NYT Crossword Answers 03/25/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Groups of soldiers TROOPS
• 7 Initials on an invitation RSVP
• 11 Mil. installations FTS
• 14 Like Eeyore in “Winnie-the-Pooh” SOMBER
• 15 Langston Hughes poem about the hope for equality ITOO
• 16 Workout unit, for short REP
• 17 “The Lego Movie”? PLASTICFILM
• 19 Oldest Gershwin brother IRA
• 20 Lesions SORES
• 21 ___ mater ALMA
• 22 Crew propellers OARS
• 23 “Star Trek”? SPACEPROGRAM
• 26 Schlemiel SADSACK
• 29 “Old Man ___ at Cloud” (bit from “The Simpsons” that became an internet meme) YELLS
• 30 Fury IRE
• 31 Perch for a plant or a pie SILL
• 33 Sends reeling with a punch DECKS
• 36 Breaks in continuity GAPS
• 38 Coped (with) DEALT
• 41 Subpar grub SLOP
• 42 Channel for the Mavericks and Cavaliers NBATV
• 44 Thorn BARB
• 46 Luau instrument, informally UKE
• 47 Tokyo-based company that produces cameras and office equipment RICOH
• 50 Political platform, perhaps SOAPBOX
• 52 “Finding Nemo”? WATERFEATURE
• 55 Second Amendment subject ARMS
• 56 Scruff NAPE
• 57 Smallest country in the European Union (122 square miles) MALTA
• 61 “That surprises me” GEE
• 62 “Planet Earth”? WORLDSERIES
• 64 Completely dominate, informally OWN
• 65 “___, Brute?” ETTU
• 66 Not filled, as a role UNCAST
• 67 Trawling equipment NET
• 68 Character name on both “This Is Us” and “The Last of Us” TESS
• 69 ___ Vallarta, Mexico PUERTO

Vertical Clues

• 1 Tbsp. divisions TSPS
• 2 Popular candy wrapped in gold foil ROLO
• 3 Minnesota representative Ilhan ___ OMAR
• 4 Have a bee in one’s bonnet OBSESS
• 5 Places where puppies are pampered PETSPAS
• 6 Hindu honorific SRI
• 7 Winchester, for one RIFLE
• 8 Ren’s cartoon buddy STIMPY
• 9 Hit 1958 song officially titled “Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu” VOLARE
• 10 When doubled, a cheerleader’s accessory POM
• 11 Locale famous for roasts FRIARSCLUB
• 12 Alternative name for planet Earth TERRA
• 13 Involuntary contraction SPASM
• 18 Laugh like a witch CACKLE
• 22 Leers at OGLES
• 24 Not a base ACID
• 25 Obsolete OLD
• 26 Communicate with the hands SIGN
• 27 Horse that excels in equestrian sports ARAB
• 28 Cabinet division DEPARTMENT
• 32 Lecture counterpart, sometimes LAB
• 34 Gorilla that famously learned to 26-Down KOKO
• 35 X-ray ___ (novelty goggles) SPEX
• 37 Complete messes STIES
• 39 Went the distance LASTED
• 40 Pants, informally TROU
• 43 Device with tracking tech VCR
• 45 Spirit guide? BARMENU
• 48 Worth mentioning OFNOTE
• 49 Game in which players tend to avoid the queen of spades HEARTS
• 51 Actor Guy of “Memento” PEARCE
• 52 Oregon Trail vehicle WAGON
• 53 “___ there yet?” AREWE
• 54 Highest grade APLUS
• 58 Whopper server? LIAR
• 59 Try, as patience TEST
• 60 Regarding ASTO
• 62 Like a fresh coat of paint WET
• 63 “How’s it hangin’?” SUP