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NYT Crossword — February 3, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 72 revealed

1C

2I

3T

4E

5S

6I

7C

8K

9O

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12D

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14A

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15O

G

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16C

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17B

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C

18K

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R

D

19R

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D

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20R

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21R

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23I

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28G

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30E

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34C

35H

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37O

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38O

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40T

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42C

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44W

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45B

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48K

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50O

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51R

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52E

53B

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54L

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55B

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56D

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57A

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58A

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59T

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60S

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61E

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Across

37 clues

1Make reference to

5Person with a twisted mind

10Uncomfortable health class subject, for short

14Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek

15Stared creepily

17Obsolescent classroom wall fixture

19Give a makeover

21Drink of choice for Captain Jack Sparrow

22Martial art that uses bamboo swords

25Hopscotch locale

29Rather warm, as a firelit room

31Mouse's bigger cousin

34Achieved, as a victory ... or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across

37Stadium chants

39Brand of motor oil

44Name on dictionaries

47Need for playing pool

50Slender instruments

51Female name that's a body part spelled backward

53Strategically taps the ball into the infield

54Slimming surgery, for short

55Recreational rock climbers

57"Q ___ queen"

58"Remember the ___!"

60Captain Hook's right-hand man

61Poet whose first two initials stand for "Thomas" and "Stearns"

62IDs written on applications, for short

Down

35 clues

1Trip in a taxi

3Enticing ad promotions

6Lab assistant often depicted with a hunched back

7Name on a mailbox at the North Pole

10Makes an oopsie

11Washington's M.L.B. team, informally

12___-squat (a whole lot of nothing)

13Give the heebie-jeebies

22Reeves of "The Matrix"

24Go down the slopes with a chute

26Drew funny little pictures

32One end to a boxing match, for short

37Black-and-white dessert that's sliced

40Experimental effort

41Pushes down, as with the thumb

42Style for Picasso

43Use TikTok, say

45Spanish newborn

47Coke and Pepsi, but not Sprite

48Oahu neighbor

52Tickle Me ___

56One of three in an ellipsis

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Stats & info

Monday, Feb 3, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 3, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJack Scherban

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 35 down

Longest entries

17AObsolescent classroom wall fixture10 ltrs 55ARecreational rock climbers10 ltrs 34AAchieved, as a victory ... or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across9 ltrs 25AHopscotch locale8 ltrs 47ANeed for playing pool8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.