NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Hanh HuynhEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1586 clues

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TUEMAR
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2026
By Drew Schmenner
WEDMAR
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2026
By Wayne Bergman
THUMAR
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2026
By Hanh Huynh
FRIMAR
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2026
By Adrian Johnson
SATMAR
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2026
By Fritz Juhnke

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Across 45

  1. 1Replay technique, informally ↗SLOMO
  2. 6"Baby ___" (2008 comedy) ↗MAMA
  3. 10"Fiddlesticks!" ↗BAH
  4. 13Woodworking machine ↗SHAPER
  5. 14Burden ↗ONUS
  6. 15A big one might be challenging to work with ↗EGO
  7. 16Sewing/cooking class, informally ↗HOMEEC
  8. 17User of the Force ↗JEDI
  9. 18Mrs. in Spain ↗SRA
  10. 19Remove from power ↗OVERT
  11. 20Boarding pass info ↗ROW
  12. 21Like cabernet sauvignon vis-à-vis white zinfandel ↗DRIER
  13. 23Restaurant booking, for short ↗RES
  14. 24"Shoulda listened to me!" ↗SEE
  15. 26Rang out ↗PEALED
  16. 27Carrier based in Ben Gurion Airport ↗ELAL
  17. 29Milan's La ___ ↗SCALA
  18. 32Dole (out) ↗METE
  19. 33Gomez's cousin on 1960s TV ↗ITT
  20. 35Bring shame upon ↗DISH
  21. 37"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; ___ for the arrow that flieth by day": Psalms ↗NOR
  22. 38Always there ↗EVE
  23. 39Lead-in to determined or destined ↗PRE
  24. 40Otolaryngologist, for short ↗ENT
  25. 42Estrange ↗ALI
  26. 44N.B.A. great ___ Archibald ↗NATE
  27. 46Wrath ↗IRE
  28. 47Cabernet sauvignon et zinfandel ↗VINS
  29. 49Golf gimme ↗TAPIN
  30. 51Center of a Scrabble board ↗STAR
  31. 55Puma's pad? ↗INSOLE
  32. 57D.O.J. bigwigs, in brief ↗AGS
  33. 59Bass, e.g. ↗ALE
  34. 60CVS Health subsidiary ↗AETNA
  35. 61Law enforcer in Leicester ↗CON
  36. 63Decide to deal with at a later time ↗TABLE
  37. 65Labor Day follower: Abbr. ↗TUE
  38. 66With 68-Across, long-shot candidates … or a hint to six squares in this puzzle ↗DARK
  39. 68See 66-Across ↗HORSES
  40. 69Prefix with -logue ↗EPI
  41. 70"You just made that up!" ↗LIAR
  42. 71Feature of the Cyclops ↗ONEEYE
  43. 72You might be asked for your "last four" of this, in brief ↗SSN
  44. 73With 58-Down, "Bugonia" actress ↗EMMA
  45. 74Dips a toe in, say ↗TESTS

Down 41

  1. 1This might be ground-breaking ↗SHOVEL
  2. 2San Diego suburb ↗LAMESA
  3. 3Person reached by dialing 0: Abbr. ↗OPER
  4. 4Comes face to face with ↗MEETS
  5. 5Choreograph ↗ORC
  6. 6Magic power ↗MOJO
  7. 7Freshly ↗ANEW
  8. 8Stuff that's slung ↗MUD
  9. 9Parenthetical remark ↗ASIDE
  10. 10"That's enough out of you!" ↗BESILENT
  11. 11Accept the terms of ↗AGREETO
  12. 12Pack rat ↗HOARDER
  13. 13Summer vacation locale ↗SHORE
  14. 20Letter in support, informally ↗REC
  15. 22"Blitzkrieg Bop" band ↗RAM
  16. 25Approximate no. ↗EST
  17. 26Winning hit at Wimbledon, maybe ↗PAS
  18. 28Endures ↗LIV
  19. 30Media sales agent, in brief ↗ADREP
  20. 31Be on one's back ↗LIE
  21. 34Face card's value, often ↗TEN
  22. 36One-named artist who sang the U.S. national anthem at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony ↗HER
  23. 38Real genius ↗EINSTEIN
  24. 39Org. often concerned with fund-raising ↗PTA
  25. 41Super Mario Bros. platform ↗NES
  26. 42Performs at a Thunderbirds show ↗AVIATES
  27. 43Lists of starters ↗LINEUPS
  28. 45Packed it in ↗ATE
  29. 46Big Dutch bank ↗ING
  30. 48Leif, to Eric the Red ↗SON
  31. 50"Deadwood" actor McShane ↗IAN
  32. 52Typewriter feature ↗TABSET
  33. 53Spots where pins are dropped? ↗ALLEYS
  34. 54Pee Wee of baseball ↗REESE
  35. 56Serve, as soup ↗LADLE
  36. 58See 73-Across ↗STONE
  37. 61Pack it in? ↗CRAM
  38. 62Gumbo ingredient ↗OKRA
  39. 64Enemy of Wonder Woman ↗ARES
  40. 67Bocce player's skill ↗AIM
  41. 68Trendy ↗HOT