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NYT Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated March 16 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, March 16 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Jamey Smith · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1"Throw me the ball, no one's covering me!"6 lettersSee answer ›7Drone's sound4 lettersSee answer ›11Cave-dwelling flier3 lettersSee answer ›14Galactic cloud6 lettersSee answer ›15Texas city that's home to Baylor University4 lettersSee answer ›16Broadcast3 lettersSee answer ›17*Forever11 lettersSee answer ›19Deer mother?3 lettersSee answer ›20Brad of 2025's "F1"4 lettersSee answer ›21"In case it's of interest ...," in brief3 lettersSee answer ›22Plenty of5 lettersSee answer ›24Bugle tune4 lettersSee answer ›25*One of a kind10 lettersSee answer ›28Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›30"Great Red" feature of Jupiter4 lettersSee answer ›31*Masterwork10 lettersSee answer ›36Wide-eyed and eager4 lettersSee answer ›40Go down to 0%, as a computer battery3 lettersSee answer ›41Allotment7 lettersSee answer ›43"___ word?"3 lettersSee answer ›44SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs4 lettersSee answer ›46*After the event, as an analysis10 lettersSee answer ›48Ball-___ hammer4 lettersSee answer ›50Teeny-tiny3 lettersSee answer ›51*Reciprocal exchange10 lettersSee answer ›57Historian's focus4 lettersSee answer ›60"Me too," formally5 lettersSee answer ›61One might end with "com" or "org"3 lettersSee answer ›62Water, in Juárez4 lettersSee answer ›63___ chi3 lettersSee answer ›64Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?11 lettersSee answer ›68Before today3 lettersSee answer ›69Gem mined in Australia4 lettersSee answer ›70Exact retribution for6 lettersSee answer ›71Sleep cycle inits.3 lettersSee answer ›72Chap4 lettersSee answer ›73Term of address for a nun6 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Not suitable5 lettersSee answer ›2Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)5 lettersSee answer ›3Locales for the late news?9 lettersSee answer ›4Kicks down the road, as a decision7 lettersSee answer ›5Santa's little helper3 lettersSee answer ›6Innocent sorts5 lettersSee answer ›7Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short5 lettersSee answer ›8Beanie or beret3 lettersSee answer ›9Carefully monitored hosp. area3 lettersSee answer ›10Italian cheese6 lettersSee answer ›11Negative press for a celeb, say5 lettersSee answer ›12Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels5 lettersSee answer ›13Family diagrams5 lettersSee answer ›18Greenwich Village campus, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›23Like a book about writing a book, say4 lettersSee answer ›26Fighter pilot's garb5 lettersSee answer ›27___ salts5 lettersSee answer ›29Recipe unit3 lettersSee answer ›31Rx writers3 lettersSee answer ›32A helping hand3 lettersSee answer ›33Sullen sort5 lettersSee answer ›34City that's home to the University of Maine5 lettersSee answer ›35Six for a touchdown: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›37Staffer in a flight terminal9 lettersSee answer ›38"All for ___ and ___ for all!"3 lettersSee answer ›39Workout site3 lettersSee answer ›42"Pronto!"3 lettersSee answer ›45Fancy coif4 lettersSee answer ›47Improves, as a bike path7 lettersSee answer ›49Literary afterthought6 lettersSee answer ›51Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani5 lettersSee answer ›52Meter reading5 lettersSee answer ›53"Talk turkey" or "eat crow"5 lettersSee answer ›54Warm bed covering5 lettersSee answer ›55Still-life vessel3 lettersSee answer ›56Earthen pots, from the Spanish5 lettersSee answer ›58Sudden increase5 lettersSee answer ›59Weapon that stuns5 lettersSee answer ›65Tail-less primate3 lettersSee answer ›66Beachgoer's "souvenir"3 lettersSee answer ›67Prefix meaning "egg"3 lettersSee answer ›