NYT Crossword March 31 2026 Answers (3/31/26)

Our NYT Crossword March 31, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword March 31, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 3/31/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	"The Planets" composer
6A	About 746 of these equal one horsepower
11A	Colorado Plateau people
14A	Sign in a TV studio
15A	Kirin competitor
16A	Something entered into an A.T.M.
17A	2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel
19A	___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes)
20A	List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next"
21A	Direct (to)
22A	Middle-of-the-bell-curve result
23A	Swimmer in a Japanese garden
25A	Fled the scene
27A	Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters
32A	Chicken ___ king
33A	Admissions overseer, maybe
34A	Stake
37A	The "1" in a 9-1 record
39A	Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess
42A	___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America)
43A	Attire in the old Roman Senate
45A	Sign of things to come
47A	Crater's edge
48A	Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling
52A	Cloudy craft beer
54A	Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology
55A	Pasta that resembles rice
56A	Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some
59A	"hahaha!"
63A	Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcom
64A	Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?
66A	French 101 article
67A	Something to raise in a crisis
68A	Like flapjacks and Frisbees
69A	Damage
70A	Censor, informally
71A	Undercover operatives
1D	"E.T. phone ___"
2D	Banded mineral seen at many a street fair
3D	Produce coherent light
4D	Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian
5D	Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly
6D	Ending with kitchen or earthen
7D	"Dream on!"
8D	Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads
9D	What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac
10D	"Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number)
11D	Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world"
12D	Headwear for Wonder Woman
13D	Antagonist
18D	Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014
22D	Water nymph of Greek myth
24D	Anxious condition, in brief
26D	Rural turndown
27D	Soda fountain order
28D	Potatoes, in Indian cuisine
29D	Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang
30D	Longboat propeller
31D	International Longshoremen's Association, e.g.
35D	Lake separating Ohio from Ontario
36D	Rapper ___ Ma
38D	Panasonic acquisition of 2009
40D	"Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series)
41D	Embankments protecting New Orleans
44D	Biol. or chem.
46D	One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that
49D	Horrify
50D	2010s dance fad with a reduplicative name
51D	Bound along clumsily
52D	Malarkey
53D	Venue for a boss fight
57D	French 101 verb
58D	Extemporize to fill time, say
60D	Hawaii's second-largest island
61D	Frank of diary fame
62D	Bookie's determination
64D	___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye")
65D	Decade makeup: Abbr.

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