. . . Ancient Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “. . . Ancient” from the New York Times crossword of March 30, 2025? It has 18 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 30, 2025
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PREHISTORICPERIODS is the answer to “. . . Ancient”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 18-letter answer that starts with P.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EOESIIIRTPDHRRPSCO.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with P and ends with S.
More clues from the New York Times (March 30, 2025)
Across
- 1. Choose not to take part4 letters, starts with PPASS
- 5. Style of hip-hop4 letters, starts with TTRAP
- 9. "Like, duh!"4 letters, starts with OOBVS
- 13. Settles, as the stomach5 letters, starts with CCALMS
- 18. High in the Andes4 letters, starts with AALTO
- 19. Hole-boring tool5 letters, starts with AAUGER
- 21. Feature of a safe landing, perhaps4 letters, starts with RRAIL
- 22. Architectural projection5 letters, starts with OORIEL
- 23. Hit the ___4 letters, starts with RROOF
- 24. Stiletto feature5 letters, starts with BBLADE
- 25. Fraudster Sorokin profiled in Netflix's "Inventing ___"4 letters, starts with AANNA
- 26. Mere pittance5 letters, starts with PPENNY
- 27. . [Not this]19 letters, starts with TTHATSBESIDETHEPOINT
- 31. Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale8 letters, starts with BBATSUITS
- 32. The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman holding one4 letters, starts with AATOM
- 33. Jordan's most-visited tourist site5 letters, starts with PPETRA
- 35. . . . Ancient18 letters, starts with PPREHISTORICPERIODS
- 40. Returns a call, in a way6 letters, starts with EECHOES
- 43. Comprehension3 letters, starts with KKEN
- 44. Facilitates4 letters, starts with AAIDS
- 45. Sch. whose student newspaper is The Reveille3 letters, starts with LLSU
- 46. Kid who's a handful4 letters, starts with BBRAT
- 47. Utter3 letters, starts with SSAY
- 49. Pickles might be in them4 letters, starts with JJARS
- 51. Dollar, informally4 letters, starts with CCLAM
- 52. # Believes14 letters, starts with BBUYSBYTHEPOUND
- 57. Useless6 letters, starts with NNOHELP
- 59. Stack in an office cabinet4 letters, starts with RREAM
- 60. 1960s diplomat Dean4 letters, starts with RRUSK
- 61. Hold together6 letters, starts with CCOHERE
- 62. * Composed *17 letters, starts with WWRITTENINTHESTARS
- 66. Canadian dollar, informally6 letters, starts with LLOONIE
- 67. Stimulant crop of South America4 letters, starts with CCOCA
- 68. Pricing level4 letters, starts with TTIER
- 69. Dishes out6 letters, starts with SSERVES
- 70. Feasts - - -14 letters, starts with DDINESANDDASHES
- 76. Fairy ___4 letters, starts with TTALE
- 77. Put-down4 letters, starts with DDISS
- 78. Modern love?3 letters, starts with BBAE
- 79. Elegant and luxurious4 letters, starts with PPOSH
- 80. Translation of "fin"3 letters, starts with EEND
- 81. Target for a Mighty Patch4 letters, starts with AACNE
- 83. Something searched for in vein?3 letters, starts with OORE
- 85. Soak6 letters, starts with DDRENCH
- 87. Alumnus º18 letters, starts with PPOSTGRADUATEDEGREE
- 93. Leader who wrote "The Discovery of [96-Down]"5 letters, starts with NNEHRU
- 94. Feed at a trough4 letters, starts with SSLOP
- 95. Steep decline8 letters, starts with NNOSEDIVE
- 99. — Peruse —19 letters, starts with RREADBETWEENTHELINES
- 103. Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe5 letters, starts with GGRIND
- 105. Its southernmost point, Pamana Island, is more than 750 miles below the Equator4 letters, starts with AASIA
- 106. Group in "a pension fund"5 letters, starts with AAEIOU
- 107. Mark one's words?4 letters, starts with EEDIT
- 108. Classification on a B.M.I. chart5 letters, starts with OOBESE
- 109. Having a certain strong flavor, as meat4 letters, starts with GGAMY
- 110. Fine print, often5 letters, starts with TTERMS
- 111. ___ wave4 letters, starts with SSINE
- 112. Entries in a passport5 letters, starts with VVISAS
- 113. Makes liable for libel, say4 letters, starts with SSUES
- 114. Average killers?4 letters, starts with DDEES
- 115. Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"4 letters, starts with TTAYE
Down
- 1. Medicare section5 letters, starts with PPARTB
- 2. Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy"5 letters, starts with AALOHA
- 3. Weasel family member5 letters, starts with SSTOAT
- 4. Special sympathies9 letters, starts with SSOFTSPOTS
