NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 34

  1. 1First impression of a new video game? ↗STARTBUTTON
  2. 12After-afterthought, for short ↗PPS
  3. 15Drone's image ↗AERIALPHOTO
  4. 16Choler ↗IRE
  5. 17"We should grab a meal sometime" ↗LETSDOLUNCH
  6. 18Snaps ↗PIX
  7. 19A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking ↗TUSK
  8. 20Many Snapchats, informally ↗VIDS
  9. 21Unfolds, with "out" ↗OPENS
  10. 23Author Roald Dahl, during World War II ↗SPY
  11. 24Command+F, on a Mac ↗FIND
  12. 25Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels ↗ROTH
  13. 26Reached the top of one's game ↗PEAKED
  14. 28Grain that once fed the Roman army ↗FARRO
  15. 29Heroic tale of romance ↗GEST
  16. 30Seeing someone wealthier, say ↗DATINGUP
  17. 32Worker involved in firings? ↗POTTER
  18. 34Montenegrin, e.g. ↗BALKAN
  19. 35You can't cut through it ↗CULDESAC
  20. 37Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020 ↗XMEN
  21. 38Fiery spirit ↗ARDOR
  22. 39Sylvan ↗WOODED
  23. 41The Green Hornet's sidekick ↗KATO
  24. 42"___ have guessed?!" ↗WHOD
  25. 43"Uh-huh!" ↗YEP
  26. 46Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam" ↗EVERS
  27. 48Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation ↗SLED
  28. 49Relinquish ↗CEDE
  29. 50"Missile" in many a slapstick fight ↗PIE
  30. 51Eschewing modesty, say ↗LIVINGLARGE
  31. 54Home security inits. since 1874 ↗ADT
  32. 55Summer confection ↗ICECREAMBAR
  33. 56"Hard pass" ↗NAH
  34. 57Digital deals for young people? ↗PINKYSWEARS

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  1. 1NH4NO3 and others ↗SALTS
  2. 2Get set to drive ↗TEEUP
  3. 3Bohemian ↗ARTSY
  4. 4Consideration in setting insurance rates ↗RISK
  5. 5Just a ___ ↗TAD
  6. 6Emits a stream of hot air ↗BLOVIATES
  7. 7Satellite transmission path ↗UPLINK
  8. 8Hit the ground loudly ↗THUDDED
  9. 9Hyperbolic amount of work ↗TONS
  10. 10Unscripted, for short? ↗OTC
  11. 11Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley" ↗NOHO
  12. 12The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards ↗PIPEORGAN
  13. 13Publisher's order ↗PRINTRUN
  14. 14Pleasurable place to do business? ↗SEXSHOP
  15. 22Made the fool ↗PRANKED
  16. 24Grow progressively more rancid ↗FESTER
  17. 26Lab access point? ↗PETDOOR
  18. 27Trifling bit ↗DAB
  19. 28Made a scene, say ↗FILMED
  20. 29Some yellowish canines ↗GOLDTEETH
  21. 31Shelters some look to when duty calls? ↗TAXDODGES
  22. 32The good life, in Spanish vernacular ↗PURAVIDA
  23. 33Like some emotions and recruits ↗RAW
  24. 35One might frequently be buttered up ↗CAKEPAN
  25. 36Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals" ↗COWLICK
  26. 40Annual award for short stories ↗OHENRY
  27. 43___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay) ↗YERBA
  28. 44Exiled character in "King Lear" ↗EDGAR
  29. 45Age-mates ↗PEERS
  30. 47Little mistake ↗SLIP
  31. 48Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson ↗SVEN
  32. 49Cost in total, with "to" ↗CAME
  33. 52Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.) ↗ICI
  34. 53"It's the ___!" ↗LAW