NYT Crossword March 26, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Mama" of the Mamas & the Papas 4 5A Swallows nervously 5 10A Motown song played at many a wedding 5 15A "That's hysterical!," online 4 16A Paragon 5 17A Keats and Yeats 5 18A Tiny amount 4 19A "I've done this before" 5 20A - 5 21A It doesn't pay, they say 5 23A Short retirement? 3 24A Lighter giant 3 25A Not so sure about a wedding, say 6 27A - 8 31A She, in São Paulo 3 32A N.L. East or A.F.C. West 3 34A Some privately held businesses: Abbr. 4 35A Pale 3 37A Yearned (for) 7 39A You might have one to pick 4 40A Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do 16 45A Hand or foot 4 46A Faces 7 47A Sleep with 3 48A Image format, familiarly 4 50A Road repair goo 3 51A Alternative to a Stella or Sam Adams 3 54A Thoroughly interrogates 8 57A - 6 59A Portfolio holding, for short 3 60A Popular R&B group composed of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli 3 62A Kind of pole 5 63A Rave over, metaphorically 5 66A - 5 68A Polo of "Meet the Parents" 4 69A Pre-covenant name for a biblical father 5 70A Up on 5 71A West African staple crop 4 72A Frivolous 5 73A Prepare, as tea 5 74A Campus site for 30,000+ Iowa students 4

Down

1D Hackneyed 6 2D Lacking all scruples 6 3D Cannabis variety 6 4D "Likewise" 5 5D Juniper-flavored spirit 3 6D Noodle variety 4 7D Set loose on 5 8D Handouts from street preachers 9 9D Like a fox 3 10D Portions of parsley 6 11D Bootleg booze 5 12D Ref. work that's been available electronically since 1988 3 13D Great Basin tribe 3 14D Historic Chinese general 3 22D Forested moon in "Return of the Jedi" 5 24D Tampa Bay N.F.L.er 3 26D Actress Rodriguez of "Jane the Virgin" 4 28D Timeworn 6 29D "Terrible" ages 4 30D Not mad 4 33D Fabric that George Costanza said he'd drape himself in if it were socially acceptable 6 36D Pioneering game console, for short 3 37D 747 or A380 3 38D Tad 9 39D ___-relief 3 40D Baby bear 3 41D Downward force on earth, informally 4 42D "I saw," to Caesar 4 43D "My stars!" 4 44D Headwear for Emily in Paris 5 48D British politico Corbyn 6 49D Ad Council production, in brief 3 51D Spin doctors 6 52D "I'd like a brewski" 6 53D Negligent 6 55D Like some signs 5 56D Run away (with) 5 58D Cry after pranking someone 5 61D Adorable 4 63D "Time ___ …" 3 64D Slugger's stat 3 65D Not online, online 3 66D Sounds in spas 3 67D Blouse, e.g. 3