NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 19, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 36

  1. 1Exploiting an I.R.S. loophole, e.g. ↗TAXDODGE
  2. 9Forensic analyst's workspace ↗DNALAB
  3. 15Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce) ↗ALBANIAN
  4. 16Moon that's a neighbor of Ganymede and Io ↗EUROPA
  5. 17A boatload ↗FOODLESS
  6. 18How Jean Valjean repeatedly breaks out in "Les Misérables" ↗INSONG
  7. 19Where to find the towns Bigfoot and Tarzan ↗TEXAS
  8. 20The o's in xoxo, symbolically ↗HUGS
  9. 22Scratches (out) ↗EKES
  10. 23Cards in a wallet or purse, informally ↗IDS
  11. 25Resident of Muscat ↗ROMANIA
  12. 27Clothes that are ready to be thrown away ↗RAGS
  13. 30Mimicked ↗APED
  14. 32Online gamer's bane ↗LAG
  15. 33Like some flaws ↗IFATALL
  16. 35Rump ↗TAILEND
  17. 39"Decidedly not" ↗NAY
  18. 40Homophone of 39-Across ↗NEE
  19. 41Peeve ↗IRK
  20. 42___ Lasso, fictional A.F.C. Richmond coach ↗TED
  21. 43Big Bad Wolf's disguise ↗GRANDMA
  22. 45___ badge ↗EMERITA
  23. 47Opposite of paleo- ↗NEO
  24. 48Voice of the modern age ↗SIRI
  25. 50Site for indie designers ↗ETSY
  26. 51Crooner Mel ↗STORMED
  27. 53Beginning of the spelling of "Hera" ↗ETA
  28. 55U-___ (German subway) ↗BAHN
  29. 56It has Earth's highest and lowest points ↗ASIA
  30. 58N.C.A.A.'s ___ Eight ↗ELITE
  31. 62Certain fatty acids, informally ↗OMEGAS
  32. 64Certain hockey and soccer infractions … or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squares ↗OFFSIDES
  33. 66Country singer Lee Ann ↗WOMACK
  34. 67At peak pique ↗CROSSEST
  35. 68Gaelic gals ↗LASSES
  36. 69Locations for some posers ↗YOGAMATS

Down 38

  1. 1First president to sit in the Oval Office ↗TAFT
  2. 2It's vera soothing! ↗ALOE
  3. 3Halo console ↗XBOX
  4. 4Jean Arp, e.g. ↗DADAIST
  5. 5Tripping, in a way ↗ONLSD
  6. 6German "the" ↗DIE
  7. 7Deep cut ↗GASH
  8. 8Lock in, so to speak ↗ENSURE
  9. 9Thomas Jefferson's belief ↗DEISM
  10. 10Part of an order ↗NUN
  11. 11Ordnance depot ↗ARSENAL
  12. 12"Hey, no argument here" ↗LOOKIGETIT
  13. 13Nighttime woe ↗APNEA
  14. 14Luggage ↗BAGS
  15. 21Master class? ↗GODTIER
  16. 24Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" ↗SALEM
  17. 26Analogous ↗ALIKE
  18. 27Word with napkin or nose ↗RING
  19. 28Miles away ↗AFAR
  20. 29Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out," to name two ↗GAYANTHEMS
  21. 31Tickles ↗PLEASES
  22. 34Choice words ↗ANDOR
  23. 36Actor Hammer ↗ARMIE
  24. 37Lepidopterists' needs ↗NETS
  25. 38Operation Neptune, familiarly ↗DDAY
  26. 44Electric sign filler ↗NEONGAS
  27. 46Showing things as they are ↗REALISM
  28. 49Utter foolishness ↗IDIOCY
  29. 51Nation whose name sounds like a plea for seconds ↗SAMOA
  30. 52Catchers' wear ↗MASKS
  31. 54___ Virtue, three-time gold medalist ice dancer ↗TESSA
  32. 55Word after finger or poke ↗BOWL
  33. 57Do for Jimi Hendrix ↗AFRO
  34. 59"Here's an ___ …" ↗IDEA
  35. 60Final, e.g. ↗TEST
  36. 61Contractors' figs. ↗ESTS
  37. 63Of first rank ↗ACE
  38. 65Noted San Francisco weather phenomenon ↗FOG