- 5. Garfield and others7 letters, starts with TTABBIES
- 6. Hath dominion o'er6 letters, starts with RRULETH
- 7. Eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1992 to 20036 letters, starts with AAGASSI
- 8. Spa treatment, informally4 letters, starts with PPEDI
- 9. Keynote figure6 letters, starts with OORATOR
- 10. Baguette in Vietnamese cuisine6 letters, starts with BBANHMI
- 11. Wall climber4 letters, starts with VVINE
- 12. Apply haphazardly, with "on"4 letters, starts with SSLAP
- 13. Reproductive systems?7 letters, starts with CCOPIERS
- 14. Question of self-reflection6 letters, starts with AARENTI
- 15. Items helpful for removing pet hair11 letters, starts with LLINTROLLERS
- 16. Chess pieces3 letters, starts with MMEN
- 17. Furtive3 letters, starts with SSLY
- 20. Fix, as a logbook entry6 letters, starts with RREDATE
- 28. "If you say so!"4 letters, starts with SSURE
- 29. School for some royal offspring4 letters, starts with EETON
- 30. Piece of one's mind?4 letters, starts with OOPED
- 34. Bit of media revenue6 letters, starts with AADSALE
- 36. Terrier type from Scotland4 letters, starts with SSKYE
- 37. Joker … or jokester4 letters, starts with CCARD
- 38. Detectives, for short3 letters, starts with PPIS
- 39. Home drainage option4 letters, starts with SSUMP
- 40. Recede3 letters, starts with EEBB
- 41. Vin classification3 letters, starts with CCRU
- 42. Something a pitchfork might go into3 letters, starts with HHAY
- 47. What a star may represent5 letters, starts with SSTATE
- 48. "Alas …"4 letters, starts with AAHME
- 49. In the same way that6 letters, starts with JJUSTAS
- 50. Egyptian symbol of life4 letters, starts with AANKH
- 51. Only solo artist with Billboard #1 singles in seven consecutive decades4 letters, starts with CCHER
- 53. Curing liquid5 letters, starts with BBRINE
- 54. Cryptids of the Himalayas5 letters, starts with YYETIS
- 55. Proteins hypothetically responsible for mad cow disease6 letters, starts with PPRIONS
- 56. Small scale amount5 letters, starts with OOUNCE
- 57. "Point taken!"5 letters, starts with NNOTED
- 58. "Schitt's Creek" co-star Catherine5 letters, starts with OOHARA
- 61. Third part of a double album5 letters, starts with CCSIDE
- 62. Diamond jubilee?11 letters, starts with WWORLDSERIES
- 63. Get around4 letters, starts with RROVE
- 64. TV franchise spun off from "JAG"4 letters, starts with NNCIS
- 65. Big Sicilian smoker4 letters, starts with EETNA
- 66. Apply pressure to6 letters, starts with LLEANON
- 69. You might be told to watch yours4 letters, starts with SSTEP
- 70. Broke down4 letters, starts with DDIED
- 71. Sleeping, quaintly4 letters, starts with AABED
- 72. First to the finish line9 letters, starts with SSPEEDIEST
- 73. Sweetie3 letters, starts with HHON
- 74. "Exit" key3 letters, starts with EESC
- 75. "Don't tell anyone!"3 letters, starts with SSHH
- 77. Fiber of one's being, so to speak3 letters, starts with DDNA
- 81. Top marks7 letters, starts with AAGRADES
- 82. "Aw, rats!"4 letters, starts with CCRUD
- 83. Tribe headquartered in Red Rock, Okla.4 letters, starts with OOTOE
- 84. Music player button6 letters, starts with RREPEAT
- 85. Author who originally intended his pen name to rhyme with "voice," though Americans pronounced it differently7 letters, starts with DDRSEUSS
- 86. Walk unsteadily4 letters, starts with RREEL
- 88. Org. whose budget is classified6 letters, starts with TTHENSA
- 89. Period that a couple dedicates to themselves6 letters, starts with UUSTIME
- 90. Invariably6 letters, starts with AALWAYS
- 91. Not partial6 letters, starts with EENTIRE
- 92. Order after closing time6 letters, starts with GGOHOME
- 96. Country once led by 93-Across5 letters, starts with IINDIA
- 97. Like a bodybuilder's arms5 letters, starts with VVEINY
- 98. Much-lauded Lauder5 letters, starts with EESTEE
- 100. Features of sleepy eyes4 letters, starts with BBAGS
- 101. Genesis brother4 letters, starts with EESAU
- 102. Scholarship criterion4 letters, starts with NNEED
- 103. Whitehouse. follower3 letters, starts with GGOV
- 104. Stat achieved after a bases-loaded walk3 letters, starts with RRBI
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on November 24, 2024.
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Questions
What is the answer to “. . . Ancient”?
PREHISTORICPERIODS, 18 letters.
When was “. . . Ancient” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 30, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
18 letters, starting with P.