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NYT Crossword March 19 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, March 19 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Exploiting an I.R.S. loophole, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›9Forensic analyst's workspace6 lettersSee answer ›15Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce)8 lettersSee answer ›16Moon that's a neighbor of Ganymede and Io6 lettersSee answer ›17A boatload8 lettersSee answer ›18How Jean Valjean repeatedly breaks out in "Les Misérables"6 lettersSee answer ›19Where to find the towns Bigfoot and Tarzan5 lettersSee answer ›20The o's in xoxo, symbolically4 lettersSee answer ›22Scratches (out)4 lettersSee answer ›23Cards in a wallet or purse, informally3 lettersSee answer ›25Resident of Muscat7 lettersSee answer ›27Clothes that are ready to be thrown away4 lettersSee answer ›30Mimicked4 lettersSee answer ›32Online gamer's bane3 lettersSee answer ›33Like some flaws7 lettersSee answer ›35Rump7 lettersSee answer ›39"Decidedly not"3 lettersSee answer ›40Homophone of 39-Across3 lettersSee answer ›41Peeve3 lettersSee answer ›42___ Lasso, fictional A.F.C. Richmond coach3 lettersSee answer ›43Big Bad Wolf's disguise7 lettersSee answer ›45___ badge7 lettersSee answer ›47Opposite of paleo-3 lettersSee answer ›48Voice of the modern age4 lettersSee answer ›50Site for indie designers4 lettersSee answer ›51Crooner Mel7 lettersSee answer ›53Beginning of the spelling of "Hera"3 lettersSee answer ›55U-___ (German subway)4 lettersSee answer ›56It has Earth's highest and lowest points4 lettersSee answer ›58N.C.A.A.'s ___ Eight5 lettersSee answer ›62Certain fatty acids, informally6 lettersSee answer ›64Certain hockey and soccer infractions … or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squares8 lettersSee answer ›66Country singer Lee Ann6 lettersSee answer ›67At peak pique8 lettersSee answer ›68Gaelic gals6 lettersSee answer ›69Locations for some posers8 lettersSee answer ›

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1First president to sit in the Oval Office4 lettersSee answer ›2It's vera soothing!4 lettersSee answer ›3Halo console4 lettersSee answer ›4Jean Arp, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›5Tripping, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›6German "the"3 lettersSee answer ›7Deep cut4 lettersSee answer ›8Lock in, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›9Thomas Jefferson's belief5 lettersSee answer ›10Part of an order3 lettersSee answer ›11Ordnance depot7 lettersSee answer ›12"Hey, no argument here"10 lettersSee answer ›13Nighttime woe5 lettersSee answer ›14Luggage4 lettersSee answer ›21Master class?7 lettersSee answer ›24Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"5 lettersSee answer ›26Analogous5 lettersSee answer ›27Word with napkin or nose4 lettersSee answer ›28Miles away4 lettersSee answer ›29Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out," to name two10 lettersSee answer ›31Tickles7 lettersSee answer ›34Choice words5 lettersSee answer ›36Actor Hammer5 lettersSee answer ›37Lepidopterists' needs4 lettersSee answer ›38Operation Neptune, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›44Electric sign filler7 lettersSee answer ›46Showing things as they are7 lettersSee answer ›49Utter foolishness6 lettersSee answer ›51Nation whose name sounds like a plea for seconds5 lettersSee answer ›52Catchers' wear5 lettersSee answer ›54___ Virtue, three-time gold medalist ice dancer5 lettersSee answer ›55Word after finger or poke4 lettersSee answer ›57Do for Jimi Hendrix4 lettersSee answer ›59"Here's an ___ …"4 lettersSee answer ›60Final, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›61Contractors' figs.4 lettersSee answer ›63Of first rank3 lettersSee answer ›65Noted San Francisco weather phenomenon3 lettersSee answer ›