Setting for 6-Across Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Setting for 6-Across” from the New York Times crossword of March 23, 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 23, 2025
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OPERA is the answer to “Setting for 6-Across”. It means a literary or musical work.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A literary or musical work.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: PAEOR.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “"Carmen," e.g.”.
More clues from the New York Times (March 23, 2025)
Across
- 1. Capital of Western Australia5 letters, starts with PPERTH
- 6. Doomed Ethiopian princess4 letters, starts with AAIDA
- 10. Do some basic math3 letters, starts with AADD
- 13. Heats to just below a boil, as milk6 letters, starts with SSCALDS
- 19. Setting for 6-Across5 letters, starts with OOPERA
- 20. Higher in rank?8 letters, starts with SSMELLIER
- 22. "Here!"6 letters, starts with TTAKEIT
- 23. Stay in one's lane?14 letters, starts with RRESISTTHEMERGE
- 25. One place to redeem tickets6 letters, starts with AARCADE
- 26. One might be custom-printed3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 27. Target7 letters, starts with SSHOOTAT
- 28. Brings in5 letters, starts with EEARNS
- 30. Vehicle in 2020's "Nomadland"3 letters, starts with VVAN
- 31. Like bread more suitable for panzanella6 letters, starts with SSTALER
- 33. Canada's ___ Nova National Park5 letters, starts with TTERRA
- 35. It follows Oktober4 letters, starts with FFEST
- 36. CliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories?18 letters, starts with MMENSOLVEDMYSTERIES
- 42. Morales of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise4 letters, starts with EESAI
- 45. Wedding cake features5 letters, starts with TTIERS
- 46. Knack6 letters, starts with TTALENT
- 47. "When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.?11 letters, starts with MMENDERLINES
- 51. Hockey player who wears #1, traditionally6 letters, starts with GGOALIE
- 53. ___ milk3 letters, starts with OOAT
- 54. Slightest amount5 letters, starts with LLEAST
- 55. Pentagon div.3 letters, starts with DDOD
- 56. Figure on a Wyoming license plate6 letters, starts with CCOWBOY
- 60. Straightens up6 letters, starts with TTIDIES
- 62. Neptune, e.g.6 letters, starts with SSEAGOD
- 65. Weapon/fashion accessory for animation's Sailor Moon5 letters, starts with TTIARA
- 66. Apt name for a car salesman?4 letters, starts with OOTTO
- 67. Best impression of a Springfield patriarch?11 letters, starts with FFINESTHOMER
- 71. Start to wear4 letters, starts with FFRAY
- 72. Where you might walk down the aisle5 letters, starts with PPLANE
- 74. The "K" of 15-Down6 letters, starts with KKENNEL
- 75. Support on a lease6 letters, starts with CCOSIGN
- 77. Temporarily banish, as a college roommate6 letters, starts with SSEXILE
- 79. Planks can build them3 letters, starts with AABS
- 80. Wire holder5 letters, starts with SSPOOL
- 82. Get along in years3 letters, starts with AAGE
- 84. Vivid shade of yellow6 letters, starts with CCANARY
- 86. Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot?11 letters, starts with VVOTERFRAMED
- 89. Beautifully emotive6 letters, starts with PPOETIC
- 91. Exudes5 letters, starts with OOOZES
- 92. "___ we forget ..."4 letters, starts with LLEST
- 93. Delivered a nasty insult with perfect timing?18 letters, starts with NNAILEDTHEDISMOMENT
- 99. Word after cash or read4 letters, starts with OONLY
- 100. Toiled on a longship, maybe5 letters, starts with OOARED
- 101. "Lawrence of Arabia" star6 letters, starts with OOTOOLE
- 104. Cut short3 letters, starts with MMOW
- 105. Grain used in Italian cuisine5 letters, starts with FFARRO
- 107. Turns inside out7 letters, starts with IINVERTS
- 111. Bit of concert stage equipment3 letters, starts with AAMP
- 113. Liqueur in a spritz6 letters, starts with AAPEROL
- 115. Classic breakup excuse … or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across14 letters, starts with IITSNOTYOUITSME
- 118. Claim in a courtroom6 letters, starts with AALLEGE
- 119. Dartmouth's colorful nickname8 letters, starts with BBIGGREEN
- 120. 2010 comedy inspired by "The Scarlet Letter"5 letters, starts with EEASYA
- 121. "Too bad for me!"6 letters, starts with MMYLOSS
- 122. Mo. known for political surprises3 letters, starts with OOCT
- 123. Common conjunctions4 letters, starts with AANDS
- 124. Rule the ___5 letters, starts with RROOST
Down
- 1. Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin4 letters, starts with PPORT
- 2. Dueling weapons5 letters, starts with EEPEES
