NYT Crossword March 11, 2025 Answers

Across

1A U.S.'s oldest continuous women's professional sports org. 4 5A Sample sake, say 3 8A ___ salmon 6 14A They're mined, all mined! 4 15A Kissing on a park bench, e.g., for short 3 16A "Fingers crossed!" 6 17A Gives a thumbs-up 8 19A Take to the sky 6 20A Vex 5 21A Pollen producer 6 23A Texter's "I can't believe this" 3 24A Made a scene? 5 26A "I cannot ___ anybody anything; I can only make them think": Socrates 5 30A "Hijack" actor Idris 4 32A "Nope!" 4 34A Middling mark 3 35A Recruit successfully, as a reluctant participant 6 37A Signs of spring 8 39A At the moment 7 41A Finger foods served on a toothpick, maybe 7 42A "Taste the rainbow" candy 8 44A Perplex 6 45A Sunbather's goal 3 46A First-person shooter video game franchise 4 47A 99% fat-free, say 4 48A Jazz legend Shaw 5 50A Gave it a go 5 52A Surveillance device, informally 3 55A Followed the leader 6 57A Plenty o' 5 59A Road sign with a unidirectional arrow 6 62A Compliment on the green 8 64A The Blenheim in England, for one 6 65A "___ soon?" 3 66A Spooky-sounding lake 4 67A Reeks 6 68A "Wowza!" 3 69A Bears' lairs 4

Down

1D Is nuts for 5 2D Type of event run by the 1-Across 5 3D Grasp a central idea 11 4D Sailing, say 4 5D Ian Fleming figure 3 6D "I.e.," spelled out 5 7D Frenchman who developed an anthrax vaccine 7 8D Decorative pillowcase 4 9D Make noticeable progress 13 10D Offer a thought 5 11D Hawaii's Mauna ___ 3 12D Fig. at a body shop 3 13D A deer, a female deer 3 18D Betray 13 22D Like some temporary committees 5 25D Common cooking oil 6 27D Traditional Chinese medicine component ... in which a practitioner might 3-, 9- and 18-Down? 11 28D Relinquishes 5 29D Hermann who wrote "Siddhartha" 5 31D One side of the political aisle, with "the" 4 33D Functional 6 35D Believer in Jah, familiarly 5 36D Herr Schindler in "Schindler's List" 5 38D "Roll Tide!" school, in brief 4 40D Eudora ___, Pulitzer-winning author for "The Optimist's Daughter" 5 43D Kia S.U.V. 7 49D Sioux City native 5 51D "A pain in the neck," e.g. 5 53D Actor Sean of "Stranger Things" 5 54D Aussie buds 5 56D So-called "windows to the soul" 4 58D Take in the paper? 4 59D Photo ___ 3 60D Revolutionary Turner 3 61D Horror director Roth 3 63D Gear tooth 3