NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joe MarquezEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 41

  1. 1Game point? ↗ARCADE
  2. 7Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief ↗ERS
  3. 10Mideast's Gulf of ___ ↗SUEZ
  4. 14"Das Lied von der Erde" composer ↗MAHLER
  5. 15Camper's foldout ↗COT
  6. 16Natural hairstyle ↗AFRO
  7. 17Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s ↗BRAINA
  8. 18Incredibly committed ↗HARDCORE
  9. 20Slowly, in scores ↗LENTO
  10. 21Second-most-populous city in the U.S. ↗LOSAES
  11. 22100 nanojoules ↗ERG
  12. 23Citrus portmanteau ↗TAO
  13. 25Sticks around for a demo? ↗TNT
  14. 26Doraphobe's fear ↗FUR
  15. 29Bookings for a D.J. ↗EVENTS
  16. 32Did very well on the final, say ↗GOTANA
  17. 34Star of a three-time World Cup champion team ↗PELE
  18. 36Classic ’60s muscle car ↗GTO
  19. 37Rejoices ↗EXULTS
  20. 38Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar ↗OMAN
  21. 39Stand for a portrait ↗EASEL
  22. 41Snippet ↗CLIP
  23. 42Slip-on or slide ↗SANDAL
  24. 44Hullabaloo ↗ADO
  25. 45Collectible frames ↗CELS
  26. 46Rest period ↗SIESTA
  27. 47Get right down to business ↗DIVEIN
  28. 49Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy" ↗ELS
  29. 50Funny ↗ODD
  30. 52Half a score ↗TEN
  31. 53Work on a picture, perhaps ↗ACT
  32. 56Some double-headed drums ↗SNARES
  33. 58Camper's craft ↗CANOE
  34. 60Turpitude ↗PUREEVIL
  35. 63Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-’80s TV ↗MORGUE
  36. 64Operating system developed at Bell Labs ↗UNIX
  37. 65Toeholds ↗INS
  38. 66Get positioned ↗ORIENT
  39. 67Lush hair's quality ↗BODY
  40. 68Caribbean music genre ↗SKA
  41. 69Abundance ↗WEALTH

Down 37

  1. 1Saunter ↗AMBLE
  2. 2Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds ↗RARER
  3. 3Move to pass, perhaps ↗CHANGELANES
  4. 4Touched down ↗ALIT
  5. 5Symbolize ↗DENOTE
  6. 6"Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift ↗ERA
  7. 7Guitar pedal effect ↗ECHO
  8. 8Comedic takedown ↗ROAST
  9. 9Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title ↗STRANGELOVE
  10. 10Natural fluid containers ↗SACS
  11. 11What a drone might be mistaken for ↗UFO
  12. 12Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g. ↗ERR
  13. 13Actress Kravitz ↗ZOE
  14. 19Step in rehab ↗DETOX
  15. 21"Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album) ↗LOTTA
  16. 24Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement ↗ANGELADAVIS
  17. 26Heavenly outcast … or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle ↗FALLENANGEL
  18. 27Up to ↗UNTIL
  19. 28Barely speaks ↗RASPS
  20. 30Hawks ↗VENDS
  21. 31"Such a shame" ↗SOSAD
  22. 33Stanley of "Conclave" ↗TUCCI
  23. 34Group surrounding a star ↗POSSE
  24. 35Item in a drafts folder ↗EMAIL
  25. 40Text tweaks ↗EDITS
  26. 43Make right ↗ATONE
  27. 48Cry for more ↗ENCORE
  28. 51Hurricane or mudslide ↗DRINK
  29. 54Be important ↗COUNT
  30. 55Things to bare ↗TEETH
  31. 56Hot ↗SEXY
  32. 57Disney heroine who builds her own palace ↗ELSA
  33. 59Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g. ↗ARIA
  34. 60Trivia night locale ↗PUB
  35. 61Shout in a card game ↗UNO
  36. 62Purge ↗RID
  37. 63Do some lawn work ↗MOW