NYT Crossword March 31, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Bowlers and sombreros 4 5A Finance channel 4 9A Some toothpastes and hair goops 4 13A Boy on "The Andy Griffith Show" 4 14A Wife of Jacob in the Bible 4 15A King of the gods, in Egyptian myth 4 16A Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol 9 18A ___ Raton, Fla. 4 19A Make official 6 20A Summer zodiac sign 3 22A Paving gunk 3 23A Scout's shelter 4 24A Debbie Downer 8 26A Like good knives and pupils 5 28A Religious offshoot 4 29A Org. at airports 3 32A Bigheadedness 3 33A Work hard 4 35A "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order 14 40A Defense org. since 1949 4 41A Bovine call 3 42A Section of a tennis match 3 43A Step on a ladder 4 45A Observes Ramadan, in a way 5 47A Basketball shot made while leaning backward 8 49A Tough part of a cross-country race 4 52A U-turn from WSW 3 53A Word after poison or bull 3 54A Feels sorry for 6 56A ___ trap (part of a dryer) 4 58A Like conga or mambo music 9 60A "That ___ be expected" 4 61A Thrice three 4 62A Currency of Mexico 4 63A Citrus peel 4 64A Ponzi scheme, e.g. 4 65A Whole bunch 4

Down

1D So-called "king of the road" 4 2D Not together 5 3D Mark over the "n" in "mañana" 5 4D Cars that typically accommodate five people 6 5D Family group 4 6D B-___ (rare blood type, informally) 3 7D Make into a wad 6 8D ___-Its 5 9D Yap 3 10D ;) and :D 9 11D Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing 9 12D Sound from an angry dog 5 17D Word that reverses meaning when an "n" is put in front 6 21D Fractions of lbs. 3 24D Part of a face that may be furrowed 4 25D Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon 4 27D In the past 3 29D Sn, chemically 3 30D Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking 9 31D Kids in the 90s? 9 34D The Beatles' "___ It Be" 3 36D Departed 4 37D Unclear response to "Are you coming?" 4 38D Blunt refusals 3 39D "American ___" (Grant Wood painting) 6 44D Opening, as between teeth 3 45D Spinoff stories written by an author's readers, informally 6 46D Producers of six-packs 6 47D Happy: Sp. 5 48D Removes a dependence (from) 5 50D Written defamation 5 51D Rental contract 5 54D "Casey at the Bat," for one 4 55D Some winter weather 4 57D Little one 3 59D Genetic messenger 3