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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Fritz JuhnkeEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1One who makes a living from fish ↗CARDSHARK
  2. 10Taxing, as a test ↗STERN
  3. 15Screen grab? ↗STARPOWER
  4. 16Prefix with -centric ↗HELIO
  5. 17Like the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro" ↗POCOAPOCO
  6. 18Prayer presenter ↗RABBI
  7. 19What travellers typically have in America? ↗ONEL
  8. 20Flash ↗ELAN
  9. 21Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character" ↗EMOJI
  10. 22M.R.I. induction units ↗TESLAS
  11. 24Makeup of a plot ↗LAND
  12. 26Walked off with ↗WON
  13. 27Part of a Grim Reaper costume ↗COWL
  14. 29Controller of floods in the video game Pharaoh ↗OSIRIS
  15. 31Closing ↗FINAL
  16. 35Directive in an order ↗ASAP
  17. 37R&B's Braxton ↗TONI
  18. 38"Does anyone else sense impending doom?" ↗AMINUTS
  19. 40Sémillon rouge and Médoc noir ↗MERLOTS
  20. 42Noncommittal ↗CAGY
  21. 43You might dance on one ↗WHIM
  22. 45Location of a notorious 33-Down: Abbr. ↗ELMST
  23. 46Envelop with a ring ↗ENHALO
  24. 48When strikes go on the longest? ↗NOON
  25. 50Cavity ↗PIT
  26. 51No. 2 ↗ASST
  27. 53Like the layout of the central 13 black squares in this puzzle ↗DOTTED
  28. 58Open the gate for ↗ADMIT
  29. 60What first has over second ↗LEAD
  30. 62Woman central to electioneering? ↗IONE
  31. 63"Big Little Lies" author Moriarty ↗LIANE
  32. 64Totality of everything, in sci-fi-speak ↗OMNIVERSE
  33. 66Ninnyhammer ↗MORON
  34. 67"Say whatever you're gonna say!" ↗SPITITOUT
  35. 68It keeps a narrow passage passable ↗STENT
  36. 69"Heavens!" ↗HOLYMOSES

Down 36

  1. 1100 bones ↗CSPOT
  2. 2Act constructively from contrition ↗ATONE
  3. 3Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England ↗RACES
  4. 4Waggish ↗DROLL
  5. 5Spot for a sweat ↗SPA
  6. 6"God willing!" ↗HOPESO
  7. 7Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22" ↗AWOL
  8. 8Takes off-road? ↗RECALLS
  9. 9Money in Reykjavík ↗KRONA
  10. 10Throws spray, in surfer lingo ↗SHREDS
  11. 11Band ↗TEAM
  12. 12What's lacking in a crowded elevator ↗ELBOWROOM
  13. 13Establishments where smoking is allowed ↗RIBJOINTS
  14. 14Reply while fighting for the check ↗NOIINSIST
  15. 23First Amendment protector, in brief ↗ACLU
  16. 25"Far from it" ↗NOPE
  17. 28Dry streambed ↗WASH
  18. 30"___ do" ↗ITLL
  19. 31Gestures of incredulity ↗FACEPALMS
  20. 32"D'oh!" ↗IMANIDIOT
  21. 33Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps ↗NIGHTMARE
  22. 34Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa" ↗ANYA
  23. 36What arms may hold, informally ↗AMMO
  24. 39Low notes, but not the lowest ↗TWOS
  25. 41Home of the National Automobile Museum ↗RENO
  26. 44At the designated speed ↗INTEMPO
  27. 47Not yet seen, say ↗LATENT
  28. 49Rare bird ↗ODDITY
  29. 52Move about, as liquid ↗SLOSH
  30. 54Connect with ↗TIETO
  31. 55Estoques are pointed at them ↗TOROS
  32. 56Transpire thereupon ↗ENSUE
  33. 57Not just the headline gossip, slangily ↗DEETS
  34. 59Part of, as a racket ↗INON
  35. 61Dye-yielding shrub ↗ANIL
  36. 65Energy ↗VIM