- 3. Electric appliance button5 letters, starts with RRESET
- 4. Arm muscle, informally3 letters, starts with TTRI
- 5. Big pain6 letters, starts with HHASSLE
- 6. Noted family of New York City's Gilded Age6 letters, starts with AASTORS
- 7. "If you ask me ...," to texters4 letters, starts with IIMHO
- 8. Alternative to a citronella candle4 letters, starts with DDEET
- 9. ___ mater4 letters, starts with AALMA
- 10. Sign at a gas station3 letters, starts with AAIR
- 11. Use a Clorox wipe on, say6 letters, starts with DDEGERM
- 12. Gloomy6 letters, starts with DDREARY
- 13. Laurel of Laurel and Hardy4 letters, starts with SSTAN
- 14. They fill up a lot4 letters, starts with CCARS
- 15. Org. that awards the "Paw of Courage" for canine heroism3 letters, starts with AAKC
- 16. Retain7 letters, starts with LLEAVEIN
- 17. Told some jokes, say7 letters, starts with DDIDASET
- 18. Surgical aids6 letters, starts with SSTENTS
- 21. Literature7 letters, starts with LLETTERS
- 24. Before now4 letters, starts with TTHEN
- 29. One celebrating Ethiopian Christmas (Jan. 7)5 letters, starts with RRASTA
- 32. In the thick of4 letters, starts with AAMID
- 34. Mag staffers3 letters, starts with EEDS
- 35. It might have "-GUEST" in its name8 letters, starts with FFREEWIFI
- 37. Big name in elevators4 letters, starts with OOTIS
- 38. Dryer detritus4 letters, starts with LLINT
- 39. Victory symbol3 letters, starts with VVEE
- 40. Soft mineral4 letters, starts with TTALC
- 41. "Middlemarch" author5 letters, starts with EELIOT
- 42. ___ pop (hybrid music genre)3 letters, starts with EEMO
- 43. Birthplace of Starbucks7 letters, starts with SSEATTLE
- 44. Skeptical of big government, say7 letters, starts with AANTITAX
- 48. Yalie3 letters, starts with EELI
- 49. Ecosystem for an estimated 25% of all marine species4 letters, starts with RREEF
- 50. Corrective eye surgery5 letters, starts with LLASIK
- 51. Kind of boot4 letters, starts with GGOGO
- 52. "Hamilton" co-star Leslie ___ Jr.4 letters, starts with OODOM
- 55. "Matilda" author4 letters, starts with DDAHL
- 57. Darts or billiards7 letters, starts with BBARGAME
- 58. Ambrosia salad ingredients7 letters, starts with OORANGES
- 59. "Woo-hoo!"3 letters, starts with YYAY
- 61. Suffice8 letters, starts with DDONICELY
- 62. IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr.4 letters, starts with SSSNS
- 63. Summertime in Versailles3 letters, starts with EETE
- 64. Designer's specialty5 letters, starts with DDECOR
- 66. Photo ___3 letters, starts with OOPS
- 68. Warm, in a sense4 letters, starts with NNEAR
- 69. Disc jockey : deejay :: nonbinary : ___4 letters, starts with EENBY
- 70. Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee4 letters, starts with RROOF
- 73. Thrill5 letters, starts with EELATE
- 76. Camera choice, in brief3 letters, starts with SSLR
- 78. Oklahoma's "Wheat Capital"4 letters, starts with EENID
- 80. Red part of rhubarb4 letters, starts with SSTEM
- 81. Philippine currency4 letters, starts with PPESO
- 83. Summer setting in Somerset, for short3 letters, starts with EEDT
- 85. Jackson or Jackman5 letters, starts with AACTOR
- 86. Nullifying7 letters, starts with VVOIDING
- 87. Parts of baby wts.3 letters, starts with OOZS
- 88. Member of a choir4 letters, starts with AALTO
- 89. Impressive array7 letters, starts with PPANOPLY
- 90. Crude cavity7 letters, starts with OOILWELL
- 91. Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"3 letters, starts with OODE
- 93. Polite "I'll pass"6 letters, starts with NNOMAAM
- 94. Gummy candy company6 letters, starts with HHARIBO
- 95. Like the Kama Sutra6 letters, starts with EEROTIC
- 96. Dunderheads6 letters, starts with MMORONS
- 97. Caesar's addressing?4 letters, starts with EETTU
- 98. More intrusive6 letters, starts with NNOSIER
- 102. Dogie catcher5 letters, starts with LLASSO
- 103. Angela Lansbury was nominated for 18 of them (winning none)5 letters, starts with EEMMYS
- 105. Obscures4 letters, starts with FFOGS
- 106. Some six-packs4 letters, starts with AALES
- 108. Director Ephron4 letters, starts with NNORA
- 109. Powerful engine4 letters, starts with VVTEN
- 110. Kept watch on4 letters, starts with EEYED
- 112. Bog deposit4 letters, starts with PPEAT
- 114. ___ Speedwagon3 letters, starts with RREO
- 116. Army rank above cpl.3 letters, starts with SSGT
- 117. Principle behind yin and yang3 letters, starts with TTAO
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Questions
What is the answer to “Setting for 6-Across”?
OPERA, 5 letters: a literary or musical work.
When was “Setting for 6-Across” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 23, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with O.