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Hints for Friday, March 14
Try these clue nudges before revealing the answers:
- Across 1: A hydroelectric project can hold back water.
- Across 4: A serving cut from a whole pie.
- Across 6: What a basement apartment may lack.
- Across 7: A familiar nickname for a group of elite universities.
- Across 8: A furry companion.
- Down 1: One digit of pi.
- Down 2: To feel pain.
- Down 3: The team named in the clue about Juan Soto.
- Down 4: To make a mistake or mess something up.
- Down 5: How a podcast with an audience may be recorded.
Spoilers: full answer key
Stop here if you still want to solve the puzzle yourself. The clue wording and answers below are reported by DocumentaryTube and AOL’s March 14, 2025 guides: DocumentaryTube and AOL.
Across
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydroelectric project | DAM |
| 4 | Piece of the pie | SLICE |
| 6 | Concern for a basement apartment | LIGHT |
| 7 | Noted octet in higher education | IVIES |
| 8 | Fur-riend | PET |
Down
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piece of the pi? | DIGIT |
| 2 | Feel the pain | ACHE |
| 3 | Team that signed Juan Soto to a record-breaking contract | METS |
| 4 | Mess (up) | SLIP |
| 5 | Like podcasts with a studio audience, say | LIVE |
Why the year is 2025
The title’s missing year is best read as 2025: both guides are dated Friday, March 14, 2025, and report the same across and down entries. This is a two-source corroborated answer key, not an answer set independently confirmed against an official NYT historical puzzle record.
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