NYT Crossword March 24, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Messy pile 4 5A Loops in on an email thread 3 8A Odysseus' faithful dog 5 13A Major or Minor in astronomy? 4 14A ___ Gold, pretzel brand 4 16A Bracelet bits 5 17A Londoner or Liverpudlian, informally 4 18A Buckeye's home 4 19A Japanese noodle dish 5 20A Something you might step on before or after a shower 13 23A What backup dancers often move in 6 24A Casual affirmative 4 25A Sleep cycle inits. 3 28A K-pop group with an "army" of followers 3 29A The Air Force's F-16 or F-22, for example 3 31A Tiki bar cocktail with a rhyming name 6 33A Set of ethical standards 12 36A Jones or James of jazz 4 39A Zodiac sign whose symbol roars 3 40A Matures 4 41A Person who has reached near-mythical status 12 46A Swim meet event 6 47A ___ Lanka 3 48A Org. for Arnold Palmer 3 51A Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby 3 52A Vehicle in a light rail system 4 55A Arctic abodes 6 57A Here, there and everywhere … or where to find 20-, 33- and 41-Across's ends? 13 60A Brief walk-on movie appearance 5 62A Character in "Frankenstein" films who doesn't appear in the Mary Shelley novel 4 63A Severe wind 4 64A Chris of Captain America fame 5 65A Fruit from a palm 4 66A Norse god of war 4 67A Has staying power 5 68A Cryptography org. 3 69A Views 4

Down

1D Commotion 6 2D Knight-___ (medieval character wandering in search of adventure) 6 3D "The way things stand …" 6 4D Routes 5 5D Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole 7 6D Pacific salmon 4 7D Like seaweed or raw octopus 5 8D President Lincoln 7 9D Not imaginary 4 10D Call of Duty handle, e.g. 8 11D Poem of praise 3 12D Nine-digit ID 3 15D Prescription specification 4 21D Color of two stripes on the flag de España 4 22D Attire for a G.I. who doesn't want to be seen 4 26D Loosen (up) 4 27D Go wide of the mark 4 30D Able to reach the highest shelf, say 4 32D Apple tablet 4 33D Vote-by-___ (absentee option) 4 34D Gymnast Suni ___ 3 35D Small parts of a big organization, in an idiom 4 36D Resident of 123 Sesame Street 4 37D Echelon 4 38D "The Boys" and "The Bear," for two 8 42D Deficit after all things considered 7 43D Greek sandwich in pita bread 4 44D Country between Djibouti and Sudan on the coast of the Red Sea 7 45D Near, to a poet 4 48D Greasy hair ointment 6 49D Hockey player who wears a mask 6 50D Utah's state trees 6 53D Enthusiastic, as a fan 4 54D Rap's ___ Thee Stallion 5 56D Toy bricks 5 58D Gave for a while 4 59D Goes bad, as fruit 4 60D Cartoon collectible 3 61D Filmmaker DuVernay 3