NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Mar 9, 2026
Complete answer list for the March 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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Across 37
- 1Constellation word before Major or Minor ↗URSA
- 5Something to blow off or let off ↗STEAM
- 10"So-o-o cute!" ↗AWW
- 13Western defense grp. ↗NATO
- 14"I ___ been a contender ..." ↗COULDA
- 15Lead-in to natal or nuptial ↗PRE
- 16*Outdoor sport with sticks (1979, 1984) ↗FIELDHOCKEY
- 18Gentle touch ↗PAT
- 19Letters for a mind reader ↗ESP
- 20Grunt from a pigpen ↗OINK
- 21Athlete's representative ↗AGENT
- 23Take weapons away from ↗DISARM
- 25*Period for Fred, Wilma and Pebbles (2016, 2023) ↗STONEAGE
- 28More in-your-business ↗NOSIER
- 30Encourages to buy a more expensive model, say ↗UPSELLS
- 31Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have ___" ↗NOT
- 32Monster of folk tales ↗OGRE
- 34Goal for collectors ↗SET
- 35*Temporary guest from a canine shelter (1988, 1991) ↗FOSTERDOG
- 39Oscars airer ↗ABC
- 42"Pencils down!" ↗TIME
- 43Double-decker, e.g. ↗BUS
- 45Strings along ↗LEADSON
- 48Some steaks ↗TBONES
- 51*Popular fruit dessert (2001) ↗BERRYPIE
- 53Rebel as a group ↗RISEUP
- 55Zimbalist Jr. of "77 Sunset Strip" ↗EFREM
- 56Plastic Ono Band's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)" ↗XMAS
- 58Network for "The Wire" and "Euphoria" ↗HBO
- 59Birthplace of the bossa nova, informally ↗RIO
- 60Academy Award category ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues ↗BESTACTRESS
- 64Vietnamese holiday with a palindromic name ↗TET
- 65Baltimore baseball pro ↗ORIOLE
- 66Colorful body part ... or a colorful flower ↗IRIS
- 67"___ gratia artis" (classic MGM motto) ↗ARS
- 68Chicken noodle scoop ↗LADLE
- 69Heredity unit ↗GENE
Down 37
- 1Like expired parking meters ↗UNFED
- 2___ Bran ↗RAISIN
- 3Bobby, Peter or Greg, to Carol Brady ↗STEPSON
- 4Internet pioneer ↗AOL
- 5"Coming ___ to a theater near you" ↗SOON
- 6Partner of nips ↗TUCKS
- 7Relative of a reindeer ↗ELK
- 8Suffix with lemon or orange ↗ADE
- 9Ancient Central American pyramid builders ↗MAYANS
- 10They go to a higher court ↗APPEALS
- 11Round up, as cattle ↗WRANGLE
- 12Receiving the most rain ↗WETTEST
- 14Grandfather clock sound ↗CHIME
- 17Piquant triangular chip ↗DORITO
- 22"Gosh!" ↗GEE
- 24Starting on ↗ASOF
- 26Small castle tower ↗TURRET
- 27Guest opinion column ↗OPED
- 29Corkscrew-shaped pasta ↗ROTINI
- 33Opal or ruby ↗GEM
- 36"Enough already!" ↗STOP
- 37Double-reed woodwind player ↗OBOIST
- 38Biceps, boastfully ↗GUNS
- 39Canadian province north of Montana ↗ALBERTA
- 40More brawny ↗BEEFIER
- 41Bugs Bunny's supply ↗CARROTS
- 44"Now, you listen to me ..." ↗SEEHERE
- 46Beats by ___ (headphone brand) ↗DRE
- 47Word with sex or status ↗SYMBOL
- 49Support for a knee or a neck ↗BRACE
- 50Enters a game at the half, say ↗SUBSIN
- 52Praise enthusiastically ↗EXTOL
- 54Group assisting a sheriff ↗POSSE
- 57Like a bull or buck ↗MALE
- 61Memorable period ↗ERA
- 62Caesar of old comedy ↗SID
- 6318-wheeler ↗RIG