NYT Crossword Answers - Mar 9

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  1. 1First lady McKinleyIDA
  2. 4Common saltwater baitfishSHAD
  3. 8Letters before QLGBT
  4. 12Become crunchy in the ovenCRISPUP
  5. 19Image of Mickey, maybeCEL
  6. 20___ NostraCOSA
  7. 21Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit RiverERIE
  8. 22"Red telephone," historicallyHOTLINE
  9. 23Breakfast order requestOVEREASY
  10. 25[London Herald, 4/16/1912]TITANICSINKS
  11. 27[The New York Times, 8/9/1974]NIXONRESIGNS
  12. 29"Scarface"ALCAPONE
  13. 30ScheduleSLATE
  14. 31Drives offSHOOS
  15. 32"Catch ya later!"ADIOS
  16. 33Wee oneTOT
  17. 34Frankincense or myrrhRESIN
  18. 36T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they sayANI
  19. 37Plantain lily, by another nameHOSTA
  20. 39[Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN
  21. 47Company once called the California Perfume CompanyAVON
  22. 48Wrap one's head aroundGET
  23. 49Popular Hawaiian dishPOKE
  24. 50Driest country in sub-Saharan AfricaNAMIBIA
  25. 54They're below parBIRDIES
  26. 56Choice wordsORS
  27. 57Footwear for a sharp dresser?STILETTOS
  28. 59"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972SENOR
  29. 60Toward the opposing goal, in hockeyUPICE
  30. 62Geometry calculation: Abbr.VOL
  31. 63"How ya doin'?"SUP
  32. 64[Variety, 10/30/1929]WALLSTLAYSANEGG
  33. 70___ DhabiABU
  34. 73Alliance since 1948, in briefOAS
  35. 74Golf's Slammin' SammySNEAD
  36. 75BouquetAROMA
  37. 79Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believedCASSANDRA
  38. 83PoorlyILL
  39. 84Headwear that's stereotypically redFIREHAT
  40. 86Breakout performer?ESCAPEE
  41. 87It's blowin' in the windVANE
  42. 89___ thruster (physics lab device)ION
  43. 90Corrin of "Nosferatu"EMMA
  44. 91[New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD
  45. 95"The rubber people," in NahuatlOLMEC
  46. 98"Biting" characteristicWIT
  47. 99Big name in health careAETNA
  48. 100TroubleWOE
  49. 101FleetRAPID
  50. 104Where people typically go to the mat?PORCH
  51. 106Attempt to tearRIPAT
  52. 111Fool aroundLOLLYGAG
  53. 113With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]HEADLESSBODY
  54. 115See 113-AcrossINTOPLESSBAR
  55. 117"Jeez Louise!"AWCOMEON
  56. 118BoilsSEETHES
  57. 119Latin "Look"ECCE
  58. 120Filmmaker JohnsonRIAN
  59. 121Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)MBA
  60. 122Drink after a race, sayHYDRATE
  61. 123SignaledCUED
  62. 124Wraps upENDS
  63. 125The Second vis-à-vis the First, saySON

