D

86R

E

N

C

H

87P

O

S

88T

G

R

A

D

89U

90A

T

E

D

91E

92G

R

E

E

93N

E

H

R

U

94S

L

O

P

95N

O

S

E

D

96I

97V

98E

99R

E

A

D

100B

101E

T

W

E

E

102N

T

H

E

L

I

N

E

S

103G

104R

I

N

D

105A

S

I

A

106A

E

I

O

U

107E

D

I

T

108O

B

E

S

E

109G

A

M

Y

110T

E

R

M

S

111S

I

N

E

112V

I

S

A

S

113S

U

E

S

114D

E

E

S

115T

A

Y

E

Across

61 clues

1Choose not to take part

5Style of hip-hop

13Settles, as the stomach

18High in the Andes

19Hole-boring tool

21Feature of a safe landing, perhaps

22Architectural projection

24Stiletto feature

25Fraudster Sorokin profiled in Netflix's "Inventing ___"

26Mere pittance

31Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale

32The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman holding one

33Jordan's most-visited tourist site

35. . . Ancient

40Returns a call, in a way

43Comprehension

45Sch. whose student newspaper is The Reveille

46Kid who's a handful

49Pickles might be in them

51Dollar, informally

59Stack in an office cabinet

601960s diplomat Dean

61Hold together

66Canadian dollar, informally

67Stimulant crop of South America

68Pricing level

79Elegant and luxurious

80Translation of "fin"

81Target for a Mighty Patch

83Something searched for in vein?

93Leader who wrote "The Discovery of [96-Down]"

94Feed at a trough

95Steep decline

99— Peruse —

103Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe

105Its southernmost point, Pamana Island, is more than 750 miles below the Equator

106Group in "a pension fund"

107Mark one's words?

108Classification on a B.M.I. chart

109Having a certain strong flavor, as meat

110Fine print, often

112Entries in a passport

113Makes liable for libel, say

114Average killers?

115Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

Down

73 clues

1Medicare section

2Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy"

3Weasel family member

4Special sympathies

5Garfield and others

6Hath dominion o'er

7Eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1992 to 2003

8Spa treatment, informally

9Keynote figure

10Baguette in Vietnamese cuisine

12Apply haphazardly, with "on"

13Reproductive systems?

14Question of self-reflection

15Items helpful for removing pet hair

20Fix, as a logbook entry

28"If you say so!"

29School for some royal offspring

30Piece of one's mind?

34Bit of media revenue

36Terrier type from Scotland

37Joker … or jokester

38Detectives, for short

39Home drainage option

41Vin classification

42Something a pitchfork might go into

47What a star may represent

49In the same way that

50Egyptian symbol of life

51Only solo artist with Billboard #1 singles in seven consecutive decades

53Curing liquid

54Cryptids of the Himalayas

55Proteins hypothetically responsible for mad cow disease

56Small scale amount

57"Point taken!"

58"Schitt's Creek" co-star Catherine

61Third part of a double album

62Diamond jubilee?

64TV franchise spun off from "JAG"

65Big Sicilian smoker

66Apply pressure to

69You might be told to watch yours

71Sleeping, quaintly

72First to the finish line

75"Don't tell anyone!"

77Fiber of one's being, so to speak

83Tribe headquartered in Red Rock, Okla.

84Music player button

85Author who originally intended his pen name to rhyme with "voice," though Americans pronounced it differently

86Walk unsteadily

88Org. whose budget is classified

89Period that a couple dedicates to themselves

92Order after closing time

96Country once led by 93-Across

97Like a bodybuilder's arms

98Much-lauded Lauder

100Features of sleepy eyes

101Genesis brother

102Scholarship criterion

103Whitehouse. follower

104Stat achieved after a bases-loaded walk

Click a clue for its own page with the answer and a short explanation.

Stats & info

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025

21×21

Grid size

134

Total entries

80/361

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

19 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 30, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeMark My Words

ConstructorSimeon Seigel

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split61 across · 73 down

Longest entries

27A. [Not this]19 ltrs 99A— Peruse —19 ltrs 35A. . . Ancient18 ltrs 87AAlumnus º18 ltrs 62A* Composed *17 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 80 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.