Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, March 9, 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 9?” 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 9, 2025
The full solution for the March 9 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 9.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for March 9, 2025
Every clue from the March 9 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 | First lady McKinley | IDA |
| 4 | Common saltwater baitfish | SHAD |
| 8 | Letters before Q | LGBT |
| 12 | Become crunchy in the oven | CRISPUP |
| 19 | Image of Mickey, maybe | CEL |
| 20 | ___ Nostra | COSA |
| 21 | Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River | ERIE |
| 22 | "Red telephone," historically | HOTLINE |
| 23 | Breakfast order request | OVEREASY |
| 25 | [London Herald, 4/16/1912] | TITANICSINKS |
| 27 | [The New York Times, 8/9/1974] | NIXONRESIGNS |
| 29 | "Scarface" | ALCAPONE |
| 30 | Schedule | SLATE |
| 31 | Drives off | SHOOS |
| 32 | "Catch ya later!" | ADIOS |
| 33 | Wee one | TOT |
| 34 | Frankincense or myrrh | RESIN |
| 36 | T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say | ANI |
| 37 | Plantain lily, by another name | HOSTA |
| 39 | [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948] | DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN |
| 47 | Company once called the California Perfume Company | AVON |
| 48 | Wrap one's head around | GET |
| 49 | Popular Hawaiian dish | POKE |
| 50 | Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa | NAMIBIA |
| 54 | They're below par | BIRDIES |
| 56 | Choice words | ORS |
| 57 | Footwear for a sharp dresser? | STILETTOS |
| 59 | "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972 | SENOR |
| 60 | Toward the opposing goal, in hockey | UPICE |
| 62 | Geometry calculation: Abbr. | VOL |
| 63 | "How ya doin'?" | SUP |
| 64 | [Variety, 10/30/1929] | WALLSTLAYSANEGG |
| 70 | ___ Dhabi | ABU |
| 73 | Alliance since 1948, in brief | OAS |
| 74 | Golf's Slammin' Sammy | SNEAD |
| 75 | Bouquet | AROMA |
| 79 | Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed | CASSANDRA |
| 83 | Poorly | ILL |
| 84 | Headwear that's stereotypically red | FIREHAT |
| 86 | Breakout performer? | ESCAPEE |
| 87 | It's blowin' in the wind | VANE |
| 89 | ___ thruster (physics lab device) | ION |
| 90 | Corrin of "Nosferatu" | EMMA |
| 91 | [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975] | FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD |
| 95 | "The rubber people," in Nahuatl | OLMEC |
| 98 | "Biting" characteristic | WIT |
| 99 | Big name in health care | AETNA |
| 100 | Trouble | WOE |
| 101 | Fleet | RAPID |
| 104 | Where people typically go to the mat? | PORCH |
| 106 | Attempt to tear | RIPAT |
| 111 | Fool around | LOLLYGAG |
| 113 | With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983] | HEADLESSBODY |
| 115 | See 113-Across | INTOPLESSBAR |
| 117 | "Jeez Louise!" | AWCOMEON |
| 118 | Boils | SEETHES |
| 119 | Latin "Look" | ECCE |
| 120 | Filmmaker Johnson | RIAN |
| 121 | Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush) | MBA |
| 122 | Drink after a race, say | HYDRATE |
| 123 | Signaled | CUED |
| 124 | Wraps up | ENDS |
| 125 | The Second vis-à-vis the First, say | SON |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Cher and Madonna, e.g. | ICONS |
| 2 | Old Scratch, with "the" | DEVIL |
| 3 | Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015 | ALEXA |
| 4 | It might be chewed in a theater | SCENERY |
| 5 | Frost | HOAR |
| 6 | Taxpayers | ASSESSEES |
| 7 | 9 to 5, e.g. | DAYSHIFT |
| 8 | Release | LETGO |
| 9 | Beams | GRINS |
| 10 | Parts of comedy routines | BITS |
| 11 | Serving at a Chinese restaurant | TEA |
| 12 | Carolina Reaper, for one | CHILI |
| 13 | Good name for a geologist? | ROCCO |
| 14 | "How sad" | ITSASHAME |
| 15 | Lapse | SLIP |
| 16 | Some red or white wines | PINOTS |
| 17 | Pull some strings? | UNKNOT |
| 18 | Old Spanish coin | PESETA |
| 24 | Waste away | ROT |
| 26 | Bottom | NADIR |
| 28 | Actress Skye | IONE |
| 32 | Payments made at a table | ANTES |
| 35 | Leg up | EDGE |
| 36 | Query | ASK |
| 38 | "I'll get to work right now" | ONIT |
| 39 | Dollops | DABS |
| 40 | ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop" | EVIE |
| 41 | Threadbare | WORN |
| 42 | Fund, as a college | ENDOW |
| 43 | They're known to open with some jokes | APRILS |
| 44 | Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra | TOSCANINI |
| 45 | The "U" of 60-Down | UNION |
| 46 | "Damage" director Louis | MALLE |
| 51 | K-pop septet | BTS |
| 52 | Short note? | IOU |
| 53 | Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" | ASP |
| 55 | Long-term deposit, in brief | IRA |
| 56 | Go (for) | OPT |
| 58 | Certain spot | TVAD |
| 60 | It once shared a land border with 16 countries | USSR |
| 61 | Drawstring place | EYELET |
| 65 | Hardly the social butterfly | LONER |
| 66 | Stowed | LADED |
| 67 | ___ soda | SAL |
| 68 | Needlefish | GAR |
| 69 | Monopolist's trait | GREED |
| 70 | One-pointer in cribbage | ACE |
| 71 | Some undergrad degs. | BAS |
| 72 | Trojans' sch. | USC |
| 76 | "Jeez, I can't catch a break" | OHME |
| 77 | Call from a crib | MAMA |
| 78 | Slightly | ATAD |
| 80 | Umpire's ruling | SAFE |
| 81 | Writings of dubious authenticity | APOCRYPHA |
| 82 | Eschew | AVOID |
| 84 | "Victory is mine!," in modern lingo | FORTHEWIN |
| 85 | Privy to | INON |
| 88 | Make a scene | ACT |
| 89 | "My heavens!" | IDECLARE |
| 92 | They can support a nest egg | TWIGS |
| 93 | 48-oz. beer glass | YARD |
| 94 | Service providers? | PARSONS |
| 95 | Wise-appearing | OWLISH |
| 96 | ___ Tunes | LOONEY |
| 97 | Like the cheese in a grilled cheese | MELTED |
| 102 | Protective tip on a lace | AGLET |
| 103 | Bel ___ cheese | PAESE |
| 104 | Informal goodbye | PEACE |
| 105 | Made some waves? | OARED |
| 107 | Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol | IBM |
| 108 | Some have meters | POEMS |
| 109 | Mexican marinade | ADOBO |
| 110 | "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film) | TYNAN |
| 112 | Tolkien trilogy, for short | LOTR |
| 113 | Morehouse or Howard, in brief | HBCU |
| 114 | Whole bunch | SCAD |
| 116 | Instant | SEC |
Hints for the March 9 puzzle
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