This page covers the Tuesday, March 18, 2025 NYT Strands puzzle—not the different puzzle from Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Start with a theme hint, then reveal the spangram and full answer list below.
Forbes published its guide on March 17, 2025, and ComicBook.com published its guide on March 18, 2025, both matching the 2025 puzzle: Forbes and ComicBook.com.
Hints for the March 18 Strands puzzle
Theme
The theme is “Grrr.”
Interpretive hint
Think of words for being angry or in a bad mood. The clue is “Angry.”
First letters
If you need a nudge toward the individual words, their initial letter pairs, in the source’s listed order, are CR, SU, PE, VE, IR, GR, TO. The spangram begins with CR.
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Spoilers: spangram and answers
Spangram: CROSSWORD
Theme words: CRANKY, SURLY, PEEVED, VEXED, IRKED, GRUMPY, TOUCHY.
The wordplay is “cross-words”: the theme answers describe anger, and CROSSWORD is the spangram. The answer key and interpretation are reported by ComicBook.com and Forbes.
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