Hurt badly

Latest answer — March 02, 2025

84 Across

This verb means to inflict severe physical damage. 🩹

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Across

  1. 1Town
  2. 4"___ funny ..." (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)
  3. 9"Don't take offense," nowadays
  4. 16N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented
  5. 19Mid-voyage
  6. 20Members of a tough crowd, perhaps
  7. 21Some painkillers
  8. 22Neighbor of Pakistan
  9. 23Go-ahead responses
  10. 24The humanities, traditionally
  11. 26Move gingerly
  12. 27H.S. exams taken for college credit
  13. 28Hockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck
  14. 29Follower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France
  15. 30Winged pest
  16. 31What a daredevil might go without
  17. 32Binary pronoun options
  18. 34Photographer Goldin
  19. 35Expecting, informally
  20. 37One of two, in this clue
  21. 39Mafiosi
  22. 42Armada vessel
  23. 43Smidgen
  24. 44One tapped by leadership?
  25. 45Temper
  26. 46Bit of smack talk
  27. 47Sacred bird of Egyptian mythology
  28. 49Go in circles
  29. 51Taiwan-based tech giant
  30. 52Formicary residents
  31. 54Part of an underground network
  32. 55Maritime hazard
  33. 56It's simultaneously attractive and repulsive
  34. 58Malty craft beer
  35. 60Personal
  36. 61Mont Blanc, par exemple
  37. 62Like much limestone
  38. 63Gender abbr.
  39. 64Mama's mama
  40. 66Warning letters before a link
  41. 68Narrative arc
  42. 69Athletic competitions
  43. 70Band whose name is a rhyme scheme
  44. 71Vaping implement
  45. 72Oscar-winning Michelle
  46. 73Modest bouquet
  47. 74On the safe side, nautically
  48. 75Derby entry
  49. 76Comedian Philips
  50. 77Pompous "I"
  51. 79Makes mincemeat of
  52. 81Verifiable
  53. 82Actor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies
  54. 83Capital of East Timor
  55. 84Hurt badly
  56. 85Packaging cords
  57. 87Slippery
  58. 88Sloth, e.g.
  59. 89All-encompassing prefix
  60. 90Goddess of the dawn
  61. 91Site-seeing need?
  62. 92___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict)
  63. 95Something to chew on
  64. 97Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak
  65. 101Showy
  66. 102Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it
  67. 103What "E" on a gauge means
  68. 105iPhone speaker?
  69. 106Spinoff of a popular lecture series
  70. 107Beers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina"
  71. 110Prop ___
  72. 111Actress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers"
  73. 112Fighting
  74. 113Tidy way to color ... and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?
  75. 115Word on a shoppe sign
  76. 116Nike's swoosh or McDonald's golden arches
  77. 117Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"
  78. 118Filmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video
  79. 119Equal
  80. 120Not quite yet
  81. 121Big name in Western wear
  82. 122"Good grief!"
  83. 123Some flight tracker data, for short

Down

  1. 1Word after second or before split
  2. 2Hard court tournament
  3. 3What might fill you up after you fill up
  4. 4Parliamentary conservatives
  5. 5Cuisine style that's kept simmering at the table
  6. 6Pantheon of Norse gods
  7. 7Send
  8. 8W-9 nine: Abbr.
  9. 9Shortened name on a Pelicans jersey
  10. 10Well-connected grp.?
  11. 11Take a breather
  12. 12Milliners' decorations
  13. 13Stayed home for dinner
  14. 14"Nebraska" actor Bruce
  15. 15Shape of the border between yin and yang
  16. 16Longtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered"
  17. 17Tries
  18. 18Approximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe
  19. 20Came clean?
  20. 25Set new records, say, informally
  21. 33___ pants (loose-fitting garb)
  22. 35American patriot Thomas
  23. 36Author of the "Goosebumps" series
  24. 38Gone by
  25. 40Came (from)
  26. 41Walks leisurely
  27. 42Sydneysider's salutation
  28. 44Two-point play in American football
  29. 47"At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass
  30. 48Super Mario character also known as King Koopa
  31. 49___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)
  32. 50Stillness
  33. 53Star witness?
  34. 5716 years, for Little League Baseball
  35. 58Risen from the ashes
  36. 59Sloth, e.g.
  37. 63Lead-in to a stark reality
  38. 65Extreme pain
  39. 67Line of questioning?
  40. 69Saltwater
  41. 78Letter-shaped dress style
  42. 79Single-player and multiplayer, for two
  43. 80Knight's need
  44. 82Rockefeller Plaza muralist
  45. 84Driver
  46. 86Puns and anagrams, e.g.
  47. 91Except if
  48. 92Comes to
  49. 93Retort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character
  50. 94"Twister" star Bill
  51. 96Encryption code, in computer science lingo
  52. 97Spanish "when"
  53. 98Virgil epic
  54. 99Worn down
  55. 100Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly
  56. 102Following
  57. 104Fun romance
  58. 107Apt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e"
  59. 108Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum
  60. 109Memo header
  61. 113Points the finger at
  62. 114Popular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight

The answer to “Hurt badly” in the New York Times crossword is MAIM — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 2, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 84-Across. 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.

“Hurt badly” answer

MAIM (4 letters)

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Why the answer is MAIM

This verb means to inflict severe physical damage. 🩹

What does MAIM mean?

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

(verb)

  • wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged

When else has “Hurt badly” 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 2, 2025 (most recent) → MAIM. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Hurt badly”?

The answer is MAIM, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 2, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Hurt badly”?

4 letters: MAIM.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on March 2, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 84-Across.

Can “Hurt badly” 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 2, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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