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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 21, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 21, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Boaz MoserEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1566 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Parts of a story structure? ↗IBEAMS
  2. 7Case managers? ↗SLEUTHS
  3. 14Lead-in to "Go!" ↗GETSET
  4. 15"No more for me!" ↗IWANTOUT
  5. 16Gym amenity ↗LOCKER
  6. 17Words before a teaser to the following episode ↗NEXTTIME
  7. 18Be behind ↗OWE
  8. 19What there's no accounting for, in a saying ↗TASTE
  9. 21Notable city in civil rights history ↗SELMA
  10. 22On the ___ (not friendly) ↗OUTS
  11. 24Chucks, slangily ↗YEETS
  12. 26Stink ↗REEK
  13. 27It's not nice to walk in this ↗SLEET
  14. 29Game with shooters ↗CRAPS
  15. 31Brady bunch?: Abbr. ↗TDS
  16. 32Athletic activity spun off from parkour ↗FREERUNNING
  17. 35Things that are tough on the outside and doughy on the inside? ↗ARMOREDCARS
  18. 37Impulsive, as a decision ↗SPLITSECOND
  19. 39Reserved ↗SHY
  20. 42Scuffle ↗SETTO
  21. 43Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animals ↗KOONS
  22. 45Very busy, with "up" ↗TIED
  23. 47Word with corn or cough ↗SYRUP
  24. 49[Love you!] ↗MWAH
  25. 50Debate ↗ARGUE
  26. 52Titular Dr. Seuss character ↗LORAX
  27. 54"What's your ___?" ↗ETA
  28. 55Accepted defeat, in modern parlance ↗TOOKTHEL
  29. 57Heavy ↗LEADEN
  30. 59Not accepting, perhaps ↗INDENIAL
  31. 60Join arms? ↗ENLIST
  32. 61Cavalry member in Russia, historically ↗COSSACK
  33. 62Twee ↗DAINTY

Down 33

  1. 1Block housing ↗IGLOOS
  2. 2Classic poem whose sole surviving manuscript is kept in the British Library ↗BEOWULF
  3. 3"And so forth" ↗ETCETERA
  4. 4"___; and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7 ↗ASK
  5. 5Encounter ↗MEET
  6. 6Go way off ↗STRAY
  7. 7Flavor profile for many a Chinese dish ↗SWEETANDSOUR
  8. 8Chill, maybe ↗LAX
  9. 9Creatures that attack Isengard, in fantasy ↗ENTS
  10. 10Total ↗UTTER
  11. 11Word with paper or humor ↗TOILET
  12. 12Breezed (along) ↗HUMMED
  13. 13Big cuts? ↗STEAKS
  14. 15Digital provocateur ↗INTERNETTROLL
  15. 20Breach ↗SECURITYLEAK
  16. 23Visionary people ↗SEERS
  17. 25Valuable commodity in "Dune" ↗SPICE
  18. 28Short-term workers ↗TEMPS
  19. 30Have a nosh ↗SNACK
  20. 33They've been played! ↗ROLES
  21. 34One with a bridle … or one who's not bridal ↗GROOM
  22. 36Stuck under a blanket, perhaps ↗SNOWEDIN
  23. 38Makeup exam? ↗DNATEST
  24. 39Not going anywhere ↗STATIC
  25. 40Hawaii senator Mazie ↗HIRONO
  26. 41"Gadzooks!" ↗YEGODS
  27. 44Shabby shelter ↗SHANTY
  28. 46"Put up your ___!" ↗DUKES
  29. 48Blanched ↗PALED
  30. 51Mountain said to house Hephaestus' forges ↗ETNA
  31. 53Amazon affiliate on TV ↗XENA
  32. 56Grabbin' Grape juice brand ↗HIC
  33. 58Actor Mahershala ↗ALI