NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 6, 2026
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Clues68
Across34
Down34
ConstructorAdrian Johnson
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
First impression of a new video game? (11)
Starts with S, ends with NSTARTBUTTON→
12A
After-afterthought, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPPS→
15A
Drone's image (11)
Starts with A, ends with OAERIALPHOTO→
16A
Choler (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
17A
"We should grab a meal sometime" (11)
Starts with L, ends with HLETSDOLUNCH→
19A
A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTUSK→
20A
Many Snapchats, informally (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVIDS→
21A
Unfolds, with "out" (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPENS→
23A
Author Roald Dahl, during World War II (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
24A
Command+F, on a Mac (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFIND→
25A
Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels (4)
Starts with R, ends with HROTH→
26A
Reached the top of one's game (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPEAKED→
28A
Grain that once fed the Roman army (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFARRO→
29A
Heroic tale of romance (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGEST→
30A
Seeing someone wealthier, say (8)
Starts with D, ends with PDATINGUP→
32A
Worker involved in firings? (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPOTTER→
34A
Montenegrin, e.g. (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBALKAN→
35A
You can't cut through it (8)
Starts with C, ends with CCULDESAC→
37A
Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020 (4)
Starts with X, ends with NXMEN→
38A
Fiery spirit (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARDOR→
39A
Sylvan (6)
Starts with W, ends with DWOODED→
41A
The Green Hornet's sidekick (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKATO→
42A
"___ have guessed?!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWHOD→
43A
"Uh-huh!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYEP→
46A
Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam" (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEVERS→
48A
Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSLED→
49A
Relinquish (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
50A
"Missile" in many a slapstick fight (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
51A
Eschewing modesty, say (11)
Starts with L, ends with ELIVINGLARGE→
54A
Home security inits. since 1874 (3)
Starts with A, ends with TADT→
55A
Summer confection (11)
Starts with I, ends with RICECREAMBAR→
56A
"Hard pass" (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
57A
Digital deals for young people? (11)
Starts with P, ends with SPINKYSWEARS→
Down
1D
NH4NO3 and others (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSALTS→
2D
Get set to drive (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTEEUP→
3D
Bohemian (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARTSY→
4D
Consideration in setting insurance rates (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRISK→
5D
Just a ___ (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTAD→
6D
Emits a stream of hot air (9)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOVIATES→
7D
Satellite transmission path (6)
Starts with U, ends with KUPLINK→
8D
Hit the ground loudly (7)
Starts with T, ends with DTHUDDED→
9D
Hyperbolic amount of work (4)
Starts with T, ends with STONS→
10D
Unscripted, for short? (3)
Starts with O, ends with COTC→
11D
Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONOHO→
12D
The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards (9)
Starts with P, ends with NPIPEORGAN→
13D
Publisher's order (8)
Starts with P, ends with NPRINTRUN→
14D
Pleasurable place to do business? (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSEXSHOP→
22D
Made the fool (7)
Starts with P, ends with DPRANKED→
24D
Grow progressively more rancid (6)
Starts with F, ends with RFESTER→
26D
Lab access point? (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPETDOOR→
27D
Trifling bit (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDAB→
28D
Made a scene, say (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFILMED→
29D
Some yellowish canines (9)
Starts with G, ends with HGOLDTEETH→
31D
Shelters some look to when duty calls? (9)
Starts with T, ends with STAXDODGES→
32D
The good life, in Spanish vernacular (8)
Starts with P, ends with APURAVIDA→
33D
Like some emotions and recruits (3)
Starts with R, ends with WRAW→
35D
One might frequently be buttered up (7)
Starts with C, ends with NCAKEPAN→
36D
Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals" (7)
Starts with C, ends with KCOWLICK→
40D
Annual award for short stories (6)
Starts with O, ends with YOHENRY→
43D
___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay) (5)
Starts with Y, ends with AYERBA→
44D
Exiled character in "King Lear" (5)
Starts with E, ends with REDGAR→
45D
Age-mates (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPEERS→
47D
Little mistake (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLIP→
48D
Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSVEN→
49D
Cost in total, with "to" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAME→
52D
Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.) (3)
Starts with I, ends with IICI→
53D
"It's the ___!" (3)
Starts with L, ends with WLAW→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 6, 2026?+
68 clues: 34 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: First impression of a new video game? (STARTBUTTON); After-afterthought, for short (PPS); Drone's image (AERIALPHOTO).
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