First responder

Latest answer — March 20, 2025

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This emergency professional may arrive in an ambulance to provide lifesaving care. 🚑

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Across

  1. 1Puppy bites
  2. 5Overly trusting type
  3. 9Hay there!
  4. 13Sign of warming temperatures
  5. 14"Yeesh!"
  6. 15Nowhere to be found, in a way
  7. 16Jewish wedding staple ... and a clue to the circled square in this row
  8. 17Actor in "Say Anything ..." and "High Fidelity"
  9. 19Deep-frying hazard, maybe
  10. 21Cars whose logo represents the Pleiades star cluster
  11. 22Aspiring doc's hurdle
  12. 23Monica in the International Tennis Hall of Fame
  13. 24Green-skinned Marvel hero
  14. 27Word processing function ... and a clue to the circled square in this row
  15. 28Worker in a Washington office
  16. 29Common antiseptic
  17. 31Alternative to mushrooms, maybe
  18. 34Jewish deli order
  19. 36Cleared (of)
  20. 37Something that may be drawn at night
  21. 39What "..." sometimes means
  22. 40Singer Ric of the Cars
  23. 43Alma mater of Ian Fleming (as well as James Bond)
  24. 44Poetic time of day ... and a clue to the circled square in this row
  25. 45Urban area associated with gaming
  26. 47Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital
  27. 49Prom attendee, typically
  28. 50Tips back and forth
  29. 52Clad
  30. 55Capability of being pulled and stretched
  31. 57Skin feature ... and a clue to the circled square in this row
  32. 58A lot of lot?
  33. 59County north of San Francisco
  34. 60Work, work, work
  35. 61Gmail button
  36. 62Hard worker to a degree?
  37. 63[Don't delete this]

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  1. 1Indefinite degrees
  2. 2Restaurant chain acronym
  3. 3First responder
  4. 4Upholsterers' samples
  5. 5Onetime queen of Jordan
  6. 6"Yes, that's it!"
  7. 7Stops for the night?
  8. 8Devote attention to
  9. 9Product of hardened lava
  10. 10"I'm well ___!"
  11. 11Defined set of points
  12. 12Group that once included the members Babe Ruth and Harry Houdini
  13. 17Martial arts champion who co-starred in 2020's "Mulan"
  14. 18Used a certain rideshare service
  15. 20T
  16. 24Hot ___
  17. 25When doubled, comment made with a wink
  18. 26Source of the quote "Allah doesn't task a soul beyond its capacity"
  19. 27Us and them, for two
  20. 30Put down
  21. 31The word "aquarium" has one
  22. 32Word before check or on
  23. 33Say it ain't so
  24. 35Heckle loudly
  25. 38Gate
  26. 41Boastfulness
  27. 42Word sometimes repeated after "Here ..."
  28. 44Covered with a green growth
  29. 46New York pro athlete
  30. 47N.F.L. star Travis
  31. 48Thirst (for)
  32. 50Sites for saltwater soaks
  33. 51Souvenir from a trip?
  34. 52Very little
  35. 53City on a lake of the same name
  36. 54Arm-raising muscle, informally
  37. 56Porter or pilsner alternative, in brief

The answer to “First responder” in the New York Times crossword is PARAMEDIC — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 20, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 3-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“First responder” answer

PARAMEDIC (9 letters)

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Why the answer is PARAMEDIC

This emergency professional may arrive in an ambulance to provide lifesaving care. 🚑

What does PARAMEDIC mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of PARAMEDIC is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a person trained to give emergency medical care to people who are injured or ill, typically in a setting outside a hospital

When else has “First responder” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

March 20, 2025 (most recent) → PARAMEDIC. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “First responder”?

The answer is PARAMEDIC, a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 20, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “First responder”?

9 letters: PARAMEDIC.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on March 20, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 3-Down.

Can “First responder” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for March 20, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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