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New York Times Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for March 16 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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"Throw me the ball, no one's covering me!"61 AcrossReveal answer → Drone's sound47 AcrossReveal answer → Cave-dwelling flier311 AcrossReveal answer → Galactic cloud614 AcrossReveal answer → Texas city that's home to Baylor University415 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcast316 AcrossReveal answer → *Forever1117 AcrossReveal answer → Deer mother?319 AcrossReveal answer → Brad of 2025's "F1"420 AcrossReveal answer → "In case it's of interest ...," in brief321 AcrossReveal answer → Plenty of522 AcrossReveal answer → Bugle tune424 AcrossReveal answer → *One of a kind1025 AcrossReveal answer → Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly328 AcrossReveal answer → "Great Red" feature of Jupiter430 AcrossReveal answer → *Masterwork1031 AcrossReveal answer → Wide-eyed and eager436 AcrossReveal answer → Go down to 0%, as a computer battery340 AcrossReveal answer → Allotment741 AcrossReveal answer → "___ word?"343 AcrossReveal answer → SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs444 AcrossReveal answer → *After the event, as an analysis1046 AcrossReveal answer → Ball-___ hammer448 AcrossReveal answer → Teeny-tiny350 AcrossReveal answer → *Reciprocal exchange1051 AcrossReveal answer → Historian's focus457 AcrossReveal answer → "Me too," formally560 AcrossReveal answer → One might end with "com" or "org"361 AcrossReveal answer → Water, in Juárez462 AcrossReveal answer → ___ chi363 AcrossReveal answer → Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?1164 AcrossReveal answer → Before today368 AcrossReveal answer → Gem mined in Australia469 AcrossReveal answer → Exact retribution for670 AcrossReveal answer → Sleep cycle inits.371 AcrossReveal answer → Chap472 AcrossReveal answer → Term of address for a nun673 AcrossReveal answer →

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Not suitable51 DownReveal answer → Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)52 DownReveal answer → Locales for the late news?93 DownReveal answer → Kicks down the road, as a decision74 DownReveal answer → Santa's little helper35 DownReveal answer → Innocent sorts56 DownReveal answer → Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short57 DownReveal answer → Beanie or beret38 DownReveal answer → Carefully monitored hosp. area39 DownReveal answer → Italian cheese610 DownReveal answer → Negative press for a celeb, say511 DownReveal answer → Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels512 DownReveal answer → Family diagrams513 DownReveal answer → Greenwich Village campus, in brief318 DownReveal answer → Like a book about writing a book, say423 DownReveal answer → Fighter pilot's garb526 DownReveal answer → ___ salts527 DownReveal answer → Recipe unit329 DownReveal answer → Rx writers331 DownReveal answer → A helping hand332 DownReveal answer → Sullen sort533 DownReveal answer → City that's home to the University of Maine534 DownReveal answer → Six for a touchdown: Abbr.335 DownReveal answer → Staffer in a flight terminal937 DownReveal answer → "All for ___ and ___ for all!"338 DownReveal answer → Workout site339 DownReveal answer → "Pronto!"342 DownReveal answer → Fancy coif445 DownReveal answer → Improves, as a bike path747 DownReveal answer → Literary afterthought649 DownReveal answer → Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani551 DownReveal answer → Meter reading552 DownReveal answer → "Talk turkey" or "eat crow"553 DownReveal answer → Warm bed covering554 DownReveal answer → Still-life vessel355 DownReveal answer → Earthen pots, from the Spanish556 DownReveal answer → Sudden increase558 DownReveal answer → Weapon that stuns559 DownReveal answer → Tail-less primate365 DownReveal answer → Beachgoer's "souvenir"366 DownReveal answer → Prefix meaning "egg"367 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, March 16, 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.