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NYT Crossword March 20 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, March 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Rush order4 lettersSee answer ›5Political commentator Piker5 lettersSee answer ›10Like a workhorse4 lettersSee answer ›14Animal sanctuary10 lettersSee answer ›16Kachina-carving people4 lettersSee answer ›17Going against the grain?10 lettersSee answer ›18Sign to be read4 lettersSee answer ›19"Easy peasy!"8 lettersSee answer ›20Pesos or euros6 lettersSee answer ›22Knack for details, say3 lettersSee answer ›23World capital split by the world's longest river5 lettersSee answer ›25Some scenery in "The Road Runner Show"5 lettersSee answer ›26Fare ways to go?8 lettersSee answer ›28Law with an "individual mandate" provision, for short3 lettersSee answer ›29Athlete nicknamed "O Rei"4 lettersSee answer ›31Farm female3 lettersSee answer ›32Giant Jesus4 lettersSee answer ›33Words before confirming something15 lettersSee answer ›37Fundamentals4 lettersSee answer ›38Gym circuit3 lettersSee answer ›39Remove unceremoniously4 lettersSee answer ›40Exec who leads software engineers3 lettersSee answer ›41Philosophy of a devil's advocate?8 lettersSee answer ›44Danish money5 lettersSee answer ›46Step heavily5 lettersSee answer ›47Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there …"3 lettersSee answer ›50Feels sympathy for, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›52Publishes an exposé, say8 lettersSee answer ›54It'll warm your buns4 lettersSee answer ›55Biological building blocks10 lettersSee answer ›57Get spent4 lettersSee answer ›58"Be gentle"10 lettersSee answer ›59Give guff4 lettersSee answer ›60Desirable feature5 lettersSee answer ›61Gukesh Dommaraju, upon becoming world chess champion in 20244 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Texas A&M athlete5 lettersSee answer ›2Like foods that increase thirst5 lettersSee answer ›3Tickle5 lettersSee answer ›4Pro-vegan org.4 lettersSee answer ›5Applies a certain hair dye to6 lettersSee answer ›6Fling6 lettersSee answer ›7Things that send people into hiding15 lettersSee answer ›8Dating app listing3 lettersSee answer ›9Basic ___4 lettersSee answer ›10Beamed5 lettersSee answer ›11Zillow data9 lettersSee answer ›12Dramatic outerwear for the theater9 lettersSee answer ›13Very old-fashioned sort8 lettersSee answer ›15Some adopted pets7 lettersSee answer ›21Pings, for short3 lettersSee answer ›24Stink4 lettersSee answer ›26Sandwiches that are neither kosher nor halal4 lettersSee answer ›27Farm female3 lettersSee answer ›29Drinking game?9 lettersSee answer ›30Modern urban transportation options9 lettersSee answer ›32Reunion attendee, informally4 lettersSee answer ›33Lotto prizes8 lettersSee answer ›34Greeting often followed by "Como vai?"3 lettersSee answer ›35British engineer James4 lettersSee answer ›36Be a hero, say7 lettersSee answer ›41"Get it?"3 lettersSee answer ›42Viral 2010s dance that Hillary Clinton performed on TV6 lettersSee answer ›43"This makes no sense"6 lettersSee answer ›45Poker hand known as a "Wayne Gretzky"5 lettersSee answer ›47It has more than 4,000 islands off its coast5 lettersSee answer ›48Pre-transformation self5 lettersSee answer ›49Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity"5 lettersSee answer ›51It's a long story4 lettersSee answer ›53Participant in the Jacobite rebellion of the 1740s4 lettersSee answer ›56Approaches, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›