New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 03/16/2026. The March 16 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a “Throw me the ball, no one’s covering me!”IMOPEN
- 7a Drone’s soundWHIR
- 11a Cave-dwelling flierBAT
- 14a Galactic cloudNEBULA
- 15a Texas city that’s home to Baylor UniversityWACO
- 16a BroadcastAIR
- 17a *ForeverADINFINITUM
- 19a Deer mother?DOE
- 20a Brad of 2025’s “F1”PITT
- 21a “In case it’s of interest …,” in briefFYI
- 22a Plenty ofAMPLE
- 24a Bugle tuneTAPS
- 25a *One of a kindSUIGENERIS
- 28a Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarlyAOC
- 30a “Great Red” feature of JupiterSPOT
- 31a *MasterworkMAGNUMOPUS
- 36a Wide-eyed and eagerAGOG
- 40a Go down to 0%, as a computer batteryDIE
- 41a AllotmentPORTION
- 43a “___ word?”ANY
- 44a SoCal sch. whose teams are the AztecsSDSU
- 46a *After the event, as an analysisPOSTMORTEM
- 48a Ball-___ hammerPEEN
- 50a Teeny-tinyWEE
- 51a *Reciprocal exchangeQUIDPROQUO
- 57a Historian’s focusPAST
- 60a “Me too,” formallyASDOI
- 61a One might end with “com” or “org”URL
- 62a Water, in JuárezAGUA
- 63a ___ chiTAI
- 64a Stereotypical charmers … or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?LATINLOVERS
- 68a Before todayAGO
- 69a Gem mined in AustraliaOPAL
- 70a Exact retribution forAVENGE
- 71a Sleep cycle inits.REM
- 72a ChapGENT
- 73a Term of address for a nunSISTER
- Down
- 1d Not suitableINAPT
- 2d Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)MEDIA
- 3d Locales for the late news?OBITPAGES
- 4d Kicks down the road, as a decisionPUNTSON
- 5d Santa’s little helperELF
- 6d Innocent sortsNAIFS
- 7d Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for shortWWIII
- 8d Beanie or beretHAT
- 9d Carefully monitored hosp. areaICU
- 10d Italian cheeseROMANO
- 11d Negative press for a celeb, sayBADPR
- 12d Condiment with lots of garlic … and vowelsAIOLI
- 13d Family diagramsTREES
- 18d Greenwich Village campus, in briefNYU
- 23d Like a book about writing a book, sayMETA
- 26d Fighter pilot’s garbGSUIT
- 27d ___ saltsEPSOM
- 29d Recipe unitCUP
- 31d Rx writersMDS
- 32d A helping handAID
- 33d Sullen sortMOPER
- 34d City that’s home to the University of MaineORONO
- 35d Six for a touchdown: Abbr.PTS
- 37d Staffer in a flight terminalGATEAGENT
- 38d “All for ___ and ___ for all!”ONE
- 39d Workout siteGYM
- 42d “Pronto!”NOW
- 45d Fancy coifUPDO
- 47d Improves, as a bike pathREPAVES
- 49d Literary afterthoughtEPILOG
- 51d Mideast nation ruled by the House of ThaniQATAR
- 52d Meter readingUSAGE
- 53d “Talk turkey” or “eat crow”IDIOM
- 54d Warm bed coveringQUILT
- 55d Still-life vesselURN
- 56d Earthen pots, from the SpanishOLLAS
- 58d Sudden increaseSURGE
- 59d Weapon that stunsTASER
- 65d Tail-less primateAPE
- 66d Beachgoer’s “souvenir”TAN
- 67d Prefix meaning “egg”OVI