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New York Times Crossword March 31 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword March 31 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 78 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#
"The Planets" composerHOLST5Across1 About 746 of these equal one horsepowerWATTS5Across6 Colorado Plateau peopleUTE3Across11 Sign in a TV studioONAIR5Across14 Kirin competitorASAHI5Across15 Something entered into an A.T.M.PIN3Across16 2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novelMYSTICRIVER11Across17 ___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes)TAE3Across19 List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next"EXES4Across20 Direct (to)REFER5Across21 Middle-of-the-bell-curve resultNORM4Across22 Swimmer in a Japanese gardenKOI3Across23 Fled the sceneRANAWAY7Across25 Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coastersMAGICMOUNTAIN13Across27 Chicken ___ kingALA3Across32 Admissions overseer, maybeDEAN4Across33 StakeWAGER5Across34 The "1" in a 9-1 recordLOSS4Across37 Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princessARIAL5Across39 ___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America)DIRE4Across42 Attire in the old Roman SenateTOGAS5Across43 Sign of things to comeOMEN4Across45 Crater's edgeRIM3Across47 Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettlingUNCANNYVALLEY13Across48 Cloudy craft beerHAZYIPA7Across52 Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychologyEGO3Across54 Pasta that resembles riceORZO4Across55 Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to somePEEVE5Across56 "hahaha!"LMAO4Across59 Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcomKEL3Across63 Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?FANTASYLAND11Across64 French 101 articleUNE3Across66 Something to raise in a crisisALARM5Across67 Like flapjacks and FrisbeesROUND5Across68 DamageMAR3Across69 Censor, informallyBLEEP5Across70 Undercover operativesSPIES5Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"E.T. phone ___"HOME4Down1 Banded mineral seen at many a street fairONYX4Down2 Produce coherent lightLASE4Down3 Piece of equipment for a Winter ParalympianSITSKI6Down4 Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarlyTRI3Down5 Ending with kitchen or earthenWARE4Down6 "Dream on!"ASIF4Down7 Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leadsTAVERN6Down8 What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiacTHERAT6Down9 "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number)SIR3Down10 Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world"UPTOWNGIRL10Down11 Headwear for Wonder WomanTIARA5Down12 AntagonistENEMY5Down13 Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014CRIMEA6Down18 Water nymph of Greek mythNAIAD5Down22 Anxious condition, in briefOCD3Down24 Rural turndownNAW3Down26 Soda fountain orderMALT4Down27 Potatoes, in Indian cuisineALOO4Down28 Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slangGASGUZZLER10Down29 Longboat propellerOAR3Down30 International Longshoremen's Association, e.g.UNION5Down31 Lake separating Ohio from OntarioERIE4Down35 Rapper ___ MaREMY4Down36 Panasonic acquisition of 2009SANYO5Down38 "Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series)AMY3Down40 Embankments protecting New OrleansLEVEES6Down41 Biol. or chem.SCI3Down44 One who's constantly telling you to do this and do thatNAG3Down46 HorrifyAPPALL6Down49 2010s dance fad with a reduplicative nameNAENAE6Down50 Bound along clumsilyLOLLOP6Down51 MalarkeyHOKUM5Down52 Venue for a boss fightARENA5Down53 French 101 verbETRE4Down57 Extemporize to fill time, sayVAMP4Down58 Hawaii's second-largest islandMAUI4Down60 Frank of diary fameANNE4Down61 Bookie's determinationODDS4Down62 ___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye")FAB3Down64 Decade makeup: Abbr.YRS3Down65

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, March 31, 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.