NYT Crossword Answers 03/11/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Clause separator COMMA
• 6A Channel showing committee hearings CSPAN
• 11A Request ASK
• 14A Winning, for the moment AHEAD
• 15A “Don Giovanni” genre OPERA
• 16A Container for sardines TIN
• 17A In 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive … POSTITNOTES
• 19A Musician Yoko ONO
• 20A One in a hundred SENATOR
• 21A Alternative to fries, maybe SLAW
• 22A ___-color pasta TRI
• 24A In 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary’s Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria … PENICILLIN
• 27A Vulgar COARSE
• 30A Answer to the riddle ending “How many are going to St. Ives?” ONE
• 31A “Olympia” painter MANET
• 32A Ran out, as time ELAPSED
• 36A In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron … MICROWAVEOVEN
• 39A Language in which “computer” is made up of the characters for “electric” and “brain” CHINESE
• 40A Take one’s foot off the gas LETUP
• 42A Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons” APU
• 43A Attacks BESETS
• 44A In 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort … SILLYPUTTY
• 50A Inits. on a police forensic van CSI
• 51A Racetrack shape OVAL
• 52A Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun NEAREST
• 55A One to build on LOT
• 56A Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across SERENDIPITY
• 60A Singer Garfunkel ART
• 61A Update, as the Constitution AMEND
• 62A Vaudeville show REVUE
• 63A Deli bread option RYE
• 64A ___-turvy TOPSY
• 65A Paradises EDENS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Upper limit CAP
• 2D “Well, that’s a surprise!” OHO
• 3D Marked by a religious zeal MESSIANIC
• 4D Join MATE
• 5D Tennis score after deuce ADIN
• 6D Old French tale CONTE
• 7D With whom the dish ran away in “Hey Diddle Diddle” SPOON
• 8D ___ dish PETRI
• 9D Exist ARE
• 10D Rapper Lil ___ X NAS
• 11D Part of Micronesia ATOLL
• 12D Mount associated with Moses SINAI
• 13D Recognized KNOWN
• 18D Wrap for an athlete’s injury TAPE
• 21D Things a vest lacks SLEEVES
• 22D Channel for old westerns TCM
• 23D Wander ROAM
• 25D Deal (with) COPE
• 26D Shoe part INSOLE
• 28D Community center for games and activities RECHALL
• 29D Having streaks STRIPY
• 32D Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese EWE
• 33D “___ Culturistas” (popular podcast) LAS
• 34D Street sign abbr. AVE
• 35D Clue examiner DETECTIVE
• 37D “Movin’ ___” (“The Jeffersons” theme song) ONUP
• 38D McAuliffe’s one-word reply to a German commander’s demand of surrender NUTS
• 41D Tire inflation meas. PSI
• 43D Polar explorer Richard BYRD
• 44D Certain renewable energy SOLAR
• 45D Shade of off-white IVORY
• 46D Milky coffee drink LATTE
• 47D General Assembly participant, for short UNREP
• 48D Many first-time smartphone owners TEENS
• 49D Jessica who won an Oscar for “Driving Miss Daisy” TANDY
• 53D Ireland, to the Irish EIRE
• 54D Hightailed it SPED
• 56D Exam for college applicants SAT
• 57D Angsty EMO
• 58D Large cask TUN
• 59D “For sure!” YES