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NYT Crossword March 8 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, March 8 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

1Clip on, say6 lettersSee answer ›7Facing the pitcher5 lettersSee answer ›12Some budget-friendly grocery stores5 lettersSee answer ›17It's on a roll!6 lettersSee answer ›18Sculpted6 lettersSee answer ›20Minimalist swimwear6 lettersSee answer ›21Mineral found in seaweed6 lettersSee answer ›22Certain supervisor on a film set7 lettersSee answer ›24Cozy garment7 lettersSee answer ›25Giveaway4 lettersSee answer ›27Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"6 lettersSee answer ›28Spot for a grill7 lettersSee answer ›29Starters5 lettersSee answer ›32"Rumor has it …"5 lettersSee answer ›34Most slipshod9 lettersSee answer ›36On the ___3 lettersSee answer ›37Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame6 lettersSee answer ›39Fungal structure4 lettersSee answer ›40Californie, par exemple4 lettersSee answer ›41"Big Blue"3 lettersSee answer ›42So-called "rooster sauce"8 lettersSee answer ›44Fails ignominiously, in slang6 lettersSee answer ›46Drag show accessories4 lettersSee answer ›48"___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit)3 lettersSee answer ›4930 minutes to 3, in British English7 lettersSee answer ›51Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony)5 lettersSee answer ›55Caitlin Clark's alma mater4 lettersSee answer ›56Gritty genre4 lettersSee answer ›58___ tai (cocktail)3 lettersSee answer ›59What makes a dresser dressier?3 lettersSee answer ›61"Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness)4 lettersSee answer ›62Fuss3 lettersSee answer ›64Eager4 lettersSee answer ›66Relay race segment3 lettersSee answer ›68"Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map)3 lettersSee answer ›70Not Dem. or Rep.3 lettersSee answer ›71March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer22 lettersSee answer ›77Member of the fam3 lettersSee answer ›78Feel bad3 lettersSee answer ›79Like some humor3 lettersSee answer ›80Style for Detroit's Fisher Building4 lettersSee answer ›81Kind of moment3 lettersSee answer ›82Make out, in Manchester4 lettersSee answer ›84Backwoods refusal3 lettersSee answer ›86Soft shoe, informally3 lettersSee answer ›88Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …"4 lettersSee answer ›90Similar4 lettersSee answer ›93Sch. in College Station, Tex.5 lettersSee answer ›95It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this7 lettersSee answer ›98Reactor safety agcy.3 lettersSee answer ›99Get one's feet wet?4 lettersSee answer ›100Become rich and successful, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›102Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage8 lettersSee answer ›105Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle3 lettersSee answer ›106Ancient Greek instrument4 lettersSee answer ›107Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"4 lettersSee answer ›109Lustrous6 lettersSee answer ›110Loo3 lettersSee answer ›111Formal notes9 lettersSee answer ›113"City of a Thousand Minarets"5 lettersSee answer ›114French school5 lettersSee answer ›116Storage unit7 lettersSee answer ›117Settle in, say6 lettersSee answer ›119Used-up crayons4 lettersSee answer ›121"Nearly done!"7 lettersSee answer ›122Big name in sparkling water7 lettersSee answer ›124Kathmandu resident6 lettersSee answer ›128Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down6 lettersSee answer ›129Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own"6 lettersSee answer ›130Casino worker6 lettersSee answer ›131"Therefore …"5 lettersSee answer ›132Verbally notify5 lettersSee answer ›133Highly embellished6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Poke fish, often3 lettersSee answer ›2As well3 lettersSee answer ›3Touch3 lettersSee answer ›4Feeling of distress5 lettersSee answer ›5Movie palaces7 lettersSee answer ›6Cry from a dog walker4 lettersSee answer ›7Inquire3 lettersSee answer ›8___ May, former British P.M.7 lettersSee answer ›9Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson8 lettersSee answer ›10___ score (neonatal measure)5 lettersSee answer ›11Seabird4 lettersSee answer ›12Predinner beverage8 lettersSee answer ›13Show gratitude for service9 lettersSee answer ›14Loathe6 lettersSee answer ›15Part of PIN: Abbr.5 lettersSee answer ›16Photocopier function4 lettersSee answer ›19Simple rebuttal5 lettersSee answer ›20Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›23Structure in a shipping container6 lettersSee answer ›24Sucker3 lettersSee answer ›26First (and last) queen of Hawaii12 lettersSee answer ›29Good thing for a suspect to have5 lettersSee answer ›30Verboten5 lettersSee answer ›31Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger10 lettersSee answer ›33Tubman of the Underground Railroad7 lettersSee answer ›35Indigenous people of the Great Lakes5 lettersSee answer ›38Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid"4 lettersSee answer ›392014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai6 lettersSee answer ›43Green eggs' partner3 lettersSee answer ›45Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved"12 lettersSee answer ›47One-named singer of "Smooth Operator"4 lettersSee answer ›50Sally with two Oscars5 lettersSee answer ›52Mexican painter known for her self-portraits10 lettersSee answer ›53Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame4 lettersSee answer ›54Inventor and actress Lamarr4 lettersSee answer ›57Tara of "Sharknado"4 lettersSee answer ›60___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper3 lettersSee answer ›63"R.I.P." singer Rita ___3 lettersSee answer ›65Silent film star Talmadge5 lettersSee answer ›67___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt4 lettersSee answer ›69Celebrity chef Garten3 lettersSee answer ›71Rae who co-created "Insecure"4 lettersSee answer ›72Singer and civil rights activist Simone4 lettersSee answer ›73Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"3 lettersSee answer ›74Oscar winner Lupita6 lettersSee answer ›75Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 19817 lettersSee answer ›76Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement4 lettersSee answer ›83Aussie greeting9 lettersSee answer ›85Like some textiles5 lettersSee answer ›87Burnable storage unit, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›89They can't be returned4 lettersSee answer ›91As good as it gets5 lettersSee answer ›92Skydiving requirement5 lettersSee answer ›94Styx song that starts "Domo arigato"8 lettersSee answer ›96Delayed6 lettersSee answer ›97Wisdom8 lettersSee answer ›101Equips again, as a ship6 lettersSee answer ›103"Not bad!"7 lettersSee answer ›104Roggenbock, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›106Babe the Blue Ox, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›108Like zebras, but not tigers5 lettersSee answer ›111Baseball announcer's update5 lettersSee answer ›112From ___ Z3 lettersSee answer ›113Spanish letter5 lettersSee answer ›115Floor show?5 lettersSee answer ›116See 128-Across4 lettersSee answer ›118Experts4 lettersSee answer ›120Ctrl-Z action4 lettersSee answer ›123___ Speedwagon3 lettersSee answer ›125In the manner of3 lettersSee answer ›126Tennis call3 lettersSee answer ›127Fuming feeling3 lettersSee answer ›