Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?” from the New York Times crossword of March 2, 2025? It has 14 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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INSIDETHELINES is the answer to “Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 14-letter answer that starts with I.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: NDHISSEENIITLE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with I and ends with S.
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 “Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?”?
INSIDETHELINES, 14 letters.
When was “Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 2, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
14 letters, starting with I.