NYT Crossword Answers 03/12/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Game point? ARCADE
• 7A Settings for “Nurse Jackie” and “The Pitt,” in brief ERS
• 10A Mideast’s Gulf of ___ SUEZ
• 14A “Das Lied von der Erde” composer MAHLER
• 15A Camper’s foldout COT
• 16A Natural hairstyle AFRO
• 17A Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s BRAINA
• 18A Incredibly committed HARDCORE
• 20A Slowly, in scores LENTO
• 21A Second-most-populous city in the U.S. LOSAES
• 22A 100 nanojoules ERG
• 23A Citrus portmanteau TAO
• 25A Sticks around for a demo? TNT
• 26A Doraphobe’s fear FUR
• 29A Bookings for a D.J. EVENTS
• 32A Did very well on the final, say GOTANA
• 34A Star of a three-time World Cup champion team PELE
• 36A Classic ?60s muscle car GTO
• 37A Rejoices EXULTS
• 38A Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar OMAN
• 39A Stand for a portrait EASEL
• 41A Snippet CLIP
• 42A Slip-on or slide SANDAL
• 44A Hullabaloo ADO
• 45A Collectible frames CELS
• 46A Rest period SIESTA
• 47A Get right down to business DIVEIN
• 49A Sports great Ernie known as “The Big Easy” ELS
• 50A Funny ODD
• 52A Half a score TEN
• 53A Work on a picture, perhaps ACT
• 56A Some double-headed drums SNARES
• 58A Camper’s craft CANOE
• 60A Turpitude PUREEVIL
• 63A Setting for “Quincy, M.E.,” on 1970s-?80s TV MORGUE
• 64A Operating system developed at Bell Labs UNIX
• 65A Toeholds INS
• 66A Get positioned ORIENT
• 67A Lush hair’s quality BODY
• 68A Caribbean music genre SKA
• 69A Abundance WEALTH

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Saunter AMBLE
• 2D Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds RARER
• 3D Move to pass, perhaps CHANGELANES
• 4D Touched down ALIT
• 5D Symbolize DENOTE
• 6D “Folklore” or “Evermore,” for Taylor Swift ERA
• 7D Guitar pedal effect ECHO
• 8D Comedic takedown ROAST
• 9D Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title STRANGELOVE
• 10D Natural fluid containers SACS
• 11D What a drone might be mistaken for UFO
• 12D Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g. ERR
• 13D Actress Kravitz ZOE
• 19D Step in rehab DETOX
• 21D “Whole ___ Red” (2020 Playboi Carti album) LOTTA
• 24D Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement ANGELADAVIS
• 26D Heavenly outcast ? or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle FALLENANGEL
• 27D Up to UNTIL
• 28D Barely speaks RASPS
• 30D Hawks VENDS
• 31D “Such a shame” SOSAD
• 33D Stanley of “Conclave” TUCCI
• 34D Group surrounding a star POSSE
• 35D Item in a drafts folder EMAIL
• 40D Text tweaks EDITS
• 43D Make right ATONE
• 48D Cry for more ENCORE
• 51D Hurricane or mudslide DRINK
• 54D Be important COUNT
• 55D Things to bare TEETH
• 56D Hot SEXY
• 57D Disney heroine who builds her own palace ELSA
• 59D Tchaikovsky’s “Letter Scene,” e.g. ARIA
• 60D Trivia night locale PUB
• 61D Shout in a card game UNO
• 62D Purge RID
• 63D Do some lawn work MOW