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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Place to crash ↗SOFA
  2. 5Bubbly beverage ↗COLA
  3. 9Unflinching in the face of danger ↗STOIC
  4. 14Indigo dye ↗ANIL
  5. 15R&B singer Redding ↗OTIS
  6. 16Title girl in a Beach Boys hit ↗RHONDA
  7. 17Thin Mints and Tagalongs ↗GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES
  8. 20In danger of being lost ↗ATSTAKE
  9. 21Spice mixture ↗RUB
  10. 22Sci-fi character who says "Your father, he is" ↗YODA
  11. 23Successor to F.D.R. ↗HST
  12. 24Midwest capital named for a president ↗MADISON
  13. 26One in a breakfast chain? ↗SAUSAGELINK
  14. 29D- or F-worthy ↗BAD
  15. 32"It's super-appreciated!," in a modern initialism ↗TYVM
  16. 33Holm of "The Hobbit" ↗IAN
  17. 34Museum of the Moving ___ (site dedicated to TV and film) ↗IMAGE
  18. 36Many a North African ↗ARAB
  19. 37Dose dropped for a trip ↗LSDTAB
  20. 41Fairy tale villain ↗OGRE
  21. 42Actress Kirsten ↗DUNST
  22. 44Little squirt in a garage, say ↗OIL
  23. 45Turn suddenly ↗VEER
  24. 46Like the last name of poet William Wordsworth ↗APT
  25. 47Likely to attract attention, as a criminal case ↗HIGHPROFILE
  26. 52Revels (in) ↗GLORIES
  27. 54Higher educ. assessment ↗GRE
  28. 55Smoothie fruit ↗ACAI
  29. 57Portuguese greeting ↗OLA
  30. 58Victorio and Geronimo, for two ↗APACHES
  31. 62Hopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? ↗TERMINALLYONLINE
  32. 65"Space ___" (1969 David Bowie single) ↗ODDITY
  33. 66Props for a golfer ↗TEES
  34. 67De-wrinkle ↗IRON
  35. 68Shakes hands with, perhaps ↗MEETS
  36. 69Have over to one's house ↗HOST
  37. 70Pain in the butt ↗PEST

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  1. 1Sprawling story ↗SAGA
  2. 2"Doing as we speak!" ↗ONIT
  3. 3Seasonal tree purchases ↗FIRS
  4. 4Clumsy ↗ALLTHUMBS
  5. 5Old-fashioned, for one ↗COCKTAIL
  6. 6Great Plains tribe ↗OTOE
  7. 7Actor Simu ___ of "Barbie" ↗LIU
  8. 8Concerning the stars ↗ASTRAL
  9. 9Network with "Dexter" and "Shameless," in brief ↗SHO
  10. 10Home to Shibuya Crossing, the world's busiest pedestrian intersection ↗TOKYO
  11. 11Deli order that may lead to pungent breath ↗ONIONBAGEL
  12. 12Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally ↗IDED
  13. 13"Mi ___, su ___" ↗CASA
  14. 16Bird that sings at dawn ↗ROBIN
  15. 18Attitude ↗SASS
  16. 19Rapper Kid ___ ↗CUDI
  17. 24Put back together ↗MEND
  18. 25Enjoy the slopes ↗SKI
  19. 26Pancake topper ↗SYRUP
  20. 27Like some experimental theater ↗AVANTGARDE
  21. 28What to go to Citgo to get ↗GAS
  22. 30See eye to eye ↗AGREE
  23. 31Road Xing animal ↗DEER
  24. 32"And that's the trick!" ↗TADA
  25. 35Film snippet ↗MOVIECLIP
  26. 38Bests ↗TOPS
  27. 39Lungful ↗AIR
  28. 40Bit of internet writing ↗BLOGPOST
  29. 43Howe'er ↗THO
  30. 48It might be dramatic or cosmic ↗IRONY
  31. 49___ monster (Southwest reptile) ↗GILA
  32. 50Hospital concern ↗HEALTH
  33. 51QB Tarkenton ↗FRAN
  34. 53Minimum or maximum ↗LIMIT
  35. 55Small bit of matter ↗ATOM
  36. 56Relinquish ↗CEDE
  37. 58Nautical assents ↗AYES
  38. 59Bring on for a job ↗HIRE
  39. 60Grandson of Adam and Eve ↗ENOS
  40. 61Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts" ↗SENT
  41. 63"___ all good, my man!" ↗ITS
  42. 64Actor DiCaprio, to fans ↗LEO