NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rafael Musa and Rebecca GoldsteinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Rush order ↗ASAP
  2. 5Political commentator Piker ↗HASAN
  3. 10Like a workhorse ↗SHOD
  4. 14Animal sanctuary ↗GAMEREFUGE
  5. 16Kachina-carving people ↗HOPI
  6. 17Going against the grain? ↗GLUTENFREE
  7. 18Sign to be read ↗OMEN
  8. 19"Easy peasy!" ↗ITSASNAP
  9. 20Pesos or euros ↗DINERO
  10. 22Knack for details, say ↗EYE
  11. 23World capital split by the world's longest river ↗CAIRO
  12. 25Some scenery in "The Road Runner Show" ↗MESAS
  13. 26Fare ways to go? ↗BUSRIDES
  14. 28Law with an "individual mandate" provision, for short ↗ACA
  15. 29Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" ↗PELE
  16. 31Farm female ↗SOW
  17. 32Giant Jesus ↗ALOU
  18. 33Words before confirming something ↗JUSTSOWERECLEAR
  19. 37Fundamentals ↗ABCS
  20. 38Gym circuit ↗LAP
  21. 39Remove unceremoniously ↗OUST
  22. 40Exec who leads software engineers ↗CTO
  23. 41Philosophy of a devil's advocate? ↗SATANISM
  24. 44Danish money ↗KRONE
  25. 46Step heavily ↗TRAMP
  26. 47Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there …" ↗MOO
  27. 50Feels sympathy for, in a way ↗PITIES
  28. 52Publishes an exposé, say ↗TELLSALL
  29. 54It'll warm your buns ↗OVEN
  30. 55Biological building blocks ↗AMINOACIDS
  31. 57Get spent ↗TIRE
  32. 58"Be gentle" ↗GOEASYONME
  33. 59Give guff ↗SASS
  34. 60Desirable feature ↗ASSET
  35. 61Gukesh Dommaraju, upon becoming world chess champion in 2024 ↗TEEN

Down 35

  1. 1Texas A&M athlete ↗AGGIE
  2. 2Like foods that increase thirst ↗SALTY
  3. 3Tickle ↗AMUSE
  4. 4Pro-vegan org. ↗PETA
  5. 5Applies a certain hair dye to ↗HENNAS
  6. 6Fling ↗AFFAIR
  7. 7Things that send people into hiding ↗SURPRISEPARTIES
  8. 8Dating app listing ↗AGE
  9. 9Basic ___ ↗NEED
  10. 10Beamed ↗SHONE
  11. 11Zillow data ↗HOMESALES
  12. 12Dramatic outerwear for the theater ↗OPERACOAT
  13. 13Very old-fashioned sort ↗DINOSAUR
  14. 15Some adopted pets ↗RESCUES
  15. 21Pings, for short ↗IMS
  16. 24Stink ↗ODOR
  17. 26Sandwiches that are neither kosher nor halal ↗BLTS
  18. 27Farm female ↗EWE
  19. 29Drinking game? ↗PUBTRIVIA
  20. 30Modern urban transportation options ↗ESCOOTERS
  21. 32Reunion attendee, informally ↗ALUM
  22. 33Lotto prizes ↗JACKPOTS
  23. 34Greeting often followed by "Como vai?" ↗OLA
  24. 35British engineer James ↗WATT
  25. 36Be a hero, say ↗COSPLAY
  26. 41"Get it?" ↗SEE
  27. 42Viral 2010s dance that Hillary Clinton performed on TV ↗NAENAE
  28. 43"This makes no sense" ↗IMLOST
  29. 45Poker hand known as a "Wayne Gretzky" ↗NINES
  30. 47It has more than 4,000 islands off its coast ↗MAINE
  31. 48Pre-transformation self ↗OLDME
  32. 49Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity" ↗OLSEN
  33. 51It's a long story ↗SAGA
  34. 53Participant in the Jacobite rebellion of the 1740s ↗SCOT
  35. 56Approaches, in brief ↗MOS