Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Monday March 15, 2021.
‘Bingo!’ – AHA
‘Could be …’ – DEPENDS
‘Sadly …’ – ALAS
‘The Fox and the Grapes’ storyteller – AESOP
Actor Kevin whose last name shares four letters with his first – KLINE
Afternoon nap – SIESTA
Ambulance sounds – SIRENS
And others: Abbr – ETAL
Away from the wind, nautically – ALEE
Blue race in ‘Avatar’ – NAVI
Boringly proper – STAID
Butchers’ offerings – MEATS
Cactus with an edible fruit – PRICKLYPEAR
Conclude – END
Course for some immigrants, in brief – ESL
Cuba or Aruba – ISLAND
Droop – SAG
Envision – SEE
Eric Clapton hit that’s over seven minutes long – LAYLA
European region that lent its name to a nonconforming lifestyle – BOHEMIA
Explore caves – SPELUNK
Follow as a consequence – ENSUE
Formal ruling on a point of Islamic law – FATWA
Four-star officer: Abbr – GEN
Fury – IRE
Get off ___-free – SCOT
Get ___ on (ace) – ANA
Greek god of love – EROS
Historic Kansas fort name – DODGE
Hombre – MAN
In the loop – AWARE
Incendiary bomb material – NAPALM
Indoor animal – PET
It’s just a number, they say – AGE
Kind of pickle – DILL
Large bird of prey with a brownish-yellow neck – GOLDENEAGLE
Letter after rho – SIGMA
Light bulb unit – WATT
Like debts – OWED
Like tops and tales – SPUN
Lose stamina – TIRE
Make excited, as a crowd – FIREUP
Messages that sometimes contain emojis – TEXTS
Messenger ___ – RNA
New York’s Memorial ___ Kettering Cancer Center – SLOAN
No longer feral – TAMED
Noah’s construction – ARK
Olla podrida, for one – STEW
One of the Allman Brothers – DUANE
Opening remarks – INTRO
Philosopher ___-tzu – LAO
Plant bristle – AWN
Pleased – GLAD
Poet’s ‘before’ – ERE
Pool stick – CUE
Really, really bad – AWFUL
Rum-soaked desserts – BABAS
Sheep’s cry – BAA
Shows mercy to – SPARES
Sign maker’s pattern – STENCIL
Single, double and triple, on the diamond – BASEHITS
Smooshed into compact layers – PANCAKED
Speak extemporaneously – ADLIB
Strives for victory – VIES
Sudden forward thrust – LUNGE
Suffix with cynic or skeptic – ISM
They get smashed at parties – PINATAS
Trick-taking card game – WHIST
Trojan War epic poem – ILIAD
Valuable item – ASSET
Vehicles on snow-covered hills – SLEDS
Venomous predator with a vibrating tail – RATTLESNAKE
Watering place for a camel – OASIS
Where you can find a 17-Across perched on an 11-Down devouring a 25-Down – MEXICANFLAG
World’s longest continental mountain range – ANDES
Zodiac sign before Virgo – LEO
___ carte (ordered separately) – ALA
___ for tat – TIT
