New York Times Crossword March 19 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword March 19 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Exploiting an I.R.S. loophole, e.g.TAXDODGE8Across1
Forensic analyst's workspaceDNALAB6Across9
Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce)ALBANIAN8Across15
Moon that's a neighbor of Ganymede and IoEUROPA6Across16
A boatloadFOODLESS8Across17
How Jean Valjean repeatedly breaks out in "Les Misérables"INSONG6Across18
Where to find the towns Bigfoot and TarzanTEXAS5Across19
The o's in xoxo, symbolicallyHUGS4Across20
Scratches (out)EKES4Across22
Cards in a wallet or purse, informallyIDS3Across23
Resident of MuscatROMANIA7Across25
Clothes that are ready to be thrown awayRAGS4Across27
MimickedAPED4Across30
Online gamer's baneLAG3Across32
Like some flawsIFATALL7Across33
RumpTAILEND7Across35
"Decidedly not"NAY3Across39
Homophone of 39-AcrossNEE3Across40
PeeveIRK3Across41
___ Lasso, fictional A.F.C. Richmond coachTED3Across42
Big Bad Wolf's disguiseGRANDMA7Across43
___ badgeEMERITA7Across45
Opposite of paleo-NEO3Across47
Voice of the modern ageSIRI4Across48
Site for indie designersETSY4Across50
Crooner MelSTORMED7Across51
Beginning of the spelling of "Hera"ETA3Across53
U-___ (German subway)BAHN4Across55
It has Earth's highest and lowest pointsASIA4Across56
N.C.A.A.'s ___ EightELITE5Across58
Certain fatty acids, informallyOMEGAS6Across62
Certain hockey and soccer infractions … or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squaresOFFSIDES8Across64
Country singer Lee AnnWOMACK6Across66
At peak piqueCROSSEST8Across67
Gaelic galsLASSES6Across68
Locations for some posersYOGAMATS8Across69
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
First president to sit in the Oval OfficeTAFT4Down1
It's vera soothing!ALOE4Down2
Halo consoleXBOX4Down3
Jean Arp, e.g.DADAIST7Down4
Tripping, in a wayONLSD5Down5
German "the"DIE3Down6
Deep cutGASH4Down7
Lock in, so to speakENSURE6Down8
Thomas Jefferson's beliefDEISM5Down9
Part of an orderNUN3Down10
Ordnance depotARSENAL7Down11
"Hey, no argument here"LOOKIGETIT10Down12
Nighttime woeAPNEA5Down13
LuggageBAGS4Down14
Master class?GODTIER7Down21
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"SALEM5Down24
AnalogousALIKE5Down26
Word with napkin or noseRING4Down27
Miles awayAFAR4Down28
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out," to name twoGAYANTHEMS10Down29
TicklesPLEASES7Down31
Choice wordsANDOR5Down34
Actor HammerARMIE5Down36
Lepidopterists' needsNETS4Down37
Operation Neptune, familiarlyDDAY4Down38
Electric sign fillerNEONGAS7Down44
Showing things as they areREALISM7Down46
Utter foolishnessIDIOCY6Down49
Nation whose name sounds like a plea for secondsSAMOA5Down51
Catchers' wearMASKS5Down52
___ Virtue, three-time gold medalist ice dancerTESSA5Down54
Word after finger or pokeBOWL4Down55
Do for Jimi HendrixAFRO4Down57
"Here's an ___ …"IDEA4Down59
Final, e.g.TEST4Down60
Contractors' figs.ESTS4Down61
Of first rankACE3Down63
Noted San Francisco weather phenomenonFOG3Down65
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.