Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, March 2, 2025 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on March 2?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for March 2, 2025
The full solution for the March 2 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, March 2.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for March 2, 2025
Every clue from the March 2 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Town | BUG |
| 4 | "___ funny ..." (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov) | THATS |
| 9 | "Don't take offense," nowadays | NOSHADE |
| 16 | N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented | SHO |
| 19 | Mid-voyage | ASA |
| 20 | Members of a tough crowd, perhaps | BOOERS |
| 21 | Some painkillers | OPIATES |
| 22 | Neighbor of Pakistan | IAN |
| 23 | Go-ahead responses | NOS |
| 24 | The humanities, traditionally | ARTSANDLETTERS |
| 26 | Move gingerly | ESE |
| 27 | H.S. exams taken for college credit | APS |
| 28 | Hockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck | TIPIN |
| 29 | Follower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France | JACOBIN |
| 30 | Winged pest | GAT |
| 31 | What a daredevil might go without | NET |
| 32 | Binary pronoun options | HEORSHE |
| 34 | Photographer Goldin | NAN |
| 35 | Expecting, informally | PREGO |
| 37 | One of two, in this clue | ANAPEST |
| 39 | Mafiosi | MADEMEN |
| 42 | Armada vessel | GALLON |
| 43 | Smidgen | TAD |
| 44 | One tapped by leadership? | SIR |
| 45 | Temper | MOOD |
| 46 | Bit of smack talk | DIS |
| 47 | Sacred bird of Egyptian mythology | IBIS |
| 49 | Go in circles | GRATE |
| 51 | Taiwan-based tech giant | ASUS |
| 52 | Formicary residents | ANTS |
| 54 | Part of an underground network | ROOT |
| 55 | Maritime hazard | REF |
| 56 | It's simultaneously attractive and repulsive | MANET |
| 58 | Malty craft beer | RYEIPA |
| 60 | Personal | OWN |
| 61 | Mont Blanc, par exemple | APE |
| 62 | Like much limestone | GAY |
| 63 | Gender abbr. | FEM |
| 64 | Mama's mama | NANA |
| 66 | Warning letters before a link | NSFW |
| 68 | Narrative arc | POT |
| 69 | Athletic competitions | METS |
| 70 | Band whose name is a rhyme scheme | ABA |
| 71 | Vaping implement | ECIG |
| 72 | Oscar-winning Michelle | YEOH |
| 73 | Modest bouquet | PSY |
| 74 | On the safe side, nautically | ALE |
| 75 | Derby entry | COT |
| 76 | Comedian Philips | EMO |
| 77 | Pompous "I" | ROYALE |
| 79 | Makes mincemeat of | GRIDS |
| 81 | Verifiable | TRE |
| 82 | Actor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies | STAN |
| 83 | Capital of East Timor | DILI |
| 84 | Hurt badly | MAIM |
| 85 | Packaging cords | TWINS |
| 87 | Slippery | EELY |
| 88 | Sloth, e.g. | SIN |
| 89 | All-encompassing prefix | OMNI |
| 90 | Goddess of the dawn | EOS |
| 91 | Site-seeing need? | URL |
| 92 | ___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict) | TAPING |
| 95 | Something to chew on | TEETHER |
| 97 | Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak | CANTEEN |
| 101 | Showy | ORATE |
| 102 | Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it | POM |
| 103 | What "E" on a gauge means | ADDFUEL |
| 105 | iPhone speaker? | SRI |
| 106 | Spinoff of a popular lecture series | TEX |
| 107 | Beers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina" | CORONAS |
| 110 | Prop ___ | PLANE |
| 111 | Actress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers" | CON |
| 112 | Fighting | ATT |
| 113 | Tidy way to color ... and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? | INSIDETHELINES |
| 115 | Word on a shoppe sign | ODE |
| 116 | Nike's swoosh or McDonald's golden arches | LOO |
