NYT Crossword March 16, 2025 Answers

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1A Jeans material 5 6A Some P.D. alerts 4 10A Leaves a relationship 8 18A 14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas 6 20A "The African Queen" scriptwriter 4 21A Per-hour cost to record music, say 9 22A Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later 11 24A Completely exclude 9 25A Low-fat dairy desserts 8 26A Columbus's birthplace 5 28A L.L. Bean competitor 3 29A Dug through for digital analysis 5 30A Auto racer ___ Patrick 6 32A Subway commuters, informally 8 37A Promoted boastfully 6 39A Others, to Ovid 4 40A Old-fashioned garnishes 7 47A M.L.B. V.I.P.s 3 48A Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person 9 53A Selling points? 9 55A [Boo-hoo!] 5 56A Hamlet or Laertes 4 57A Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name 8 58A Dabbles in 7 60A Loads 4 61A Ratted 4 62A Make ready for new use 5 63A Exhibits brilliance 5 64A Something one might need to look good in the morning 7 68A Article of faith 5 69A Not-so-joltin' joe? 7 71A ___ group (chemistry classification) 5 72A Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe 5 73A Good lighting? 4 74A Spill the tea 4 75A Playground retort 7 77A Doses of a certain hallucinogen 8 82A ___ breve 4 83A Russian range 5 84A Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands 9 85A Much high school gossip 9 87A Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy 3 89A Got up and at ’em 7 90A Official who reports to a president 4 91A Reddish-brown shade 6 94A Secretly communicating in class 8 98A Make out 6 100A Settings for telling some ghost stories 5 105A Superb, in slang 3 106A In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony 5 108A Fried fare often served with marinara 8 110A Discards from fuzzy fruits 9 115A Blade runner? 11 117A Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo 9 118A Till bills 4 119A Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers" 6 120A Felt absolutely determined about 8 121A Betting site's quote 4 122A Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial 5

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1D Cornrow or challah feature 5 2D Playwright Federico García ___ 5 3D Like freshly poured concrete 5 4D Medical buildup of fluid 5 5D - 5 6D Verbally reacts to in awe 6 7D Links letters 3 8D Where Waterloo is 7 9D Picks 7 10D - 5 11D Something you might get a break with? 3 12D Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome 3 13D "Les ___" 3 14D Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin 3 15D Prior to, old-style 5 16D German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role 5 17D "Abominable" ones 5 19D Rap title? 3 21D BART stop, for short 3 23D Gave the go-ahead 3 27D Scot's denial 3 31D Eggy holiday drinks 4 33D Port city near Mount Carmel 5 34D High up 5 35D A persnickety person might pick it 3 36D Frodo's enchanting friend 7 38D What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you 6 40D Alternative to .net 3 41D King of Castile 3 42D Device whose keypad often has Braille on it 3 43D Catch in the act 3 44D Florentine artist known for frescoes 6 45D "The Jetsons" boy 5 46D - 5 49D It's one thing after another 4 50D Have as food, formally 5 51D Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state 5 52D Taste or touch 5 54D Light to stop at 3 55D Like the best bonds, perhaps 6 58D Primps 6 59D Slow, musically 5 63D Brit's jolly cry of approval 6 64D Lacking a knack for 5 65D Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!" 5 66D Critic's common seating preference 5 67D Lets go of 7 68D Some green cars 6 69D - 5 70D Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies 5 72D Smile 4 73D Bamboozled 3 75D Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard 5 76D Chimp's cousin 5 78D Attach, with "on" 3 79D Attach, with "on" 3 80D Cote quote? 3 81D ___ dog 3 84D Author Rice 4 86D "Agnus ___" 3 87D Hopes that one might 7 88D Live, in a way 7 92D Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song 3 93D Admission 6 94D Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit 5 95D What's on the fast track? 5 96D Navy group 5 97D - 5 99D Tiny bit 3 100D Bars of soap 5 101D Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool 5 102D Morning in Monaco 5 103D Word with French or bench 5 104D - 5 107D Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr. 3 109D Drug sold in 77-Across 3 111D Compound found in marijuana, for short 3 112D Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle 3 113D Sch. calendar abbr. 3 114D "___ be a pleasure" 3 116D Call off 3