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NYT Crossword — March 5, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 16 puzzle, 81 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

45 clues

6Texter's "you tell me"

9Sweet braided bread

14Source of a pulse

15Modernizing prefix

16Ingredient in a Whopper

17Home of many champion marathoners

18"And just like THAT!"

19Small contribution

20Blowout victory, metaphorically

23Chichén ___ (Mayan archaeological site)

27Hulking brute

31Wild backdrop for "Wuthering Heights"

32Biblical patriarch who begat Methuselah

33Lead-in to ever

34Device for taking notes?

35Verbal facepalm

36Message meaning "I can't be reached right now"

37"Welcome Back, Kotter" role of 1970s TV

39Yusuf ___, adopted name of singer Cat Stevens

41Subtle summons

42Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when an "M" is added to the front

44Missouri tributary

46One part of a swimming pool

48Beat rapidly, as eggs

50Something of miner concern?

53A little cute?

55Broadway star LuPone

58Big softy, perhaps

60Put through the self-checkout

61Research campus in upstate N.Y.

62With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down

64Went underground

66See 62-Across

67Country music's ___ Young Band

68Buttonless shirt

71Intelligence org.

Down

36 clues

1"___, and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7

2Recipient of Bart Simpson's crank calls

3New York's Stonewall, e.g.

4New York's Stonewall, e.g.

6Puts into play, as a basketball

7Marvel superhero portrayed by Ryan Reynolds

8Fermented, sweetened tea drink

9Dinghy or dory

10"You said it!"

11Two hearts, for one

12Fish in a garden pond

13"Raggedy" doll

21Cheer for a fútbol team

22Fireplace residue

23Caught on camera, say

241919 event that confirmed the general theory of relativity

25Commercial property left mostly vacant by hybrid work arrangements

28Restaurant offering delivery and pickup only

29Spinning, feathered lures

30Overplayed on stage

39Actor McKellen

40Speedometer fig.

41Rotini and bucatini

45Speech therapist's concern

47Off-leash areas

48"You don't have to explain your joke to us"

53Scary sight for a red-bellied marsh mouse

56World's most populous country as of 2023

58James of "The Godfather"

59Speed Wagon and Flying Cloud of old autodom

62Insurance option, for short

63Recombinant ___

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025

15×16

Grid size

81

Total entries

43/197

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 5, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRebecca Goldstein

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split45 across · 36 down

Longest entries

24D1919 event that confirmed the general theory of relativity12 ltrs 25DCommercial property left mostly vacant by hybrid work arrangements12 ltrs 28DRestaurant offering delivery and pickup only12 ltrs 29DSpinning, feathered lures12 ltrs 20ABlowout victory, metaphorically9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 43 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.