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NYT Crossword March 9 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated March 9 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, March 9 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Constellation word before Major or Minor4 lettersSee answer ›5Something to blow off or let off5 lettersSee answer ›10"So-o-o cute!"3 lettersSee answer ›13Western defense grp.4 lettersSee answer ›14"I ___ been a contender ..."6 lettersSee answer ›15Lead-in to natal or nuptial3 lettersSee answer ›16*Outdoor sport with sticks (1979, 1984)11 lettersSee answer ›18Gentle touch3 lettersSee answer ›19Letters for a mind reader3 lettersSee answer ›20Grunt from a pigpen4 lettersSee answer ›21Athlete's representative5 lettersSee answer ›23Take weapons away from6 lettersSee answer ›25*Period for Fred, Wilma and Pebbles (2016, 2023)8 lettersSee answer ›28More in-your-business6 lettersSee answer ›30Encourages to buy a more expensive model, say7 lettersSee answer ›31Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have ___"3 lettersSee answer ›32Monster of folk tales4 lettersSee answer ›34Goal for collectors3 lettersSee answer ›35*Temporary guest from a canine shelter (1988, 1991)9 lettersSee answer ›39Oscars airer3 lettersSee answer ›42"Pencils down!"4 lettersSee answer ›43Double-decker, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›45Strings along7 lettersSee answer ›48Some steaks6 lettersSee answer ›51*Popular fruit dessert (2001)8 lettersSee answer ›53Rebel as a group6 lettersSee answer ›55Zimbalist Jr. of "77 Sunset Strip"5 lettersSee answer ›56Plastic Ono Band's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)"4 lettersSee answer ›58Network for "The Wire" and "Euphoria"3 lettersSee answer ›59Birthplace of the bossa nova, informally3 lettersSee answer ›60Academy Award category ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues11 lettersSee answer ›64Vietnamese holiday with a palindromic name3 lettersSee answer ›65Baltimore baseball pro6 lettersSee answer ›66Colorful body part ... or a colorful flower4 lettersSee answer ›67"___ gratia artis" (classic MGM motto)3 lettersSee answer ›68Chicken noodle scoop5 lettersSee answer ›69Heredity unit4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Like expired parking meters5 lettersSee answer ›2___ Bran6 lettersSee answer ›3Bobby, Peter or Greg, to Carol Brady7 lettersSee answer ›4Internet pioneer3 lettersSee answer ›5"Coming ___ to a theater near you"4 lettersSee answer ›6Partner of nips5 lettersSee answer ›7Relative of a reindeer3 lettersSee answer ›8Suffix with lemon or orange3 lettersSee answer ›9Ancient Central American pyramid builders6 lettersSee answer ›10They go to a higher court7 lettersSee answer ›11Round up, as cattle7 lettersSee answer ›12Receiving the most rain7 lettersSee answer ›14Grandfather clock sound5 lettersSee answer ›17Piquant triangular chip6 lettersSee answer ›22"Gosh!"3 lettersSee answer ›24Starting on4 lettersSee answer ›26Small castle tower6 lettersSee answer ›27Guest opinion column4 lettersSee answer ›29Corkscrew-shaped pasta6 lettersSee answer ›33Opal or ruby3 lettersSee answer ›36"Enough already!"4 lettersSee answer ›37Double-reed woodwind player6 lettersSee answer ›38Biceps, boastfully4 lettersSee answer ›39Canadian province north of Montana7 lettersSee answer ›40More brawny7 lettersSee answer ›41Bugs Bunny's supply7 lettersSee answer ›44"Now, you listen to me ..."7 lettersSee answer ›46Beats by ___ (headphone brand)3 lettersSee answer ›47Word with sex or status6 lettersSee answer ›49Support for a knee or a neck5 lettersSee answer ›50Enters a game at the half, say6 lettersSee answer ›52Praise enthusiastically5 lettersSee answer ›54Group assisting a sheriff5 lettersSee answer ›57Like a bull or buck4 lettersSee answer ›61Memorable period3 lettersSee answer ›62Caesar of old comedy3 lettersSee answer ›6318-wheeler3 lettersSee answer ›