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  1. 1Cher and Madonna, e.g.ICONS
  2. 2Old Scratch, with "the"DEVIL
  3. 3Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015ALEXA
  4. 4It might be chewed in a theaterSCENERY
  5. 5FrostHOAR
  6. 6TaxpayersASSESSEES
  7. 79 to 5, e.g.DAYSHIFT
  8. 8ReleaseLETGO
  9. 9BeamsGRINS
  10. 10Parts of comedy routinesBITS
  11. 11Serving at a Chinese restaurantTEA
  12. 12Carolina Reaper, for oneCHILI
  13. 13Good name for a geologist?ROCCO
  14. 14"How sad"ITSASHAME
  15. 15LapseSLIP
  16. 16Some red or white winesPINOTS
  17. 17Pull some strings?UNKNOT
  18. 18Old Spanish coinPESETA
  19. 24Waste awayROT
  20. 26BottomNADIR
  21. 28Actress SkyeIONE
  22. 32Payments made at a tableANTES
  23. 35Leg upEDGE
  24. 36QueryASK
  25. 38"I'll get to work right now"ONIT
  26. 39DollopsDABS
  27. 40___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"EVIE
  28. 41ThreadbareWORN
  29. 42Fund, as a collegeENDOW
  30. 43They're known to open with some jokesAPRILS
  31. 44Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony OrchestraTOSCANINI
  32. 45The "U" of 60-DownUNION
  33. 46"Damage" director LouisMALLE
  34. 51K-pop septetBTS
  35. 52Short note?IOU
  36. 53Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"ASP
  37. 55Long-term deposit, in briefIRA
  38. 56Go (for)OPT
  39. 58Certain spotTVAD
  40. 60It once shared a land border with 16 countriesUSSR
  41. 61Drawstring placeEYELET
  42. 65Hardly the social butterflyLONER
  43. 66StowedLADED
  44. 67___ sodaSAL
  45. 68NeedlefishGAR
  46. 69Monopolist's traitGREED
  47. 70One-pointer in cribbageACE
  48. 71Some undergrad degs.BAS
  49. 72Trojans' sch.USC
  50. 76"Jeez, I can't catch a break"OHME
  51. 77Call from a cribMAMA
  52. 78SlightlyATAD
  53. 80Umpire's rulingSAFE
  54. 81Writings of dubious authenticityAPOCRYPHA
  55. 82EschewAVOID
  56. 84"Victory is mine!," in modern lingoFORTHEWIN
  57. 85Privy toINON
  58. 88Make a sceneACT
  59. 89"My heavens!"IDECLARE
  60. 92They can support a nest eggTWIGS
  61. 9348-oz. beer glassYARD
  62. 94Service providers?PARSONS
  63. 95Wise-appearingOWLISH
  64. 96___ TunesLOONEY
  65. 97Like the cheese in a grilled cheeseMELTED
  66. 102Protective tip on a laceAGLET
  67. 103Bel ___ cheesePAESE
  68. 104Informal goodbyePEACE
  69. 105Made some waves?OARED
  70. 107Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbolIBM
  71. 108Some have metersPOEMS
  72. 109Mexican marinadeADOBO
  73. 110"The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)TYNAN
  74. 112Tolkien trilogy, for shortLOTR
  75. 113Morehouse or Howard, in briefHBCU
  76. 114Whole bunchSCAD
  77. 116InstantSEC

