March 9th, 2025 Daily Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Iconic horror film locale, ______ Island
  2. 7. "O Rei do Futebol," to Brazilians
  3. 8. Group that had a 40-year gap between its two most recent albums (1981-2021)
  4. 9. Pivot
  5. 11. Hunter on high
  6. 16. FLOUR Gold Medal offering
  7. 19. People put down stakes for them
  8. 20. Org. with conferences
  9. 22. Oldest city in Wales
  10. 23. Letter before iota
  11. 24. Feature of the Niña, but not the Pinta
  12. 25. Traffic Controllers?
  13. 27. Ireland, to the Irish
  14. 29. glass or boat
  15. 31. Ones whistling while they work?
  16. 32. second smallest county in Virginia
  17. 36. Italian title for Puccini’s “Butterfly”
  18. 39. Summer abroad
  19. 41. BIRTHDAY DAD What you might hear today
  20. 42. They beg to differ
  21. 44. Firebirds and Fieros
  22. 46. fiddlearound
  23. 47. Road warriors
  24. 49. Its taken before a trip
  25. 52. Master's musts
  26. 54. Big name in dental floss
  27. 55. To do, as The Dude
  28. 56. Cartoon collector’s collection, maybe
  29. 60. Literal name for London’s “The Tube”
  30. 61. Fat used in candlemaking
Down
  1. 1. HARVEY Jamaican artist
  2. 2. GANG Dennis, Dee, Mac, Charlie, and Frank
  3. 3. Come to rest in golf
  4. 4. EIGHT Both an island and a knot
  5. 5. Sea of _______, body of water at one end of the Kerch Strait
  6. 6. Bitter brews
  7. 7. wide views
  8. 10. Brothers who directed "Fargo"
  9. 12. Like hiking, bird watching, and similar activities
  10. 13. Location of a crow’s nest
  11. 14. SEA Body of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake
  12. 15. Number of Emmys won by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  13. 17. Fisherman’s haul
  14. 18. Rarest of all state birds
  15. 21. Fifth-century conqueror who tried (and failed) to take Rome
  16. 22. Woodworking tool with a belt
  17. 26. ONE Thoroughfare for Terrapins
  18. 28. Maryland setting in the spring
  19. 30. Columbus or Ford
  20. 33. FOR FEARS They wanted to rule the world in 1985
  21. 34. Most populous city in the European Union
  22. 35. Emperor who really lit up Rome (allegedly)
  23. 37. Pidgeon, Hawke, or Crowe
  24. 38. Language from which "curry" comes
  25. 40. Quays
  26. 43. What is, in peril?
  27. 45. Book you won’t get lost in
  28. 47. Penalty assessors
  29. 48. Source of a pulse
  30. 50. Foresee
  31. 51. Tournament formally called “the Championships, ______”
  32. 52. Club or spade
  33. 53. TU "Oh, and you also?"
  34. 57. Abandons, as plans
  35. 58. Mars, by another name
  36. 59. Bait shop purchase