NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 7, 2026
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Clues72
Across36
Down36
ConstructorFritz Juhnke
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
One who makes a living from fish (9)
Starts with C, ends with KCARDSHARK→
10A
Taxing, as a test (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSTERN→
15A
Screen grab? (9)
Starts with S, ends with RSTARPOWER→
16A
Prefix with -centric (5)
Starts with H, ends with OHELIO→
17A
Like the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro" (9)
Starts with P, ends with OPOCOAPOCO→
18A
Prayer presenter (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRABBI→
19A
What travellers typically have in America? (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
21A
Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character" (5)
Starts with E, ends with IEMOJI→
22A
M.R.I. induction units (6)
Starts with T, ends with STESLAS→
24A
Makeup of a plot (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLAND→
26A
Walked off with (3)
Starts with W, ends with NWON→
27A
Part of a Grim Reaper costume (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOWL→
29A
Controller of floods in the video game Pharaoh (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOSIRIS→
31A
Closing (5)
Starts with F, ends with LFINAL→
35A
Directive in an order (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
37A
R&B's Braxton (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITONI→
38A
"Does anyone else sense impending doom?" (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAMINUTS→
40A
Sémillon rouge and Médoc noir (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMERLOTS→
42A
Noncommittal (4)
Starts with C, ends with YCAGY→
43A
You might dance on one (4)
Starts with W, ends with MWHIM→
45A
Location of a notorious 33-Down: Abbr. (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELMST→
46A
Envelop with a ring (6)
Starts with E, ends with OENHALO→
48A
When strikes go on the longest? (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
50A
Cavity (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPIT→
53A
Like the layout of the central 13 black squares in this puzzle (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDOTTED→
58A
Open the gate for (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADMIT→
60A
What first has over second (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEAD→
62A
Woman central to electioneering? (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIONE→
63A
"Big Little Lies" author Moriarty (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELIANE→
64A
Totality of everything, in sci-fi-speak (9)
Starts with O, ends with EOMNIVERSE→
66A
Ninnyhammer (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMORON→
67A
"Say whatever you're gonna say!" (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSPITITOUT→
68A
It keeps a narrow passage passable (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTENT→
69A
"Heavens!" (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHOLYMOSES→
Down
1D
100 bones (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCSPOT→
2D
Act constructively from contrition (5)
Starts with A, ends with EATONE→
3D
Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRACES→
4D
Waggish (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDROLL→
5D
Spot for a sweat (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
6D
"God willing!" (6)
Starts with H, ends with OHOPESO→
7D
Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22" (4)
Starts with A, ends with LAWOL→
8D
Takes off-road? (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRECALLS→
9D
Money in Reykjavík (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKRONA→
10D
Throws spray, in surfer lingo (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHREDS→
12D
What's lacking in a crowded elevator (9)
Starts with E, ends with MELBOWROOM→
13D
Establishments where smoking is allowed (9)
Starts with R, ends with SRIBJOINTS→
14D
Reply while fighting for the check (9)
Starts with N, ends with TNOIINSIST→
23D
First Amendment protector, in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
25D
"Far from it" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
28D
Dry streambed (4)
Starts with W, ends with HWASH→
30D
"___ do" (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITLL→
31D
Gestures of incredulity (9)
Starts with F, ends with SFACEPALMS→
32D
"D'oh!" (9)
Starts with I, ends with TIMANIDIOT→
33D
Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps (9)
Starts with N, ends with ENIGHTMARE→
34D
Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AANYA→
36D
What arms may hold, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAMMO→
39D
Low notes, but not the lowest (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWOS→
41D
Home of the National Automobile Museum (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
44D
At the designated speed (7)
Starts with I, ends with OINTEMPO→
47D
Not yet seen, say (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLATENT→
49D
Rare bird (6)
Starts with O, ends with YODDITY→
52D
Move about, as liquid (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSLOSH→
54D
Connect with (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTIETO→
55D
Estoques are pointed at them (5)
Starts with T, ends with STOROS→
56D
Transpire thereupon (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENSUE→
57D
Not just the headline gossip, slangily (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDEETS→
59D
Part of, as a racket (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
61D
Dye-yielding shrub (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANIL→
65D
Energy (3)
Starts with V, ends with MVIM→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 7, 2026?+
72 clues: 36 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Fritz Juhnke and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: One who makes a living from fish (CARDSHARK); Taxing, as a test (STERN); Screen grab? (STARPOWER).
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