New York Times Crossword March 9 2025 Answers

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Below are all the New York Times Crossword March 9 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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First lady McKinleyIDA3Across1 Common saltwater baitfishSHAD4Across4 Letters before QLGBT4Across8 Become crunchy in the ovenCRISPUP7Across12 Image of Mickey, maybeCEL3Across19 ___ NostraCOSA4Across20 Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit RiverERIE4Across21 "Red telephone," historicallyHOTLINE7Across22 Breakfast order requestOVEREASY8Across23 [London Herald, 4/16/1912]TITANICSINKS12Across25 [The New York Times, 8/9/1974]NIXONRESIGNS12Across27 "Scarface"ALCAPONE8Across29 ScheduleSLATE5Across30 Drives offSHOOS5Across31 "Catch ya later!"ADIOS5Across32 Wee oneTOT3Across33 Frankincense or myrrhRESIN5Across34 T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they sayANI3Across36 Plantain lily, by another nameHOSTA5Across37 [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN18Across39 Company once called the California Perfume CompanyAVON4Across47 Wrap one's head aroundGET3Across48 Popular Hawaiian dishPOKE4Across49 Driest country in sub-Saharan AfricaNAMIBIA7Across50 They're below parBIRDIES7Across54 Choice wordsORS3Across56 Footwear for a sharp dresser?STILETTOS9Across57 "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972SENOR5Across59 Toward the opposing goal, in hockeyUPICE5Across60 Geometry calculation: Abbr.VOL3Across62 "How ya doin'?"SUP3Across63 [Variety, 10/30/1929]WALLSTLAYSANEGG15Across64 ___ DhabiABU3Across70 Alliance since 1948, in briefOAS3Across73 Golf's Slammin' SammySNEAD5Across74 BouquetAROMA5Across75 Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believedCASSANDRA9Across79 PoorlyILL3Across83 Headwear that's stereotypically redFIREHAT7Across84 Breakout performer?ESCAPEE7Across86 It's blowin' in the windVANE4Across87 ___ thruster (physics lab device)ION3Across89 Corrin of "Nosferatu"EMMA4Across90 [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD18Across91 "The rubber people," in NahuatlOLMEC5Across95 "Biting" characteristicWIT3Across98 Big name in health careAETNA5Across99 TroubleWOE3Across100 FleetRAPID5Across101 Where people typically go to the mat?PORCH5Across104 Attempt to tearRIPAT5Across106 Fool aroundLOLLYGAG8Across111 With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]HEADLESSBODY12Across113 See 113-AcrossINTOPLESSBAR12Across115 "Jeez Louise!"AWCOMEON8Across117 BoilsSEETHES7Across118 Latin "Look"ECCE4Across119 Filmmaker JohnsonRIAN4Across120 Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)MBA3Across121 Drink after a race, sayHYDRATE7Across122 SignaledCUED4Across123 Wraps upENDS4Across124 The Second vis-à-vis the First, saySON3Across125

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Cher and Madonna, e.g.ICONS5Down1 Old Scratch, with "the"DEVIL5Down2 Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015ALEXA5Down3 It might be chewed in a theaterSCENERY7Down4 FrostHOAR4Down5 TaxpayersASSESSEES9Down6 9 to 5, e.g.DAYSHIFT8Down7 ReleaseLETGO5Down8 BeamsGRINS5Down9 Parts of comedy routinesBITS4Down10 Serving at a Chinese restaurantTEA3Down11 Carolina Reaper, for oneCHILI5Down12 Good name for a geologist?ROCCO5Down13 "How sad"ITSASHAME9Down14 LapseSLIP4Down15 Some red or white winesPINOTS6Down16 Pull some strings?UNKNOT6Down17 Old Spanish coinPESETA6Down18 Waste awayROT3Down24 BottomNADIR5Down26 Actress SkyeIONE4Down28 Payments made at a tableANTES5Down32 Leg upEDGE4Down35 QueryASK3Down36 "I'll get to work right now"ONIT4Down38 DollopsDABS4Down39 ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"EVIE4Down40 ThreadbareWORN4Down41 Fund, as a collegeENDOW5Down42 They're known to open with some jokesAPRILS6Down43 Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony OrchestraTOSCANINI9Down44 The "U" of 60-DownUNION5Down45 "Damage" director LouisMALLE5Down46 K-pop septetBTS3Down51 Short note?IOU3Down52 Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"ASP3Down53 Long-term deposit, in briefIRA3Down55 Go (for)OPT3Down56 Certain spotTVAD4Down58 It once shared a land border with 16 countriesUSSR4Down60 Drawstring placeEYELET6Down61 Hardly the social butterflyLONER5Down65 StowedLADED5Down66 ___ sodaSAL3Down67 NeedlefishGAR3Down68 Monopolist's traitGREED5Down69 One-pointer in cribbageACE3Down70 Some undergrad degs.BAS3Down71 Trojans' sch.USC3Down72 "Jeez, I can't catch a break"OHME4Down76 Call from a cribMAMA4Down77 SlightlyATAD4Down78 Umpire's rulingSAFE4Down80 Writings of dubious authenticityAPOCRYPHA9Down81 EschewAVOID5Down82 "Victory is mine!," in modern lingoFORTHEWIN9Down84 Privy toINON4Down85 Make a sceneACT3Down88 "My heavens!"IDECLARE8Down89 They can support a nest eggTWIGS5Down92 48-oz. beer glassYARD4Down93 Service providers?PARSONS7Down94 Wise-appearingOWLISH6Down95 ___ TunesLOONEY6Down96 Like the cheese in a grilled cheeseMELTED6Down97 Protective tip on a laceAGLET5Down102 Bel ___ cheesePAESE5Down103 Informal goodbyePEACE5Down104 Made some waves?OARED5Down105 Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbolIBM3Down107 Some have metersPOEMS5Down108 Mexican marinadeADOBO5Down109 "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)TYNAN5Down110 Tolkien trilogy, for shortLOTR4Down112 Morehouse or Howard, in briefHBCU4Down113 Whole bunchSCAD4Down114 InstantSEC3Down116

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.