NYT Crossword Answers 03/31/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Bowlers and sombreros HATS
• 5 Finance channel CNBC
• 9 Some toothpastes and hair goops GELS
• 13 Boy on “The Andy Griffith Show” OPIE
• 14 Wife of Jacob in the Bible LEAH
• 15 King of the gods, in Egyptian myth AMON
• 16 Bird that’s the U.S.’s national symbol BALDEAGLE
• 18 ___ Raton, Fla. BOCA
• 19 Make official ORDAIN
• 20 Summer zodiac sign LEO
• 22 Paving gunk TAR
• 23 Scout’s shelter TENT
• 24 Debbie Downer BUZZKILL
• 26 Like good knives and pupils SHARP
• 28 Religious offshoot SECT
• 29 Org. at airports TSA
• 32 Bigheadedness EGO
• 33 Work hard TOIL
• 35 “I’m starting to like this” … or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order ITSGROWINGONME
• 40 Defense org. since 1949 NATO
• 41 Bovine call MOO
• 42 Section of a tennis match SET
• 43 Step on a ladder RUNG
• 45 Observes Ramadan, in a way FASTS
• 47 Basketball shot made while leaning backward FADEAWAY
• 49 Tough part of a cross-country race HILL
• 52 U-turn from WSW ENE
• 53 Word after poison or bull PEN
• 54 Feels sorry for PITIES
• 56 ___ trap (part of a dryer) LINT
• 58 Like conga or mambo music AFROCUBAN
• 60 “That ___ be expected” ISTO
• 61 Thrice three NINE
• 62 Currency of Mexico PESO
• 63 Citrus peel ZEST
• 64 Ponzi scheme, e.g. SCAM
• 65 Whole bunch SLEW

Vertical Clues

• 1 So-called “king of the road” HOBO
• 2 Not together APART
• 3 Mark over the “n” in “mañana” TILDE
• 4 Cars that typically accommodate five people SEDANS
• 5 Family group CLAN
• 6 B-___ (rare blood type, informally) NEG
• 7 Make into a wad BALLUP
• 8 ___-Its CHEEZ
• 9 Yap GAB
• 10 😉 and <3 EMOTICONS
• 11 Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing LOCALTIME
• 12 Sound from an angry dog SNARL
• 17 Word that reverses meaning when an “n” is put in front EITHER
• 21 Fractions of lbs. OZS
• 24 Part of a face that may be furrowed BROW
• 25 Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon KETO
• 27 In the past AGO
• 29 Sn, chemically TIN
• 30 Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking STARANISE
• 31 Kids in the 90s? ASTUDENTS
• 34 The Beatles’ “___ It Be” LET
• 36 Departed GONE
• 37 Unclear response to “Are you coming?” IMAY
• 38 Blunt refusals NOS
• 39 “American ___” (Grant Wood painting) GOTHIC
• 44 Opening, as between teeth GAP
• 45 Spinoff stories written by an author’s readers, informally FANFIC
• 46 Producers of six-packs SITUPS
• 47 Happy: Sp. FELIZ
• 48 Removes a dependence (from) WEANS
• 50 Written defamation LIBEL
• 51 Rental contract LEASE
• 54 “Casey at the Bat,” for one POEM
• 55 Some winter weather SNOW
• 57 Little one TOT
• 59 Genetic messenger RNA