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New York Times Crossword March 2 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword March 2 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Leave behind, informallyDITCH5Across1 Read, as a bar codeSCAN4Across6 Happy as a ___CLAM4Across10 The Potato StateIDAHO5Across14 Bit of dialogueLINE4Across15 Seized vehicle, in briefREPO4Across16 Hint at, as what's to comeFORESHADOW10Across17 Sitting onATOP4Across19 Parisian riverSEINE5Across20 Wedding walkwayAISLE5Across21 Figs. that include interestAPRS4Across22 Hit the jackpot, so to speakSTRIKEGOLD10Across25 Hotel unitsROOMS5Across28 DistantFAR3Across30 RefusalsNOS3Across31 Place in a pyramid, as a mummified pharaohENTOMB6Across32 "There's no such thing ___ publicity"ASBAD5Across34 Acknowledge during a broadcast, say … and a hint to the shaded squaresGIVEASHOUTOUT13Across36 Brings home the baconEARNS5Across40 Tres ___ cakeLECHES6Across41 DadsPAS3Across43 Popular coastal destination in IndiaGOA3Across46 Bird featured on many baby shower decorationsSTORK5Across47 Sequence of steps to accomplish a goalACTIONPLAN10Across48 "Good heavens!"OHMY4Across53 In the countrysideRURAL5Across54 Toward the backAREAR5Across55 Tiny unit of matterATOM4Across57 Wild canid of the Great Lakes regionTIMBERWOLF10Across58 Foxholes, e.g.DENS4Across63 DrifterHOBO4Across64 Committee headCHAIR5Across65 ThereforeERGO4Across66 The Beatles' "Back in the ___"USSR4Across67 "The ___ Pokey" (children's dance song)HOKEY5Across68

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"What's the ___?" ("Who cares?")DIF3Down1 Wedding vowIDO3Down2 Black gooTAR3Down3 Knight captures bishop, e.g.CHESSMOVE9Down4 Garden faucet attachmentHOSE4Down5 BiasSLANT5Down6 Fermented apple juiceCIDER5Down7 Year on the YucatánANO3Down8 Just purchasedNEW3Down9 Daniel ___, 007 portrayerCRAIG5Down10 DivulgesLETSON6Down11 Moon-landing programAPOLLO6Down12 Bikes with small enginesMOPEDS6Down13 ___ and hersHIS3Down18 Infuses with bubblesAERATES7Down21 "Things ___ looking up!"ARE3Down22 Ping's partnerPONG4Down23 Indian flatbreadROTI4Down24 "In that case ..."IFSO4Down26 Afghan capitalKABUL5Down27 Obsessor over "the precious" in Tolkien loreSMEAGOL7Down29 British noblemanBARON5Down33 Sounds of satisfactionAHS3Down34 Sci-fi series with a "Time Lord" traveling in a TARDISDOCTORWHO9Down35 "___, crackle, pop"SNAP4Down37 "Yikes ...!"UHOH4Down38 Glossary componentTERM4Down39 Where the stars areSKY3Down42 Veterans Day eventPARADE6Down43 SharperACUTER6Down44 MuscularSTRONG6Down45 "You are not!" retortIAMSO5Down49 Baby sheepLAMBS5Down50 ___ Day (tree-planting celebration)ARBOR5Down51 Maiden name precederNEE3Down52 Part of a footARCH4Down56 Wed. followerTHU3Down58 Apple platformIOS3Down59 Sturdy bookcase materialOAK3Down60 What one should let sleeping dogs do, proverbiallyLIE3Down61 Word after deep, stir or smallFRY3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, March 2, 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.