New York Times Crossword March 21 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword March 21 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 66 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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Parts of a story structure?IBEAMS6Across1 Case managers?SLEUTHS7Across7 Lead-in to "Go!"GETSET6Across14 "No more for me!"IWANTOUT8Across15 Gym amenityLOCKER6Across16 Words before a teaser to the following episodeNEXTTIME8Across17 Be behindOWE3Across18 What there's no accounting for, in a sayingTASTE5Across19 Notable city in civil rights historySELMA5Across21 On the ___ (not friendly)OUTS4Across22 Chucks, slangilyYEETS5Across24 StinkREEK4Across26 It's not nice to walk in thisSLEET5Across27 Game with shootersCRAPS5Across29 Brady bunch?: Abbr.TDS3Across31 Athletic activity spun off from parkourFREERUNNING11Across32 Things that are tough on the outside and doughy on the inside?ARMOREDCARS11Across35 Impulsive, as a decisionSPLITSECOND11Across37 ReservedSHY3Across39 ScuffleSETTO5Across42 Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animalsKOONS5Across43 Very busy, with "up"TIED4Across45 Word with corn or coughSYRUP5Across47 [Love you!]MWAH4Across49 DebateARGUE5Across50 Titular Dr. Seuss characterLORAX5Across52 "What's your ___?"ETA3Across54 Accepted defeat, in modern parlanceTOOKTHEL8Across55 HeavyLEADEN6Across57 Not accepting, perhapsINDENIAL8Across59 Join arms?ENLIST6Across60 Cavalry member in Russia, historicallyCOSSACK7Across61 TweeDAINTY6Across62

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Block housingIGLOOS6Down1 Classic poem whose sole surviving manuscript is kept in the British LibraryBEOWULF7Down2 "And so forth"ETCETERA8Down3 "___; and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7ASK3Down4 EncounterMEET4Down5 Go way offSTRAY5Down6 Flavor profile for many a Chinese dishSWEETANDSOUR12Down7 Chill, maybeLAX3Down8 Creatures that attack Isengard, in fantasyENTS4Down9 TotalUTTER5Down10 Word with paper or humorTOILET6Down11 Breezed (along)HUMMED6Down12 Big cuts?STEAKS6Down13 Digital provocateurINTERNETTROLL13Down15 BreachSECURITYLEAK12Down20 Visionary peopleSEERS5Down23 Valuable commodity in "Dune"SPICE5Down25 Short-term workersTEMPS5Down28 Have a noshSNACK5Down30 They've been played!ROLES5Down33 One with a bridle … or one who's not bridalGROOM5Down34 Stuck under a blanket, perhapsSNOWEDIN8Down36 Makeup exam?DNATEST7Down38 Not going anywhereSTATIC6Down39 Hawaii senator MazieHIRONO6Down40 "Gadzooks!"YEGODS6Down41 Shabby shelterSHANTY6Down44 "Put up your ___!"DUKES5Down46 BlanchedPALED5Down48 Mountain said to house Hephaestus' forgesETNA4Down51 Amazon affiliate on TVXENA4Down53 Grabbin' Grape juice brandHIC3Down56 Actor MahershalaALI3Down58

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, March 21, 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.