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. First lady McKinley — Answer: IDA
  2. 4. Common saltwater baitfish — Answer: SHAD
  3. 8. Letters before Q — Answer: LGBT
  4. 12. Become crunchy in the oven — Answer: CRISPUP
  5. 19. Image of Mickey, maybe — Answer: CEL
  6. 20. ___ Nostra — Answer: COSA
  7. 21. Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River — Answer: ERIE
  8. 22. "Red telephone," historically — Answer: HOTLINE
  9. 23. Breakfast order request — Answer: OVEREASY
  10. 25. [London Herald, 4/16/1912] — Answer: TITANICSINKS
  11. 27. [The New York Times, 8/9/1974] — Answer: NIXONRESIGNS
  12. 29. "Scarface" — Answer: ALCAPONE
  13. 30. Schedule — Answer: SLATE
  14. 31. Drives off — Answer: SHOOS
  15. 32. "Catch ya later!" — Answer: ADIOS
  16. 33. Wee one — Answer: TOT
  17. 34. Frankincense or myrrh — Answer: RESIN
  18. 36. T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say — Answer: ANI
  19. 37. Plantain lily, by another name — Answer: HOSTA
  20. 39. [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948] — Answer: DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN
  21. 47. Company once called the California Perfume Company — Answer: AVON
  22. 48. Wrap one's head around — Answer: GET
  23. 49. Popular Hawaiian dish — Answer: POKE
  24. 50. Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa — Answer: NAMIBIA
  25. 54. They're below par — Answer: BIRDIES
  26. 56. Choice words — Answer: ORS
  27. 57. Footwear for a sharp dresser? — Answer: STILETTOS
  28. 59. "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972 — Answer: SENOR
  29. 60. Toward the opposing goal, in hockey — Answer: UPICE
  30. 62. Geometry calculation: Abbr. — Answer: VOL
  31. 63. "How ya doin'?" — Answer: SUP
  32. 64. [Variety, 10/30/1929] — Answer: WALLSTLAYSANEGG
  33. 70. ___ Dhabi — Answer: ABU. Hint: This is a common prefix for names of several Middle Eastern cities! 🕌
  34. 73. Alliance since 1948, in brief — Answer: OAS
  35. 74. Golf's Slammin' Sammy — Answer: SNEAD
  36. 75. Bouquet — Answer: AROMA
  37. 79. Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed — Answer: CASSANDRA
  38. 83. Poorly — Answer: ILL
  39. 84. Headwear that's stereotypically red — Answer: FIREHAT
  40. 86. Breakout performer? — Answer: ESCAPEE
  41. 87. It's blowin' in the wind — Answer: VANE
  42. 89. ___ thruster (physics lab device) — Answer: ION
  43. 90. Corrin of "Nosferatu" — Answer: EMMA
  44. 91. [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975] — Answer: FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD
  45. 95. "The rubber people," in Nahuatl — Answer: OLMEC
  46. 98. "Biting" characteristic — Answer: WIT
  47. 99. Big name in health care — Answer: AETNA
  48. 100. Trouble — Answer: WOE
  49. 101. Fleet — Answer: RAPID
  50. 104. Where people typically go to the mat? — Answer: PORCH
  51. 106. Attempt to tear — Answer: RIPAT
  52. 111. Fool around — Answer: LOLLYGAG
  53. 113. With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983] — Answer: HEADLESSBODY
  54. 115. See 113-Across — Answer: INTOPLESSBAR
  55. 117. "Jeez Louise!" — Answer: AWCOMEON
  56. 118. Boils — Answer: SEETHES
  57. 119. Latin "Look" — Answer: ECCE
  58. 120. Filmmaker Johnson — Answer: RIAN. Hint: Think of the director behind Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi 🎬
  59. 121. Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush) — Answer: MBA
  60. 122. Drink after a race, say — Answer: HYDRATE
  61. 123. Signaled — Answer: CUED. Hint: Given a subtle prompt or cue, as if for a performance 🎭
  62. 124. Wraps up — Answer: ENDS. Hint: To finish or conclude something is to do this. 🎬
  63. 125. The Second vis-à-vis the First, say — Answer: SON

