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NYT Crossword March 12 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, March 12 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Game point?6 lettersSee answer ›7Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief3 lettersSee answer ›10Mideast's Gulf of ___4 lettersSee answer ›14"Das Lied von der Erde" composer6 lettersSee answer ›15Camper's foldout3 lettersSee answer ›16Natural hairstyle4 lettersSee answer ›17Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s6 lettersSee answer ›18Incredibly committed8 lettersSee answer ›20Slowly, in scores5 lettersSee answer ›21Second-most-populous city in the U.S.6 lettersSee answer ›22100 nanojoules3 lettersSee answer ›23Citrus portmanteau3 lettersSee answer ›25Sticks around for a demo?3 lettersSee answer ›26Doraphobe's fear3 lettersSee answer ›29Bookings for a D.J.6 lettersSee answer ›32Did very well on the final, say6 lettersSee answer ›34Star of a three-time World Cup champion team4 lettersSee answer ›36Classic ’60s muscle car3 lettersSee answer ›37Rejoices6 lettersSee answer ›38Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar4 lettersSee answer ›39Stand for a portrait5 lettersSee answer ›41Snippet4 lettersSee answer ›42Slip-on or slide6 lettersSee answer ›44Hullabaloo3 lettersSee answer ›45Collectible frames4 lettersSee answer ›46Rest period6 lettersSee answer ›47Get right down to business6 lettersSee answer ›49Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy"3 lettersSee answer ›50Funny3 lettersSee answer ›52Half a score3 lettersSee answer ›53Work on a picture, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›56Some double-headed drums6 lettersSee answer ›58Camper's craft5 lettersSee answer ›60Turpitude8 lettersSee answer ›63Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-’80s TV6 lettersSee answer ›64Operating system developed at Bell Labs4 lettersSee answer ›65Toeholds3 lettersSee answer ›66Get positioned6 lettersSee answer ›67Lush hair's quality4 lettersSee answer ›68Caribbean music genre3 lettersSee answer ›69Abundance6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Saunter5 lettersSee answer ›2Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds5 lettersSee answer ›3Move to pass, perhaps11 lettersSee answer ›4Touched down4 lettersSee answer ›5Symbolize6 lettersSee answer ›6"Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift3 lettersSee answer ›7Guitar pedal effect4 lettersSee answer ›8Comedic takedown5 lettersSee answer ›9Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title11 lettersSee answer ›10Natural fluid containers4 lettersSee answer ›11What a drone might be mistaken for3 lettersSee answer ›12Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›13Actress Kravitz3 lettersSee answer ›19Step in rehab5 lettersSee answer ›21"Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album)5 lettersSee answer ›24Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement11 lettersSee answer ›26Heavenly outcast … or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle11 lettersSee answer ›27Up to5 lettersSee answer ›28Barely speaks5 lettersSee answer ›30Hawks5 lettersSee answer ›31"Such a shame"5 lettersSee answer ›33Stanley of "Conclave"5 lettersSee answer ›34Group surrounding a star5 lettersSee answer ›35Item in a drafts folder5 lettersSee answer ›40Text tweaks5 lettersSee answer ›43Make right5 lettersSee answer ›48Cry for more6 lettersSee answer ›51Hurricane or mudslide5 lettersSee answer ›54Be important5 lettersSee answer ›55Things to bare5 lettersSee answer ›56Hot4 lettersSee answer ›57Disney heroine who builds her own palace4 lettersSee answer ›59Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›60Trivia night locale3 lettersSee answer ›61Shout in a card game3 lettersSee answer ›62Purge3 lettersSee answer ›63Do some lawn work3 lettersSee answer ›