The Sunday, March 2, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword answers are below. Spoilers follow; the date matters because March 2 falls on a Sunday in some years, not every year.
Across
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Role for Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” | DYLAN |
| 6 | Makeup for the cheeks | ROUGE |
| 7 | “Well, shucks!” | AWGEE |
| 8 | Serious devotee | FIEND |
| 9 | Appropriate rhyme for “stressed,” for students | TEST |
Down
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unfortunate status for an email you meant to send last week | DRAFT |
| 2 | “Gadzooks, that hurt!” | YOWIE |
| 3 | Winter Olympics sleds | LUGES |
| 4 | Writer’s representative | AGENT |
| 5 | Have to have | NEED |
About this answer list
These clues and answers are reported by multiple secondary answer guides, including a dated guide and an archival guide. An accessible official New York Times puzzle archive entry was not available for direct verification, so this list is not presented as an official NYT archive transcription.
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