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  1. 1. Cher and Madonna, e.g. — Answer: ICONS
  2. 2. Old Scratch, with "the" — Answer: DEVIL
  3. 3. Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015 — Answer: ALEXA
  4. 4. It might be chewed in a theater — Answer: SCENERY
  5. 5. Frost — Answer: HOAR
  6. 6. Taxpayers — Answer: ASSESSEES
  7. 7. 9 to 5, e.g. — Answer: DAYSHIFT
  8. 8. Release — Answer: LETGO
  9. 9. Beams — Answer: GRINS
  10. 10. Parts of comedy routines — Answer: BITS
  11. 11. Serving at a Chinese restaurant — Answer: TEA
  12. 12. Carolina Reaper, for one — Answer: CHILI
  13. 13. Good name for a geologist? — Answer: ROCCO
  14. 14. "How sad" — Answer: ITSASHAME
  15. 15. Lapse — Answer: SLIP
  16. 16. Some red or white wines — Answer: PINOTS
  17. 17. Pull some strings? — Answer: UNKNOT
  18. 18. Old Spanish coin — Answer: PESETA
  19. 24. Waste away — Answer: ROT
  20. 26. Bottom — Answer: NADIR
  21. 28. Actress Skye — Answer: IONE. Hint: Supply the first name of the actress known for Say Anything 🎬
  22. 32. Payments made at a table — Answer: ANTES
  23. 35. Leg up — Answer: EDGE
  24. 36. Query — Answer: ASK. Hint: A polite way to put a question to someone 🤔
  25. 38. "I'll get to work right now" — Answer: ONIT
  26. 39. Dollops — Answer: DABS
  27. 40. ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop" — Answer: EVIE
  28. 41. Threadbare — Answer: WORN
  29. 42. Fund, as a college — Answer: ENDOW
  30. 43. They're known to open with some jokes — Answer: APRILS
  31. 44. Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra — Answer: TOSCANINI
  32. 45. The "U" of 60-Down — Answer: UNION
  33. 46. "Damage" director Louis — Answer: MALLE
  34. 51. K-pop septet — Answer: BTS
  35. 52. Short note? — Answer: IOU
  36. 53. Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" — Answer: ASP
  37. 55. Long-term deposit, in brief — Answer: IRA
  38. 56. Go (for) — Answer: OPT
  39. 58. Certain spot — Answer: TVAD
  40. 60. It once shared a land border with 16 countries — Answer: USSR
  41. 61. Drawstring place — Answer: EYELET
  42. 65. Hardly the social butterfly — Answer: LONER
  43. 66. Stowed — Answer: LADED
  44. 67. ___ soda — Answer: SAL
  45. 68. Needlefish — Answer: GAR. Hint: This long, slender fish is known for its toothy jaws and armor-like scales. 🐟
  46. 69. Monopolist's trait — Answer: GREED
  47. 70. One-pointer in cribbage — Answer: ACE
  48. 71. Some undergrad degs. — Answer: BAS. Hint: Think of the abbreviated academic credentials students may earn before graduate school 🎓
  49. 72. Trojans' sch. — Answer: USC
  50. 76. "Jeez, I can't catch a break" — Answer: OHME
  51. 77. Call from a crib — Answer: MAMA
  52. 78. Slightly — Answer: ATAD. Hint: This means just a tiny bit. 🤏
  53. 80. Umpire's ruling — Answer: SAFE
  54. 81. Writings of dubious authenticity — Answer: APOCRYPHA
  55. 82. Eschew — Answer: AVOID
  56. 84. "Victory is mine!," in modern lingo — Answer: FORTHEWIN
  57. 85. Privy to — Answer: INON. Hint: What do you call something that's kept hidden away from others? 🤫
  58. 88. Make a scene — Answer: ACT
  59. 89. "My heavens!" — Answer: IDECLARE
  60. 92. They can support a nest egg — Answer: TWIGS
  61. 93. 48-oz. beer glass — Answer: YARD
  62. 94. Service providers? — Answer: PARSONS
  63. 95. Wise-appearing — Answer: OWLISH
  64. 96. ___ Tunes — Answer: LOONEY
  65. 97. Like the cheese in a grilled cheese — Answer: MELTED
  66. 102. Protective tip on a lace — Answer: AGLET
  67. 103. Bel ___ cheese — Answer: PAESE
  68. 104. Informal goodbye — Answer: PEACE
  69. 105. Made some waves? — Answer: OARED
  70. 107. Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol — Answer: IBM
  71. 108. Some have meters — Answer: POEMS
  72. 109. Mexican marinade — Answer: ADOBO
  73. 110. "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film) — Answer: TYNAN
  74. 112. Tolkien trilogy, for short — Answer: LOTR
  75. 113. Morehouse or Howard, in brief — Answer: HBCU
  76. 114. Whole bunch — Answer: SCAD
  77. 116. Instant — Answer: SEC

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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

