Super Mario character also known as King Koopa Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Super Mario character also known as King Koopa” from the New York Times crossword of March 2, 2025? It has 6 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 2, 2025
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BOWSER is the answer to “Super Mario character also known as King Koopa”. It means a truck having a tank for fuel or water.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A truck having a tank for fuel or water.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: WOBRES.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Fire-breathing antagonist of Mario”.
More clues from the New York Times (March 2, 2025)
Across
- 1. Town3 letters, starts with BBUG
- 4. "___ funny …" (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)5 letters, starts with TTHATS
- 9. "Don't take offense," nowadays7 letters, starts with NNOSHADE
- 16. N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented3 letters, starts with SSHO
- 19. Mid-voyage3 letters, starts with AASA
- 20. Members of a tough crowd, perhaps6 letters, starts with BBOOERS
- 21. Some painkillers7 letters, starts with OOPIATES
- 22. Neighbor of Pakistan3 letters, starts with IIAN
- 23. Go-ahead responses3 letters, starts with NNOS
- 24. The humanities, traditionally14 letters, starts with AARTSANDLETTERS
- 26. Move gingerly3 letters, starts with EESE
- 27. H.S. exams taken for college credit3 letters, starts with AAPS
- 28. Hockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck5 letters, starts with TTIPIN
- 29. Follower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France7 letters, starts with JJACOBIN
- 30. Winged pest3 letters, starts with GGAT
- 31. What a daredevil might go without3 letters, starts with NNET
- 32. Binary pronoun options7 letters, starts with HHEORSHE
- 34. Photographer Goldin3 letters, starts with NNAN
- 35. Expecting, informally5 letters, starts with PPREGO
- 37. One of two, in this clue7 letters, starts with AANAPEST
- 39. Mafiosi7 letters, starts with MMADEMEN
- 42. Armada vessel6 letters, starts with GGALLON
- 43. Smidgen3 letters, starts with TTAD
- 44. One tapped by leadership?3 letters, starts with SSIR
- 45. Temper4 letters, starts with MMOOD
- 46. Bit of smack talk3 letters, starts with DDIS
- 47. Sacred bird of Egyptian mythology4 letters, starts with IIBIS
- 49. Go in circles5 letters, starts with GGRATE
- 51. Taiwan-based tech giant4 letters, starts with AASUS
- 52. Formicary residents4 letters, starts with AANTS
- 54. Part of an underground network4 letters, starts with RROOT
- 55. Maritime hazard3 letters, starts with RREF
- 56. It's simultaneously attractive and repulsive5 letters, starts with MMANET
- 58. Malty craft beer6 letters, starts with RRYEIPA
- 60. Personal3 letters, starts with OOWN
- 61. Mont Blanc, par exemple3 letters, starts with AAPE
- 62. Like much limestone3 letters, starts with GGAY
- 63. Gender abbr.3 letters, starts with FFEM
- 64. Mama's mama4 letters, starts with NNANA
- 66. Warning letters before a link4 letters, starts with NNSFW
- 68. Narrative arc3 letters, starts with PPOT
- 69. Athletic competitions4 letters, starts with MMETS
- 70. Band whose name is a rhyme scheme3 letters, starts with AABA
- 71. Vaping implement4 letters, starts with EECIG
- 72. Oscar-winning Michelle4 letters, starts with YYEOH
- 73. Modest bouquet3 letters, starts with PPSY
- 74. On the safe side, nautically3 letters, starts with AALE
- 75. Derby entry3 letters, starts with CCOT
- 76. Comedian Philips3 letters, starts with EEMO
- 77. Pompous "I"6 letters, starts with RROYALE
- 79. Makes mincemeat of5 letters, starts with GGRIDS
- 81. Verifiable3 letters, starts with TTRE
- 82. Actor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies4 letters, starts with SSTAN
- 83. Capital of East Timor4 letters, starts with DDILI
- 84. Hurt badly4 letters, starts with MMAIM
- 85. Packaging cords5 letters, starts with TTWINS
- 87. Slippery4 letters, starts with EEELY
- 88. Sloth, e.g.3 letters, starts with SSIN
- 89. All-encompassing prefix4 letters, starts with OOMNI
- 90. Goddess of the dawn3 letters, starts with EEOS
- 91. Site-seeing need?3 letters, starts with UURL
- 92. ___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict)6 letters, starts with TTAPING
- 95. Something to chew on7 letters, starts with TTEETHER
- 97. Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak7 letters, starts with CCANTEEN
- 101. Showy5 letters, starts with OORATE
- 102. Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it3 letters, starts with PPOM
- 103. What "E" on a gauge means7 letters, starts with AADDFUEL
- 105. iPhone speaker?3 letters, starts with SSRI
- 106. Spinoff of a popular lecture series3 letters, starts with TTEX
- 107. Beers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina"7 letters, starts with CCORONAS
- 110. Prop ___5 letters, starts with PPLANE
- 111. Actress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers"3 letters, starts with CCON
