NYT Crossword March 16 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on March 16 2026.

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Total Across
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Clues Across (37 total)

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"Throw me the ball, no one's covering me!"
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Drone's sound
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Cave-dwelling flier
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Galactic cloud
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Texas city that's home to Baylor University
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Broadcast
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*Forever
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Deer mother?
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Brad of 2025's "F1"
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"In case it's of interest ...," in brief
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Plenty of
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Bugle tune
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*One of a kind
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Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly
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"Great Red" feature of Jupiter
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*Masterwork
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Wide-eyed and eager
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Go down to 0%, as a computer battery
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Allotment
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"___ word?"
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SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs
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*After the event, as an analysis
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Ball-___ hammer
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Teeny-tiny
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*Reciprocal exchange
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Historian's focus
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"Me too," formally
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One might end with "com" or "org"
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Water, in Juárez
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___ chi
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Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?
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Before today
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Gem mined in Australia
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Exact retribution for
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Sleep cycle inits.
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Chap
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Term of address for a nun
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Clues Down (41 total)

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Not suitable
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Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)
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Locales for the late news?
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Kicks down the road, as a decision
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Santa's little helper
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Innocent sorts
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Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short
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Beanie or beret
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Carefully monitored hosp. area
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Italian cheese
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Negative press for a celeb, say
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Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels
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Family diagrams
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Greenwich Village campus, in brief
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Like a book about writing a book, say
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Fighter pilot's garb
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___ salts
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Recipe unit
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Rx writers
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A helping hand
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Sullen sort
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City that's home to the University of Maine
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Six for a touchdown: Abbr.
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Staffer in a flight terminal
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"All for ___ and ___ for all!"
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Workout site
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"Pronto!"
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Fancy coif
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Improves, as a bike path
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Literary afterthought
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Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani
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Meter reading
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"Talk turkey" or "eat crow"
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Warm bed covering
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Still-life vessel
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Earthen pots, from the Spanish
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Sudden increase
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Weapon that stuns
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Tail-less primate
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Beachgoer's "souvenir"
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Prefix meaning "egg"
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