#ClueAnswer
1First lady McKinleyIDA
4Common saltwater baitfishSHAD
8Letters before QLGBT
12Become crunchy in the ovenCRISPUP
19Image of Mickey, maybeCEL
20___ NostraCOSA
21Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit RiverERIE
22"Red telephone," historicallyHOTLINE
23Breakfast order requestOVEREASY
25[London Herald, 4/16/1912]TITANICSINKS
27[The New York Times, 8/9/1974]NIXONRESIGNS
29"Scarface"ALCAPONE
30ScheduleSLATE
31Drives offSHOOS
32"Catch ya later!"ADIOS
33Wee oneTOT
34Frankincense or myrrhRESIN
36T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they sayANI
37Plantain lily, by another nameHOSTA
39[Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN
47Company once called the California Perfume CompanyAVON
48Wrap one's head aroundGET
49Popular Hawaiian dishPOKE
50Driest country in sub-Saharan AfricaNAMIBIA
54They're below parBIRDIES
56Choice wordsORS
57Footwear for a sharp dresser?STILETTOS
59"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972SENOR
60Toward the opposing goal, in hockeyUPICE
62Geometry calculation: Abbr.VOL
63"How ya doin'?"SUP
64[Variety, 10/30/1929]WALLSTLAYSANEGG
70___ DhabiABU
73Alliance since 1948, in briefOAS
74Golf's Slammin' SammySNEAD
75BouquetAROMA
79Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believedCASSANDRA
83PoorlyILL
84Headwear that's stereotypically redFIREHAT
86Breakout performer?ESCAPEE
87It's blowin' in the windVANE
89___ thruster (physics lab device)ION
90Corrin of "Nosferatu"EMMA
91[New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD
95"The rubber people," in NahuatlOLMEC
98"Biting" characteristicWIT
99Big name in health careAETNA
100TroubleWOE
101FleetRAPID
104Where people typically go to the mat?PORCH
106Attempt to tearRIPAT
111Fool aroundLOLLYGAG
113With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]HEADLESSBODY
115See 113-AcrossINTOPLESSBAR
117"Jeez Louise!"AWCOMEON
118BoilsSEETHES
119Latin "Look"ECCE
120Filmmaker JohnsonRIAN
121Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)MBA
122Drink after a race, sayHYDRATE
123SignaledCUED
124Wraps upENDS
125The Second vis-à-vis the First, saySON

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1Cher and Madonna, e.g.ICONS
2Old Scratch, with "the"DEVIL
3Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015ALEXA
4It might be chewed in a theaterSCENERY
5FrostHOAR
6TaxpayersASSESSEES
79 to 5, e.g.DAYSHIFT
8ReleaseLETGO
9BeamsGRINS
10Parts of comedy routinesBITS
11Serving at a Chinese restaurantTEA
12Carolina Reaper, for oneCHILI
13Good name for a geologist?ROCCO
14"How sad"ITSASHAME
15LapseSLIP
16Some red or white winesPINOTS
17Pull some strings?UNKNOT
18Old Spanish coinPESETA
24Waste awayROT
26BottomNADIR
28Actress SkyeIONE
32Payments made at a tableANTES
35Leg upEDGE
36QueryASK
38"I'll get to work right now"ONIT
39DollopsDABS
40___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"EVIE
41ThreadbareWORN
42Fund, as a collegeENDOW
43They're known to open with some jokesAPRILS
44Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony OrchestraTOSCANINI
45The "U" of 60-DownUNION
46"Damage" director LouisMALLE
51K-pop septetBTS
52Short note?IOU
53Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"ASP
55Long-term deposit, in briefIRA
56Go (for)OPT
58Certain spotTVAD
60It once shared a land border with 16 countriesUSSR
61Drawstring placeEYELET
65Hardly the social butterflyLONER
66StowedLADED
67___ sodaSAL
68NeedlefishGAR
69Monopolist's traitGREED
70One-pointer in cribbageACE
71Some undergrad degs.BAS
72Trojans' sch.USC
76"Jeez, I can't catch a break"OHME
77Call from a cribMAMA
78SlightlyATAD
80Umpire's rulingSAFE
81Writings of dubious authenticityAPOCRYPHA
82EschewAVOID
84"Victory is mine!," in modern lingoFORTHEWIN
85Privy toINON
88Make a sceneACT
89"My heavens!"IDECLARE
92They can support a nest eggTWIGS
9348-oz. beer glassYARD
94Service providers?PARSONS
95Wise-appearingOWLISH
96___ TunesLOONEY
97Like the cheese in a grilled cheeseMELTED
102Protective tip on a laceAGLET
103Bel ___ cheesePAESE
104Informal goodbyePEACE
105Made some waves?OARED
107Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbolIBM
108Some have metersPOEMS
109Mexican marinadeADOBO
110"The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)TYNAN
112Tolkien trilogy, for shortLOTR
113Morehouse or Howard, in briefHBCU
114Whole bunchSCAD
116InstantSEC

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Every answer for the Sunday, March 9, 2025 NYT Crossword is listed at the top of this page — the confirmed grid as published that day.

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