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NYT Crossword — March 24, 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

37 clues

5Loops in on an email thread

8Odysseus' faithful dog

13Major or Minor in astronomy?

14___ Gold, pretzel brand

16Bracelet bits

17Londoner or Liverpudlian, informally

18Buckeye's home

19Japanese noodle dish

20Something you might step on before or after a shower

23What backup dancers often move in

24Casual affirmative

25Sleep cycle inits.

28K-pop group with an "army" of followers

29The Air Force's F-16 or F-22, for example

31Tiki bar cocktail with a rhyming name

33Set of ethical standards

36Jones or James of jazz

39Zodiac sign whose symbol roars

41Person who has reached near-mythical status

46Swim meet event

48Org. for Arnold Palmer

51Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby

52Vehicle in a light rail system

55Arctic abodes

57Here, there and everywhere … or where to find 20-, 33- and 41-Across's ends?

60Brief walk-on movie appearance

62Character in "Frankenstein" films who doesn't appear in the Mary Shelley novel

64Chris of Captain America fame

65Fruit from a palm

66Norse god of war

67Has staying power

68Cryptography org.

Down

39 clues

2Knight-___ (medieval character wandering in search of adventure)

3"The way things stand …"

5Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole

6Pacific salmon

7Like seaweed or raw octopus

8President Lincoln

10Call of Duty handle, e.g.

11Poem of praise

12Nine-digit ID

15Prescription specification

21Color of two stripes on the flag de España

22Attire for a G.I. who doesn't want to be seen

27Go wide of the mark

30Able to reach the highest shelf, say

33Vote-by-___ (absentee option)

34Gymnast Suni ___

35Small parts of a big organization, in an idiom

36Resident of 123 Sesame Street

38"The Boys" and "The Bear," for two

42Deficit after all things considered

43Greek sandwich in pita bread

44Country between Djibouti and Sudan on the coast of the Red Sea

45Near, to a poet

48Greasy hair ointment

49Hockey player who wears a mask

50Utah's state trees

53Enthusiastic, as a fan

54Rap's ___ Thee Stallion

58Gave for a while

59Goes bad, as fruit

60Cartoon collectible

61Filmmaker DuVernay

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Stats & info

Monday, Mar 24, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 24, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorVictor Schmitt

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20ASomething you might step on before or after a shower13 ltrs 57AHere, there and everywhere … or where to find 20-, 33- and 41-Across's ends?13 ltrs 33ASet of ethical standards12 ltrs 41APerson who has reached near-mythical status12 ltrs 10DCall of Duty handle, e.g.8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.