NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 2, 2026
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorLeslie Benson
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Leave behind, informally (5)
Starts with D, ends with HDITCH→
6A
Read, as a bar code (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSCAN→
10A
Happy as a ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAM→
14A
The Potato State (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIDAHO→
15A
Bit of dialogue (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELINE→
16A
Seized vehicle, in brief (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREPO→
17A
Hint at, as what's to come (10)
Starts with F, ends with WFORESHADOW→
19A
Sitting on (4)
Starts with A, ends with PATOP→
20A
Parisian river (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEINE→
21A
Wedding walkway (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAISLE→
22A
Figs. that include interest (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPRS→
25A
Hit the jackpot, so to speak (10)
Starts with S, ends with DSTRIKEGOLD→
28A
Hotel units (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROOMS→
30A
Distant (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFAR→
31A
Refusals (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNOS→
32A
Place in a pyramid, as a mummified pharaoh (6)
Starts with E, ends with BENTOMB→
34A
"There's no such thing ___ publicity" (5)
Starts with A, ends with DASBAD→
36A
Acknowledge during a broadcast, say … and a hint to the shaded squares (13)
Starts with G, ends with TGIVEASHOUTOUT→
40A
Brings home the bacon (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEARNS→
41A
Tres ___ cake (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLECHES→
46A
Popular coastal destination in India (3)
Starts with G, ends with AGOA→
47A
Bird featured on many baby shower decorations (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTORK→
48A
Sequence of steps to accomplish a goal (10)
Starts with A, ends with NACTIONPLAN→
53A
"Good heavens!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOHMY→
54A
In the countryside (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRURAL→
55A
Toward the back (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAREAR→
57A
Tiny unit of matter (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
58A
Wild canid of the Great Lakes region (10)
Starts with T, ends with FTIMBERWOLF→
63A
Foxholes, e.g. (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDENS→
64A
Drifter (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHOBO→
65A
Committee head (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCHAIR→
66A
Therefore (4)
Starts with E, ends with OERGO→
67A
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSSR→
68A
"The ___ Pokey" (children's dance song) (5)
Starts with H, ends with YHOKEY→
Down
1D
"What's the ___?" ("Who cares?") (3)
Starts with D, ends with FDIF→
2D
Wedding vow (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
3D
Black goo (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
4D
Knight captures bishop, e.g. (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECHESSMOVE→
5D
Garden faucet attachment (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOSE→
7D
Fermented apple juice (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCIDER→
8D
Year on the Yucatán (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
9D
Just purchased (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNEW→
10D
Daniel ___, 007 portrayer (5)
Starts with C, ends with GCRAIG→
11D
Divulges (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLETSON→
12D
Moon-landing program (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAPOLLO→
13D
Bikes with small engines (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOPEDS→
18D
___ and hers (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHIS→
21D
Infuses with bubbles (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAERATES→
22D
"Things ___ looking up!" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
23D
Ping's partner (4)
Starts with P, ends with GPONG→
24D
Indian flatbread (4)
Starts with R, ends with IROTI→
26D
"In that case ..." (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIFSO→
27D
Afghan capital (5)
Starts with K, ends with LKABUL→
29D
Obsessor over "the precious" in Tolkien lore (7)
Starts with S, ends with LSMEAGOL→
33D
British nobleman (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBARON→
34D
Sounds of satisfaction (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAHS→
35D
Sci-fi series with a "Time Lord" traveling in a TARDIS (9)
Starts with D, ends with ODOCTORWHO→
37D
"___, crackle, pop" (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAP→
38D
"Yikes ...!" (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUHOH→
39D
Glossary component (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
42D
Where the stars are (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSKY→
43D
Veterans Day event (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPARADE→
44D
Sharper (6)
Starts with A, ends with RACUTER→
45D
Muscular (6)
Starts with S, ends with GSTRONG→
49D
"You are not!" retort (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIAMSO→
50D
Baby sheep (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLAMBS→
51D
___ Day (tree-planting celebration) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARBOR→
52D
Maiden name preceder (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
56D
Part of a foot (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
58D
Wed. follower (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTHU→
59D
Apple platform (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIOS→
60D
Sturdy bookcase material (3)
Starts with O, ends with KOAK→
61D
What one should let sleeping dogs do, proverbially (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
62D
Word after deep, stir or small (3)
Starts with F, ends with YFRY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 2, 2026?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Leslie Benson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Leave behind, informally (DITCH); Read, as a bar code (SCAN); Happy as a ___ (CLAM).
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