NYT Crossword Answers 03/08/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Clip on, say ATTACH
• 7A Facing the pitcher ATBAT
• 12A Some budget-friendly grocery stores ALDIS
• 17A It’s on a roll! HOAGIE
• 18A Sculpted SHAPED
• 20A Minimalist swimwear SPEEDO
• 21A Mineral found in seaweed IODINE
• 22A Certain supervisor on a film set KEYGRIP
• 24A Cozy garment SWEATER
• 25A Giveaway TELL
• 27A Setting for “Gorillas in the Mist” RWANDA
• 28A Spot for a grill AIRVENT
• 29A Starters ATEAM
• 32A “Rumor has it ?” IHEAR
• 34A Most slipshod SLOPPIEST
• 36A On the ___ LAM
• 37A Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame ATLAST
• 39A Fungal structure MOLD
• 40A Californie, par exemple ETAT
• 41A “Big Blue” IBM
• 42A So-called “rooster sauce” SRIRACHA
• 44A Fails ignominiously, in slang EATSIT
• 46A Drag show accessories BOAS
• 48A “___ Song” (Taylor Swift hit) OUR
• 49A 30 minutes to 3, in British English HALFTWO
• 51A Beethoven’s ___ (the “Fate” Symphony) FIFTH
• 55A Caitlin Clark’s alma mater IOWA
• 56A Gritty genre NOIR
• 58A ___ tai (cocktail) MAI
• 59A What makes a dresser dressier? ANI
• 61A “Je vous en ___” (French words of politeness) PRIE
• 62A Fuss ADO
• 64A Eager KEEN
• 66A Relay race segment LEG
• 68A “Vous êtes ___” (notation on a French map) ICI
• 70A Not Dem. or Rep. IND
• 71A March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world ? including the 22 people whose names cross this answer INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY
• 77A Member of the fam SIS
• 78A Feel bad AIL
• 79A Like some humor DRY
• 80A Style for Detroit’s Fisher Building DECO
• 81A Kind of moment AHA
• 82A Make out, in Manchester SNOG
• 84A Backwoods refusal NAW
• 86A Soft shoe, informally MOC
• 88A Ephron who wrote “When Harry Met Sally ?” NORA
• 90A Similar AKIN
• 93A Sch. in College Station, Tex. AANDM
• 95A It’s dangerous to ride a bicycle with this NOHANDS
• 98A Reactor safety agcy. NRC
• 99A Get one’s feet wet? WADE
• 100A Become rich and successful, so to speak ARRIVE
• 102A Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage GRAINIER
• 105A Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle HER
• 106A Ancient Greek instrument LYRE
• 107A Muppet who was once a regular guest on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” ELMO
• 109A Lustrous GLOSSY
• 110A Loo LAV
• 111A Formal notes MEMORANDA
• 113A “City of a Thousand Minarets” CAIRO
• 114A French school ECOLE
• 116A Storage unit MEGABIT
• 117A Settle in, say UNPACK
• 119A Used-up crayons NUBS
• 121A “Nearly done!” ONETOGO
• 122A Big name in sparkling water PERRIER
• 124A Kathmandu resident NEPALI
• 128A Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down MONETS
• 129A Role for Geena Davis in “A League of Their Own” DOTTIE
• 130A Casino worker DEALER
• 131A “Therefore ?” ANDSO
• 132A Verbally notify SAYTO
• 133A Highly embellished ORNATE

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Poke fish, often AHI
• 2D As well TOO
• 3D Touch TAD
• 4D Feeling of distress AGITA
• 5D Movie palaces CINEMAS
• 6D Cry from a dog walker HEEL
• 7D Inquire ASK
• 8D ___ May, former British P.M. THERESA
• 9D Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson BAYWATCH
• 10D ___ score (neonatal measure) APGAR
• 11D Seabird TERN
• 12D Predinner beverage APERITIF
• 13D Show gratitude for service LEAVEATIP
• 14D Loathe DETEST
• 15D Part of PIN: Abbr. IDENT
• 16D Photocopier function SORT
• 19D Simple rebuttal DIDSO
• 20D Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g. SWIPES
• 23D Structure in a shipping container PALLET
• 24D Sucker SAP
• 26D First (and last) queen of Hawaii LILIUOKALANI
• 29D Good thing for a suspect to have ALIBI
• 30D Verboten TABOO
• 31D Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger EMMAWATSON
• 33D Tubman of the Underground Railroad HARRIET
• 35D Indigenous people of the Great Lakes ODAWA
• 38D Sci-fi franchise that takes place in “the Grid” TRON
• 39D 2014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai MALALA
• 43D Green eggs’ partner HAM
• 45D Author who won a Pulitzer for “Beloved” TONIMORRISON
• 47D One-named singer of “Smooth Operator” SADE
• 50D Sally with two Oscars FIELD
• 52D Mexican painter known for her self-portraits FRIDAKAHLO
• 53D Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame TINA
• 54D Inventor and actress Lamarr HEDY
• 57D Tara of “Sharknado” REID
• 60D ___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper ICE
• 63D “R.I.P.” singer Rita ___ ORA
• 65D Silent film star Talmadge NORMA
• 67D ___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt GWEN
• 69D Celebrity chef Garten INA
• 71D Rae who co-created “Insecure” ISSA
• 72D Singer and civil rights activist Simone NINA
• 73D Memoirist Anaïs who wrote “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage” NIN
• 74D Oscar winner Lupita NYONGO
• 75D Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 1981 OCONNOR
• 76D Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement SHAW
• 83D Aussie greeting GDAYMATES
• 85D Like some textiles WOVEN
• 87D Burnable storage unit, in brief CDR
• 89D They can’t be returned ACES
• 91D As good as it gets IDEAL
• 92D Skydiving requirement NERVE
• 94D Styx song that starts “Domo arigato” MRROBOTO
• 96D Delayed HELDUP
• 97D Wisdom SAGACITY
• 101D Equips again, as a ship RERIGS
• 103D “Not bad!” ILIKEIT
• 104D Roggenbock, e.g. RYEBEER
• 106D Babe the Blue Ox, e.g. LEGEND
• 108D Like zebras, but not tigers MANED
• 111D Baseball announcer’s update MENON
• 112D From ___ Z ATO
• 113D Spanish letter CARTA
• 115D Floor show? CSPAN
• 116D See 128-Across MOMA
• 118D Experts PROS
• 120D Ctrl-Z action UNDO
• 123D ___ Speedwagon REO
• 125D In the manner of ALA
• 126D Tennis call LET
• 127D Fuming feeling IRE