NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 8, 2026

Complete answer list for the March 8, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 73

  1. 1Clip on, say ↗ATTACH
  2. 7Facing the pitcher ↗ATBAT
  3. 12Some budget-friendly grocery stores ↗ALDIS
  4. 17It's on a roll! ↗HOAGIE
  5. 18Sculpted ↗SHAPED
  6. 20Minimalist swimwear ↗SPEEDO
  7. 21Mineral found in seaweed ↗IODINE
  8. 22Certain supervisor on a film set ↗KEYGRIP
  9. 24Cozy garment ↗SWEATER
  10. 25Giveaway ↗TELL
  11. 27Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist" ↗RWANDA
  12. 28Spot for a grill ↗AIRVENT
  13. 29Starters ↗ATEAM
  14. 32"Rumor has it …" ↗IHEAR
  15. 34Most slipshod ↗SLOPPIEST
  16. 36On the ___ ↗LAM
  17. 37Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame ↗ATLAST
  18. 39Fungal structure ↗MOLD
  19. 40Californie, par exemple ↗ETAT
  20. 41"Big Blue" ↗IBM
  21. 42So-called "rooster sauce" ↗SRIRACHA
  22. 44Fails ignominiously, in slang ↗EATSIT
  23. 46Drag show accessories ↗BOAS
  24. 48"___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit) ↗OUR
  25. 4930 minutes to 3, in British English ↗HALFTWO
  26. 51Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony) ↗FIFTH
  27. 55Caitlin Clark's alma mater ↗IOWA
  28. 56Gritty genre ↗NOIR
  29. 58___ tai (cocktail) ↗MAI
  30. 59What makes a dresser dressier? ↗ANI
  31. 61"Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness) ↗PRIE
  32. 62Fuss ↗ADO
  33. 64Eager ↗KEEN
  34. 66Relay race segment ↗LEG
  35. 68"Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map) ↗ICI
  36. 70Not Dem. or Rep. ↗IND
  37. 71March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer ↗INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY
  38. 77Member of the fam ↗SIS
  39. 78Feel bad ↗AIL
  40. 79Like some humor ↗DRY
  41. 80Style for Detroit's Fisher Building ↗DECO
  42. 81Kind of moment ↗AHA
  43. 82Make out, in Manchester ↗SNOG
  44. 84Backwoods refusal ↗NAW
  45. 86Soft shoe, informally ↗MOC
  46. 88Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …" ↗NORA
  47. 90Similar ↗AKIN
  48. 93Sch. in College Station, Tex. ↗AANDM
  49. 95It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this ↗NOHANDS
  50. 98Reactor safety agcy. ↗NRC
  51. 99Get one's feet wet? ↗WADE
  52. 100Become rich and successful, so to speak ↗ARRIVE
  53. 102Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage ↗GRAINIER
  54. 105Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle ↗HER
  55. 106Ancient Greek instrument ↗LYRE
  56. 107Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" ↗ELMO
  57. 109Lustrous ↗GLOSSY
  58. 110Loo ↗LAV
  59. 111Formal notes ↗MEMORANDA
  60. 113"City of a Thousand Minarets" ↗CAIRO
  61. 114French school ↗ECOLE
  62. 116Storage unit ↗MEGABIT
  63. 117Settle in, say ↗UNPACK
  64. 119Used-up crayons ↗NUBS
  65. 121"Nearly done!" ↗ONETOGO
  66. 122Big name in sparkling water ↗PERRIER
  67. 124Kathmandu resident ↗NEPALI
  68. 128Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down ↗MONETS
  69. 129Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own" ↗DOTTIE
  70. 130Casino worker ↗DEALER
  71. 131"Therefore …" ↗ANDSO
  72. 132Verbally notify ↗SAYTO
  73. 133Highly embellished ↗ORNATE

Down 72

  1. 1Poke fish, often ↗AHI
  2. 2As well ↗TOO
  3. 3Touch ↗TAD
  4. 4Feeling of distress ↗AGITA
  5. 5Movie palaces ↗CINEMAS
  6. 6Cry from a dog walker ↗HEEL
  7. 7Inquire ↗ASK
  8. 8___ May, former British P.M. ↗THERESA
  9. 9Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson ↗BAYWATCH
  10. 10___ score (neonatal measure) ↗APGAR
  11. 11Seabird ↗TERN
  12. 12Predinner beverage ↗APERITIF
  13. 13Show gratitude for service ↗LEAVEATIP
  14. 14Loathe ↗DETEST
  15. 15Part of PIN: Abbr. ↗IDENT
  16. 16Photocopier function ↗SORT
  17. 19Simple rebuttal ↗DIDSO
  18. 20Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g. ↗SWIPES
  19. 23Structure in a shipping container ↗PALLET
  20. 24Sucker ↗SAP
  21. 26First (and last) queen of Hawaii ↗LILIUOKALANI
  22. 29Good thing for a suspect to have ↗ALIBI
  23. 30Verboten ↗TABOO
  24. 31Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger ↗EMMAWATSON
  25. 33Tubman of the Underground Railroad ↗HARRIET
  26. 35Indigenous people of the Great Lakes ↗ODAWA
  27. 38Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid" ↗TRON
  28. 392014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai ↗MALALA
  29. 43Green eggs' partner ↗HAM
  30. 45Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved" ↗TONIMORRISON
  31. 47One-named singer of "Smooth Operator" ↗SADE
  32. 50Sally with two Oscars ↗FIELD
  33. 52Mexican painter known for her self-portraits ↗FRIDAKAHLO
  34. 53Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ↗TINA
  35. 54Inventor and actress Lamarr ↗HEDY
  36. 57Tara of "Sharknado" ↗REID
  37. 60___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper ↗ICE
  38. 63"R.I.P." singer Rita ___ ↗ORA
  39. 65Silent film star Talmadge ↗NORMA
  40. 67___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt ↗GWEN
  41. 69Celebrity chef Garten ↗INA
  42. 71Rae who co-created "Insecure" ↗ISSA
  43. 72Singer and civil rights activist Simone ↗NINA
  44. 73Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" ↗NIN
  45. 74Oscar winner Lupita ↗NYONGO
  46. 75Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 1981 ↗OCONNOR
  47. 76Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement ↗SHAW
  48. 83Aussie greeting ↗GDAYMATES
  49. 85Like some textiles ↗WOVEN
  50. 87Burnable storage unit, in brief ↗CDR
  51. 89They can't be returned ↗ACES
  52. 91As good as it gets ↗IDEAL
  53. 92Skydiving requirement ↗NERVE
  54. 94Styx song that starts "Domo arigato" ↗MRROBOTO
  55. 96Delayed ↗HELDUP
  56. 97Wisdom ↗SAGACITY
  57. 101Equips again, as a ship ↗RERIGS
  58. 103"Not bad!" ↗ILIKEIT
  59. 104Roggenbock, e.g. ↗RYEBEER
  60. 106Babe the Blue Ox, e.g. ↗LEGEND
  61. 108Like zebras, but not tigers ↗MANED
  62. 111Baseball announcer's update ↗MENON
  63. 112From ___ Z ↗ATO
  64. 113Spanish letter ↗CARTA
  65. 115Floor show? ↗CSPAN
  66. 116See 128-Across ↗MOMA
  67. 118Experts ↗PROS
  68. 120Ctrl-Z action ↗UNDO
  69. 123___ Speedwagon ↗REO
  70. 125In the manner of ↗ALA
  71. 126Tennis call ↗LET
  72. 127Fuming feeling ↗IRE