NYT Crossword March 9, 2025 Answers

Across

1A First lady McKinley 3 4A Common saltwater baitfish 4 8A Letters before Q 4 12A Become crunchy in the oven 7 19A Image of Mickey, maybe 3 20A ___ Nostra 4 21A Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River 4 22A "Red telephone," historically 7 23A Breakfast order request 8 25A [London Herald, 4/16/1912] 12 27A [The New York Times, 8/9/1974] 12 29A "Scarface" 8 30A Schedule 5 31A Drives off 5 32A "Catch ya later!" 5 33A Wee one 3 34A Frankincense or myrrh 5 36A T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say 3 37A Plantain lily, by another name 5 39A [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948] 18 47A Company once called the California Perfume Company 4 48A Wrap one's head around 3 49A Popular Hawaiian dish 4 50A Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa 7 54A They're below par 7 56A Choice words 3 57A Footwear for a sharp dresser? 9 59A "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972 5 60A Toward the opposing goal, in hockey 5 62A Geometry calculation: Abbr. 3 63A "How ya doin'?" 3 64A [Variety, 10/30/1929] 15 70A ___ Dhabi 3 73A Alliance since 1948, in brief 3 74A Golf's Slammin' Sammy 5 75A Bouquet 5 79A Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed 9 83A Poorly 3 84A Headwear that's stereotypically red 7 86A Breakout performer? 7 87A It's blowin' in the wind 4 89A ___ thruster (physics lab device) 3 90A Corrin of "Nosferatu" 4 91A [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975] 18 95A "The rubber people," in Nahuatl 5 98A "Biting" characteristic 3 99A Big name in health care 5 100A Trouble 3 101A Fleet 5 104A Where people typically go to the mat? 5 106A Attempt to tear 5 111A Fool around 8 113A With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983] 12 115A See 113-Across 12 117A "Jeez Louise!" 8 118A Boils 7 119A Latin "Look" 4 120A Filmmaker Johnson 4 121A Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush) 3 122A Drink after a race, say 7 123A Signaled 4 124A Wraps up 4 125A The Second vis-à-vis the First, say 3

Down

1D Cher and Madonna, e.g. 5 2D Old Scratch, with "the" 5 3D Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015 5 4D It might be chewed in a theater 7 5D Frost 4 6D Taxpayers 9 7D 9 to 5, e.g. 8 8D Release 5 9D Beams 5 10D Parts of comedy routines 4 11D Serving at a Chinese restaurant 3 12D Carolina Reaper, for one 5 13D Good name for a geologist? 5 14D "How sad" 9 15D Lapse 4 16D Some red or white wines 6 17D Pull some strings? 6 18D Old Spanish coin 6 24D Waste away 3 26D Bottom 5 28D Actress Skye 4 32D Payments made at a table 5 35D Leg up 4 36D Query 3 38D "I'll get to work right now" 4 39D Dollops 4 40D ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop" 4 41D Threadbare 4 42D Fund, as a college 5 43D They're known to open with some jokes 6 44D Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra 9 45D The "U" of 60-Down 5 46D "Damage" director Louis 5 51D K-pop septet 3 52D Short note? 3 53D Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" 3 55D Long-term deposit, in brief 3 56D Go (for) 3 58D Certain spot 4 60D It once shared a land border with 16 countries 4 61D Drawstring place 6 65D Hardly the social butterfly 5 66D Stowed 5 67D ___ soda 3 68D Needlefish 3 69D Monopolist's trait 5 70D One-pointer in cribbage 3 71D Some undergrad degs. 3 72D Trojans' sch. 3 76D "Jeez, I can't catch a break" 4 77D Call from a crib 4 78D Slightly 4 80D Umpire's ruling 4 81D Writings of dubious authenticity 9 82D Eschew 5 84D "Victory is mine!," in modern lingo 9 85D Privy to 4 88D Make a scene 3 89D "My heavens!" 8 92D They can support a nest egg 5 93D 48-oz. beer glass 4 94D Service providers? 7 95D Wise-appearing 6 96D ___ Tunes 6 97D Like the cheese in a grilled cheese 6 102D Protective tip on a lace 5 103D Bel ___ cheese 5 104D Informal goodbye 5 105D Made some waves? 5 107D Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol 3 108D Some have meters 5 109D Mexican marinade 5 110D "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film) 5 112D Tolkien trilogy, for short 4 113D Morehouse or Howard, in brief 4 114D Whole bunch 4 116D Instant 3