New York Times Crossword March 12 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for March 12 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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Game point?61 AcrossReveal answer → Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief37 AcrossReveal answer → Mideast's Gulf of ___410 AcrossReveal answer → "Das Lied von der Erde" composer614 AcrossReveal answer → Camper's foldout315 AcrossReveal answer → Natural hairstyle416 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s617 AcrossReveal answer → Incredibly committed818 AcrossReveal answer → Slowly, in scores520 AcrossReveal answer → Second-most-populous city in the U.S.621 AcrossReveal answer → 100 nanojoules322 AcrossReveal answer → Citrus portmanteau323 AcrossReveal answer → Sticks around for a demo?325 AcrossReveal answer → Doraphobe's fear326 AcrossReveal answer → Bookings for a D.J.629 AcrossReveal answer → Did very well on the final, say632 AcrossReveal answer → Star of a three-time World Cup champion team434 AcrossReveal answer → Classic ’60s muscle car336 AcrossReveal answer → Rejoices637 AcrossReveal answer → Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar438 AcrossReveal answer → Stand for a portrait539 AcrossReveal answer → Snippet441 AcrossReveal answer → Slip-on or slide642 AcrossReveal answer → Hullabaloo344 AcrossReveal answer → Collectible frames445 AcrossReveal answer → Rest period646 AcrossReveal answer → Get right down to business647 AcrossReveal answer → Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy"349 AcrossReveal answer → Funny350 AcrossReveal answer → Half a score352 AcrossReveal answer → Work on a picture, perhaps353 AcrossReveal answer → Some double-headed drums656 AcrossReveal answer → Camper's craft558 AcrossReveal answer → Turpitude860 AcrossReveal answer → Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-’80s TV663 AcrossReveal answer → Operating system developed at Bell Labs464 AcrossReveal answer → Toeholds365 AcrossReveal answer → Get positioned666 AcrossReveal answer → Lush hair's quality467 AcrossReveal answer → Caribbean music genre368 AcrossReveal answer → Abundance669 AcrossReveal answer →

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Saunter51 DownReveal answer → Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds52 DownReveal answer → Move to pass, perhaps113 DownReveal answer → Touched down44 DownReveal answer → Symbolize65 DownReveal answer → "Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift36 DownReveal answer → Guitar pedal effect47 DownReveal answer → Comedic takedown58 DownReveal answer → Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title119 DownReveal answer → Natural fluid containers410 DownReveal answer → What a drone might be mistaken for311 DownReveal answer → Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g.312 DownReveal answer → Actress Kravitz313 DownReveal answer → Step in rehab519 DownReveal answer → "Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album)521 DownReveal answer → Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement1124 DownReveal answer → Heavenly outcast … or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle1126 DownReveal answer → Up to527 DownReveal answer → Barely speaks528 DownReveal answer → Hawks530 DownReveal answer → "Such a shame"531 DownReveal answer → Stanley of "Conclave"533 DownReveal answer → Group surrounding a star534 DownReveal answer → Item in a drafts folder535 DownReveal answer → Text tweaks540 DownReveal answer → Make right543 DownReveal answer → Cry for more648 DownReveal answer → Hurricane or mudslide551 DownReveal answer → Be important554 DownReveal answer → Things to bare555 DownReveal answer → Hot456 DownReveal answer → Disney heroine who builds her own palace457 DownReveal answer → Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g.459 DownReveal answer → Trivia night locale360 DownReveal answer → Shout in a card game361 DownReveal answer → Purge362 DownReveal answer → Do some lawn work363 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.