New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 03/31/2026. The March 31 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “The Planets” composerHOLST
- 6a About 746 of these equal one horsepowerWATTS
- 11a Colorado Plateau peopleUTE
- 14a Sign in a TV studioONAIR
- 15a Kirin competitorASAHI
- 16a Something entered into an A.T.M.PIN
- 17a 2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novelMYSTICRIVER
- 19a ___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes)TAE
- 20a List in Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next”EXES
- 21a Direct (to)REFER
- 22a Middle-of-the-bell-curve resultNORM
- 23a Swimmer in a Japanese gardenKOI
- 25a Fled the sceneRANAWAY
- 27a Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coastersMAGICMOUNTAIN
- 32a Chicken ___ kingALA
- 33a Admissions overseer, maybeDEAN
- 34a StakeWAGER
- 37a The “1” in a 9-1 recordLOSS
- 39a Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princessARIAL
- 42a ___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America)DIRE
- 43a Attire in the old Roman SenateTOGAS
- 45a Sign of things to comeOMEN
- 47a Crater’s edgeRIM
- 48a Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettlingUNCANNYVALLEY
- 52a Cloudy craft beerHAZYIPA
- 54a Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychologyEGO
- 55a Pasta that resembles riceORZO
- 56a Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to somePEEVE
- 59a “hahaha!”LMAO
- 63a Kenan’s bestie on a 1990s sitcomKEL
- 64a Utopian expanse … a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?FANTASYLAND
- 66a French 101 articleUNE
- 67a Something to raise in a crisisALARM
- 68a Like flapjacks and FrisbeesROUND
- 69a DamageMAR
- 70a Censor, informallyBLEEP
- 71a Undercover operativesSPIES
- Down
- 1d “E.T. phone ___”HOME
- 2d Banded mineral seen at many a street fairONYX
- 3d Produce coherent lightLASE
- 4d Piece of equipment for a Winter ParalympianSITSKI
- 5d Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarlyTRI
- 6d Ending with kitchen or earthenWARE
- 7d “Dream on!”ASIF
- 8d Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leadsTAVERN
- 9d What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiacTHERAT
- 10d “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” number)SIR
- 11d Billy Joel title character who’s “been living in her white bread world”UPTOWNGIRL
- 12d Headwear for Wonder WomanTIARA
- 13d AntagonistENEMY
- 18d Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014CRIMEA
- 22d Water nymph of Greek mythNAIAD
- 24d Anxious condition, in briefOCD
- 26d Rural turndownNAW
- 27d Soda fountain orderMALT
- 28d Potatoes, in Indian cuisineALOO
- 29d Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slangGASGUZZLER
- 30d Longboat propellerOAR
- 31d International Longshoremen’s Association, e.g.UNION
- 35d Lake separating Ohio from OntarioERIE
- 36d Rapper ___ MaREMY
- 38d Panasonic acquisition of 2009SANYO
- 40d “Inside ___ Schumer” (sketch comedy series)AMY
- 41d Embankments protecting New OrleansLEVEES
- 44d Biol. or chem.SCI
- 46d One who’s constantly telling you to do this and do thatNAG
- 49d HorrifyAPPALL
- 50d 2010s dance fad with a reduplicative nameNAENAE
- 51d Bound along clumsilyLOLLOP
- 52d MalarkeyHOKUM
- 53d Venue for a boss fightARENA
- 57d French 101 verbETRE
- 58d Extemporize to fill time, sayVAMP
- 60d Hawaii’s second-largest islandMAUI
- 61d Frank of diary fameANNE
- 62d Bookie’s determinationODDS
- 64d ___ Five (advisers on “Queer Eye”)FAB
- 65d Decade makeup: Abbr.YRS