- 112. Fighting3 letters, starts with AATT
- 113. Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?14 letters, starts with IINSIDETHELINES
- 115. Word on a shoppe sign3 letters, starts with OODE
- 116. Nike's swoosh or McDonald's golden arches3 letters, starts with LLOO
- 117. Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"7 letters, starts with DDESSERT
- 118. Filmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video6 letters, starts with LLANDIS
- 119. Equal3 letters, starts with PPER
- 120. Not quite yet3 letters, starts with SSON
- 121. Big name in Western wear7 letters, starts with SSTETSON
- 122. "Good grief!"5 letters, starts with MMYGOD
- 123. Some flight tracker data, for short3 letters, starts with EEDS
Down
- 1. Word after second or before split6 letters, starts with BBANANA
- 2. Hard court tournament6 letters, starts with UUSOPEN
- 3. What might fill you up after you fill up14 letters, starts with GGASSTATIONFOOD
- 4. Parliamentary conservatives6 letters, starts with TTORIES
- 5. Cuisine style that's kept simmering at the table6 letters, starts with HHOTPOT
- 6. Pantheon of Norse gods5 letters, starts with AAESIR
- 7. Send8 letters, starts with TTRANSMIT
- 8. W-9 nine: Abbr.3 letters, starts with SSSN
- 9. Shortened name on a Pelicans jersey4 letters, starts with NNOLA
- 10. Well-connected grp.?4 letters, starts with OOPEC
- 11. Take a breather9 letters, starts with SSITONEOUT
- 12. Milliners' decorations8 letters, starts with HHATBANDS
- 13. Stayed home for dinner5 letters, starts with AATEIN
- 14. "Nebraska" actor Bruce4 letters, starts with DDERN
- 15. Shape of the border between yin and yang3 letters, starts with EESS
- 16. Longtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered"6 letters, starts with SSIEGEL
- 17. Tries6 letters, starts with HHASAGO
- 18. Approximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe6 letters, starts with OONETON
- 20. Came clean?6 letters, starts with BBATHED
- 25. Set new records, say, informally4 letters, starts with DDJED
- 33. ___ pants (loose-fitting garb)5 letters, starts with HHAREM
- 35. American patriot Thomas5 letters, starts with PPAINE
- 36. Author of the "Goosebumps" series7 letters, starts with RRLSTINE
- 38. Gone by4 letters, starts with PPAST
- 40. Came (from)8 letters, starts with EEMANATED
- 41. Walks leisurely6 letters, starts with MMOSEYS
- 42. Sydneysider's salutation9 letters, starts with GGDAYMATES
- 44. Two-point play in American football6 letters, starts with SSAFETY
- 47. "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass5 letters, starts with IIRONY
- 48. Super Mario character also known as King Koopa6 letters, starts with BBOWSER
- 49. ___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)9 letters, starts with GGRAPPLING
- 50. Stillness6 letters, starts with RREPOSE
- 53. Star witness?14 letters, starts with SSPACETELESCOPE
- 57. 16 years, for Little League Baseball8 letters, starts with AAGELIMIT
- 58. Risen from the ashes6 letters, starts with RREBORN
- 59. Sloth, e.g.6 letters, starts with AANIMAL
- 63. Lead-in to a stark reality6 letters, starts with FFACTIS
- 65. Extreme pain5 letters, starts with AAGONY
- 67. Line of questioning?7 letters, starts with WWHYISIT
- 69. Saltwater6 letters, starts with MMARINE
- 78. Letter-shaped dress style5 letters, starts with AALINE
- 79. Single-player and multiplayer, for two9 letters, starts with GGAMEMODES
- 80. Knight's need5 letters, starts with SSTEED
- 82. Rockefeller Plaza muralist4 letters, starts with SSERT
- 84. Driver8 letters, starts with MMOTORIST
- 86. Puns and anagrams, e.g.8 letters, starts with WWORDPLAY
- 91. Except if6 letters, starts with UUNLESS
- 92. Comes to6 letters, starts with TTOTALS
- 93. Retort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character6 letters, starts with AARETOO
- 94. "Twister" star Bill6 letters, starts with PPAXTON
- 96. Encryption code, in computer science lingo4 letters, starts with HHASH
- 97. Spanish "when"6 letters, starts with CCUANDO
- 98. Virgil epic6 letters, starts with AAENEID
- 99. Worn down6 letters, starts with EERODED
- 100. Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly6 letters, starts with NNINERS
- 102. Following5 letters, starts with PPOSSE
- 104. Fun romance5 letters, starts with FFLING
- 107. Apt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e"4 letters, starts with CCNET
- 108. Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum4 letters, starts with NNERO
- 109. Memo header4 letters, starts with AATTN
- 113. Points the finger at3 letters, starts with IIDS
- 114. Popular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight3 letters, starts with EELM
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Questions
What is the answer to “Super Mario character also known as King Koopa”?
BOWSER, 6 letters: a truck having a tank for fuel or water.
When was “Super Mario character also known as King Koopa” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 2, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with B.