New York Times Crossword March 31 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for March 31 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
"The Planets" composer51 AcrossReveal answer → About 746 of these equal one horsepower56 AcrossReveal answer → Colorado Plateau people311 AcrossReveal answer → Sign in a TV studio514 AcrossReveal answer → Kirin competitor515 AcrossReveal answer → Something entered into an A.T.M.316 AcrossReveal answer → 2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel1117 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes)319 AcrossReveal answer → List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next"420 AcrossReveal answer → Direct (to)521 AcrossReveal answer → Middle-of-the-bell-curve result422 AcrossReveal answer → Swimmer in a Japanese garden323 AcrossReveal answer → Fled the scene725 AcrossReveal answer → Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters1327 AcrossReveal answer → Chicken ___ king332 AcrossReveal answer → Admissions overseer, maybe433 AcrossReveal answer → Stake534 AcrossReveal answer → The "1" in a 9-1 record437 AcrossReveal answer → Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess539 AcrossReveal answer → ___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America)442 AcrossReveal answer → Attire in the old Roman Senate543 AcrossReveal answer → Sign of things to come445 AcrossReveal answer → Crater's edge347 AcrossReveal answer → Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling1348 AcrossReveal answer → Cloudy craft beer752 AcrossReveal answer → Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology354 AcrossReveal answer → Pasta that resembles rice455 AcrossReveal answer → Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some556 AcrossReveal answer → "hahaha!"459 AcrossReveal answer → Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcom363 AcrossReveal answer → Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?1164 AcrossReveal answer → French 101 article366 AcrossReveal answer → Something to raise in a crisis567 AcrossReveal answer → Like flapjacks and Frisbees568 AcrossReveal answer → Damage369 AcrossReveal answer → Censor, informally570 AcrossReveal answer → Undercover operatives571 AcrossReveal answer →

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"E.T. phone ___"41 DownReveal answer → Banded mineral seen at many a street fair42 DownReveal answer → Produce coherent light43 DownReveal answer → Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian64 DownReveal answer → Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly35 DownReveal answer → Ending with kitchen or earthen46 DownReveal answer → "Dream on!"47 DownReveal answer → Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads68 DownReveal answer → What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac69 DownReveal answer → "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number)310 DownReveal answer → Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world"1011 DownReveal answer → Headwear for Wonder Woman512 DownReveal answer → Antagonist513 DownReveal answer → Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014618 DownReveal answer → Water nymph of Greek myth522 DownReveal answer → Anxious condition, in brief324 DownReveal answer → Rural turndown326 DownReveal answer → Soda fountain order427 DownReveal answer → Potatoes, in Indian cuisine428 DownReveal answer → Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang1029 DownReveal answer → Longboat propeller330 DownReveal answer → International Longshoremen's Association, e.g.531 DownReveal answer → Lake separating Ohio from Ontario435 DownReveal answer → Rapper ___ Ma436 DownReveal answer → Panasonic acquisition of 2009538 DownReveal answer → "Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series)340 DownReveal answer → Embankments protecting New Orleans641 DownReveal answer → Biol. or chem.344 DownReveal answer → One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that346 DownReveal answer → Horrify649 DownReveal answer → 2010s dance fad with a reduplicative name650 DownReveal answer → Bound along clumsily651 DownReveal answer → Malarkey552 DownReveal answer → Venue for a boss fight553 DownReveal answer → French 101 verb457 DownReveal answer → Extemporize to fill time, say458 DownReveal answer → Hawaii's second-largest island460 DownReveal answer → Frank of diary fame461 DownReveal answer → Bookie's determination462 DownReveal answer → ___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye")364 DownReveal answer → Decade makeup: Abbr.365 DownReveal answer →

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