Bars of soap Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Bars of soap” from the New York Times crossword of March 16, 2025? It has 5 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 16, 2025
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CAKES is the answer to “Bars of soap”. It means to form into a hardened mass.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To form into a hardened mass.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ASKCE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Bakery desserts”.
More clues from the New York Times (March 16, 2025)
Across
- 1. Jeans material5 letters, starts with BBLUED
- 6. Some P.D. alerts4 letters, starts with AAPBS
- 10. Leaves a relationship8 letters, starts with SSCOMPANY
- 18. 14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas6 letters, starts with RRONDEL
- 20. "The African Queen" scriptwriter4 letters, starts with AAGEE
- 21. Per-hour cost to record music, say9 letters, starts with SSTUDIOFEE
- 22. Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later11 letters, starts with AARSENIOHALL
- 24. Completely exclude9 letters, starts with FFREEZEOUT
- 25. Low-fat dairy desserts8 letters, starts with IICEMILKS
- 26. Columbus's birthplace5 letters, starts with GGENOA
- 28. L.L. Bean competitor3 letters, starts with RREI
- 29. Dug through for digital analysis5 letters, starts with DDATAM
- 30. Auto racer ___ Patrick6 letters, starts with DDANICA
- 32. Subway commuters, informally8 letters, starts with PPHANGERS
- 37. Promoted boastfully6 letters, starts with TTOUTED
- 39. Others, to Ovid4 letters, starts with AALIA
- 40. Old-fashioned garnishes7 letters, starts with OORANGEP
- 47. M.L.B. V.I.P.s3 letters, starts with GGMS
- 48. Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person9 letters, starts with EELIOTNESS
- 53. Selling points?9 letters, starts with RRETAILERS
- 55. [Boo-hoo!]5 letters, starts with SSNIFF
- 56. Hamlet or Laertes4 letters, starts with DDANE
- 57. Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name8 letters, starts with GGYMBOREE
- 58. Dabbles in7 letters, starts with PPLAYSAT
- 60. Loads4 letters, starts with AATON
- 61. Ratted4 letters, starts with TTOLD
- 62. Make ready for new use5 letters, starts with RREFIT
- 63. Exhibits brilliance5 letters, starts with GGLOWS
- 64. Something one might need to look good in the morning7 letters, starts with BBEAUTYS
- 68. Article of faith5 letters, starts with TTENET
- 69. Not-so-joltin' joe?7 letters, starts with FFCOFFEE
- 71. ___ group (chemistry classification)5 letters, starts with AAMINO
- 72. Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe5 letters, starts with BBEETS
- 73. Good lighting?4 letters, starts with HHALO
- 74. Spill the tea4 letters, starts with DDISH
- 75. Playground retort7 letters, starts with DDOESNOT
- 77. Doses of a certain hallucinogen8 letters, starts with AACIDTABS
- 82. ___ breve4 letters, starts with AALLA
- 83. Russian range5 letters, starts with UURALS
- 84. Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands9 letters, starts with AADENOIDAL
- 85. Much high school gossip9 letters, starts with TTEENDRAMA
- 87. Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy3 letters, starts with SSUN
- 89. Got up and at ’em7 letters, starts with DDTHEDAY
- 90. Official who reports to a president4 letters, starts with DDEAN
- 91. Reddish-brown shade6 letters, starts with SSIENNA
- 94. Secretly communicating in class8 letters, starts with PPASSINGN
- 98. Make out6 letters, starts with DDETECT
- 100. Settings for telling some ghost stories5 letters, starts with CCAMPF
- 105. Superb, in slang3 letters, starts with AACE
- 106. In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony5 letters, starts with OOSAKA
- 108. Fried fare often served with marinara8 letters, starts with CCALAMARI
- 110. Discards from fuzzy fruits9 letters, starts with PPEACHPITS
- 115. Blade runner?11 letters, starts with SSPEEDSKATER
- 117. Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo9 letters, starts with AALLBETTER
- 118. Till bills4 letters, starts with TTENS
- 119. Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers"6 letters, starts with DDENISE
- 120. Felt absolutely determined about8 letters, starts with WWASDEADS
- 121. Betting site's quote4 letters, starts with OODDS
- 122. Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial5 letters, starts with SSANSS
Down
- 1. Cornrow or challah feature5 letters, starts with BBRAID
- 2. Playwright Federico García ___5 letters, starts with LLORCA
- 3. Like freshly poured concrete5 letters, starts with UUNSET
- 4. Medical buildup of fluid5 letters, starts with EEDEMA
- 5. -5 letters, starts with DDENIM
