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NYT Crossword — March 10, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1Mild lettuce variety

5Marathons, e.g.

10Minor quarrel

14Et ___ (Latin for "and others")

15Instrument played with a bow

16University in New Rochelle, N.Y.

17Girl of classic comics who sported ringlets and a red outfit

20Shooting star

21Step in the shower?

24Producer of the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast

28Engagement to see a doctor, say: Abbr.

31Nobel Prize-winning poet ___ Heaney

32Entertaining, as opposed to disturbing

38"Well, what have we here?!"

39Pantsuit alternative

41Color chart element

45Words on a Little League dad's T-shirt, perhaps

48Mount where Noah's Ark landed

51"A Star Is Born" co-star (2018)

58Houston M.L.B. team

60Anxiety about exclusion, for short

63Turn around and return … or a feature of 17-, 24-, 32-, 45- and 51-Across?

65Office V.I.P.

66Gets zero m.p.g., say

67Jazz singer Anita

69Brief, vigorous fight

Down

41 clues

1Burt's Bees product

2"My words? Don't believe them"

3Please, in German

4Jason of "Ozark"

5Motor home driver, for short

6Be under the weather

7Pickleball venue

8Singer Goulding with the 2015 8x platinum hit "Love Me Like You Do"

9Post-workout steam rooms

10Passenger compartment on a motorcycle

11"___ favor" ("please," in Spanish)

12Actress de Armas

13Subwindow on a web browser

25Nebraska's largest city

26Slice into pieces

27___ Jackson Jr., "Cocaine Bear" actor

29Post-M.A. pursuit

30Waterproof cover

32___ point (center of attention)

33"Star Trek" role for Saldaña and Nichols

34Santa-tracking org.

35She/___ pronouns

40___ La Table (high-end cookware shop)

43Maintenance area for ships

44Multigenerational tale

47Wetland area where organic fuel is harvested

49"Doctor Who" vehicle that mimics a police box

52Crystal-lined stone

55Italian fashion house

56L.A.'s region, informally

58"One more thing …"

59Terrier breed named for a Scottish isle

61Good Grips kitchen brand

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Stats & info

Monday, Mar 10, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 10, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPatti Varol

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17AGirl of classic comics who sported ringlets and a red outfit10 ltrs 63ATurn around and return … or a feature of 17-, 24-, 32-, 45- and 51-Across?10 ltrs 32AEntertaining, as opposed to disturbing9 ltrs 45AWords on a Little League dad's T-shirt, perhaps9 ltrs 24AProducer of the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.