The Beatles' "___ It Be"

The answer to “The Beatles' "___ It Be"” in the New York Times crossword is LET — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on March 31, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 34-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.

“The Beatles' "___ It Be"” answer

LET (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is LET.

Why the answer is LET

LET is the 3-letter solution that fits "The Beatles' "___ It Be"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 31, 2025 (34-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “The Beatles' "___ It Be"” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.

March 31, 2025 (this puzzle) → LET. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.

More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on March 31, 2025

Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.

• Work hard → TOIL
• "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order → ITSGROWINGONME
• Section of a tennis match → SET
• Bigheadedness → EGO
• Departed → GONE
• Kids in the 90s? → ASTUDENTS
• Unclear response to "Are you coming?" → IMAY
• Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking → STARANISE

Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for March 31, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.

About the NYT Crossword

The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Monday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.

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