- 6. Verbally reacts to in awe6 letters, starts with AAAHSAT
- 7. Links letters3 letters, starts with PPGA
- 8. Where Waterloo is7 letters, starts with BBELGIUM
- 9. Picks7 letters, starts with SSELECTS
- 10. -5 letters, starts with SSTRAP
- 11. Something you might get a break with?3 letters, starts with CCUE
- 12. Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome3 letters, starts with OODE
- 13. "Les ___"3 letters, starts with MMIZ
- 14. Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin3 letters, starts with PPOE
- 15. Prior to, old-style5 letters, starts with AAFORE
- 16. German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role5 letters, starts with NNEUER
- 17. "Abominable" ones5 letters, starts with YYETIS
- 19. Rap title?3 letters, starts with LLIL
- 21. BART stop, for short3 letters, starts with SSFO
- 23. Gave the go-ahead3 letters, starts with OOKD
- 27. Scot's denial3 letters, starts with NNAE
- 31. Eggy holiday drinks4 letters, starts with NNOGS
- 33. Port city near Mount Carmel5 letters, starts with HHAIFA
- 34. High up5 letters, starts with AALOFT
- 35. A persnickety person might pick it3 letters, starts with NNIT
- 36. Frodo's enchanting friend7 letters, starts with GGANDALF
- 38. What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you6 letters, starts with DDENYIT
- 40. Alternative to .net3 letters, starts with OORG
- 41. King of Castile3 letters, starts with RREY
- 42. Device whose keypad often has Braille on it3 letters, starts with AATM
- 43. Catch in the act3 letters, starts with NNAB
- 44. Florentine artist known for frescoes6 letters, starts with GGIOTTO
- 45. "The Jetsons" boy5 letters, starts with EELROY
- 46. -5 letters, starts with PPEELS
- 49. It's one thing after another4 letters, starts with LLIST
- 50. Have as food, formally5 letters, starts with EEATOF
- 51. Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state5 letters, starts with SSNOWE
- 52. Taste or touch5 letters, starts with SSENSE
- 54. Light to stop at3 letters, starts with RRED
- 55. Like the best bonds, perhaps6 letters, starts with SSAFEST
- 58. Primps6 letters, starts with PPREENS
- 59. Slow, musically5 letters, starts with LLENTO
- 63. Brit's jolly cry of approval6 letters, starts with GGOODOH
- 64. Lacking a knack for5 letters, starts with BBADAT
- 65. Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!"5 letters, starts with EEMILE
- 66. Critic's common seating preference5 letters, starts with AAISLE
- 67. Lets go of7 letters, starts with UUNHANDS
- 68. Some green cars6 letters, starts with TTESLAS
- 69. -5 letters, starts with FFACED
- 70. Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies5 letters, starts with CCLINT
- 72. Smile4 letters, starts with BBEAM
- 73. Bamboozled3 letters, starts with HHAD
- 75. Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard5 letters, starts with DDURAN
- 76. Chimp's cousin5 letters, starts with OORANG
- 78. Attach, with "on"3 letters, starts with TTIE
- 79. Attach, with "on"3 letters, starts with AADD
- 80. Cote quote?3 letters, starts with BBAA
- 81. ___ dog3 letters, starts with SSLY
- 84. Author Rice4 letters, starts with AANNE
- 86. "Agnus ___"3 letters, starts with DDEI
- 87. Hopes that one might7 letters, starts with SSEEKSTO
- 88. Live, in a way7 letters, starts with UUNTAPED
- 92. Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 93. Admission6 letters, starts with AACCESS
- 94. Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit5 letters, starts with PPAPAW
- 95. What's on the fast track?5 letters, starts with AACELA
- 96. Navy group5 letters, starts with SSEALS
- 97. -5 letters, starts with NNOTES
- 99. Tiny bit3 letters, starts with TTAD
- 100. Bars of soap5 letters, starts with CCAKES
- 101. Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool5 letters, starts with AAMANA
- 102. Morning in Monaco5 letters, starts with MMATIN
- 103. Word with French or bench5 letters, starts with PPRESS
- 104. -5 letters, starts with FFIRES
- 107. Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr.3 letters, starts with SSSR
- 109. Drug sold in 77-Across3 letters, starts with LLSD
- 111. Compound found in marijuana, for short3 letters, starts with CCBD
- 112. Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle3 letters, starts with HHEE
- 113. Sch. calendar abbr.3 letters, starts with PPTA
- 114. "___ be a pleasure"3 letters, starts with IITD
- 116. Call off3 letters, starts with EEND
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Questions
What is the answer to “Bars of soap”?
CAKES, 5 letters: to form into a hardened mass.
When was “Bars of soap” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 16, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with C.