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NYT Crossword March 14 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated March 14 2026

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Every answer from the Saturday, March 14 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

1Behave like an ass4 lettersSee answer ›518th-century British P.M. William Pitt, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›9Come back5 lettersSee answer ›14Recipient of a key to the city, say9 lettersSee answer ›16Shocked ... shocked!5 lettersSee answer ›17Like Thunderdell, the monster slain by Jack the Giant Killer9 lettersSee answer ›18Des'ree's "You ___ Be"5 lettersSee answer ›19Mottled6 lettersSee answer ›20Sch. whose symbol is the Native American war leader Osceola3 lettersSee answer ›22Title role for Paul Newman, 19633 lettersSee answer ›2341-Across maker6 lettersSee answer ›24Top option3 lettersSee answer ›25Sporting blades4 lettersSee answer ›26Flutters4 lettersSee answer ›27Jewelry that may double as a fastener9 lettersSee answer ›30"Aliens ___ My Homework," children's comedy/sci-fi book by Bruce Coville3 lettersSee answer ›31007 feature of 19799 lettersSee answer ›32Writer of the 1969 hit "The Boxer"9 lettersSee answer ›33Hip places?9 lettersSee answer ›34Bosom buddy3 lettersSee answer ›37They croak as soon as they grow up9 lettersSee answer ›38Go bad4 lettersSee answer ›39Easy gait4 lettersSee answer ›40"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak.3 lettersSee answer ›4123-Across debut of 19996 lettersSee answer ›43Deep-frying vessel3 lettersSee answer ›44Many an "SVU" extra3 lettersSee answer ›45Displays with variety6 lettersSee answer ›46Following closely behind5 lettersSee answer ›48Where travelers might take the plunge on vacation9 lettersSee answer ›51Keep5 lettersSee answer ›52Inner tube?9 lettersSee answer ›53Takes a hit5 lettersSee answer ›54Baby bottle component4 lettersSee answer ›55U Beauty competitor4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Counter order3 lettersSee answer ›2Subject of outdoor paintings by Renoir, Monet and Homer7 lettersSee answer ›3Follower7 lettersSee answer ›4Vulgarians6 lettersSee answer ›5Some deflections for argument's sake12 lettersSee answer ›6"Bombshell: The ___ Lamarr Story" (2017 documentary)4 lettersSee answer ›7Hotness3 lettersSee answer ›8Really, really believing10 lettersSee answer ›9Classic meat sauce4 lettersSee answer ›10Freudian origin of defense mechanisms3 lettersSee answer ›11Strands from the litter?7 lettersSee answer ›12Rise on the market6 lettersSee answer ›13Auditions5 lettersSee answer ›15Latvian, old-style4 lettersSee answer ›21Noted series with over 200 Emmys … and an Oscar12 lettersSee answer ›23Letters for those awaiting specifics3 lettersSee answer ›24Something cut or defused7 lettersSee answer ›25Ready for business4 lettersSee answer ›28Just go along10 lettersSee answer ›29Ring stats4 lettersSee answer ›31Promenade4 lettersSee answer ›32Tanning target4 lettersSee answer ›33Social media community for avid readers7 lettersSee answer ›34Shimmering substance in the skin-care aisle7 lettersSee answer ›35Animal identity in role play7 lettersSee answer ›36Title for a holy person3 lettersSee answer ›37Lickety-split6 lettersSee answer ›38Become suddenly awake and focused6 lettersSee answer ›39Distort5 lettersSee answer ›42Address strings4 lettersSee answer ›44Farm females4 lettersSee answer ›45Flour used to make paratha4 lettersSee answer ›47Raw material3 lettersSee answer ›49All together3 lettersSee answer ›50Law of La Mancha3 lettersSee answer ›