| 117 | Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" | DESSERT |
| 118 | Filmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video | LANDIS |
| 119 | Equal | PER |
| 120 | Not quite yet | SON |
| 121 | Big name in Western wear | STETSON |
| 122 | "Good grief!" | MYGOD |
| 123 | Some flight tracker data, for short | EDS |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Word after second or before split | BANANA |
| 2 | Hard court tournament | USOPEN |
| 3 | What might fill you up after you fill up | GASSTATIONFOOD |
| 4 | Parliamentary conservatives | TORIES |
| 5 | Cuisine style that's kept simmering at the table | HOTPOT |
| 6 | Pantheon of Norse gods | AESIR |
| 7 | Send | TRANSMIT |
| 8 | W-9 nine: Abbr. | SSN |
| 9 | Shortened name on a Pelicans jersey | NOLA |
| 10 | Well-connected grp.? | OPEC |
| 11 | Take a breather | SITONEOUT |
| 12 | Milliners' decorations | HATBANDS |
| 13 | Stayed home for dinner | ATEIN |
| 14 | "Nebraska" actor Bruce | DERN |
| 15 | Shape of the border between yin and yang | ESS |
| 16 | Longtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered" | SIEGEL |
| 17 | Tries | HASAGO |
| 18 | Approximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe | ONETON |
| 20 | Came clean? | BATHED |
| 25 | Set new records, say, informally | DJED |
| 33 | ___ pants (loose-fitting garb) | HAREM |
| 35 | American patriot Thomas | PAINE |
| 36 | Author of the "Goosebumps" series | RLSTINE |
| 38 | Gone by | PAST |
| 40 | Came (from) | EMANATED |
| 41 | Walks leisurely | MOSEYS |
| 42 | Sydneysider's salutation | GDAYMATES |
| 44 | Two-point play in American football | SAFETY |
| 47 | "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass | IRONY |
| 48 | Super Mario character also known as King Koopa | BOWSER |
| 49 | ___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable) | GRAPPLING |
| 50 | Stillness | REPOSE |
| 53 | Star witness? | SPACETELESCOPE |
| 57 | 16 years, for Little League Baseball | AGELIMIT |
| 58 | Risen from the ashes | REBORN |
| 59 | Sloth, e.g. | ANIMAL |
| 63 | Lead-in to a stark reality | FACTIS |
| 65 | Extreme pain | AGONY |
| 67 | Line of questioning? | WHYISIT |
| 69 | Saltwater | MARINE |
| 78 | Letter-shaped dress style | ALINE |
| 79 | Single-player and multiplayer, for two | GAMEMODES |
| 80 | Knight's need | STEED |
| 82 | Rockefeller Plaza muralist | SERT |
| 84 | Driver | MOTORIST |
| 86 | Puns and anagrams, e.g. | WORDPLAY |
| 91 | Except if | UNLESS |
| 92 | Comes to | TOTALS |
| 93 | Retort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character | ARETOO |
| 94 | "Twister" star Bill | PAXTON |
| 96 | Encryption code, in computer science lingo | HASH |
| 97 | Spanish "when" | CUANDO |
| 98 | Virgil epic | AENEID |
| 99 | Worn down | ERODED |
| 100 | Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly | NINERS |
| 102 | Following | POSSE |
| 104 | Fun romance | FLING |
| 107 | Apt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e" | CNET |
| 108 | Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum | NERO |
| 109 | Memo header | ATTN |
| 113 | Points the finger at | IDS |
| 114 | Popular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight | ELM |
Hints for the March 2 puzzle
Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The March 2 puzzle fell on a Sunday, and with the New York Times crossword that matters: the grid gets harder as the week goes on, from an easy Monday to a fiendish Saturday, with a large themed puzzle on Sunday. So a Sunday grid tells you how much misdirection to expect — and if a clue that day seemed to make no sense, the weekday is usually the reason. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.
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