NYT Crossword Answers 03/16/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A “Throw me the ball, no one’s covering me!” IMOPEN
• 7A Drone’s sound WHIR
• 11A Cave-dwelling flier BAT
• 14A Galactic cloud NEBULA
• 15A Texas city that’s home to Baylor University WACO
• 16A Broadcast AIR
• 17A *Forever ADINFINITUM
• 19A Deer mother? DOE
• 20A Brad of 2025’s “F1” PITT
• 21A “In case it’s of interest …,” in brief FYI
• 22A Plenty of AMPLE
• 24A Bugle tune TAPS
• 25A *One of a kind SUIGENERIS
• 28A Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly AOC
• 30A “Great Red” feature of Jupiter SPOT
• 31A *Masterwork MAGNUMOPUS
• 36A Wide-eyed and eager AGOG
• 40A Go down to 0%, as a computer battery DIE
• 41A Allotment PORTION
• 43A “___ word?” ANY
• 44A SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs SDSU
• 46A *After the event, as an analysis POSTMORTEM
• 48A Ball-___ hammer PEEN
• 50A Teeny-tiny WEE
• 51A *Reciprocal exchange QUIDPROQUO
• 57A Historian’s focus PAST
• 60A “Me too,” formally ASDOI
• 61A One might end with “com” or “org” URL
• 62A Water, in Juárez AGUA
• 63A ___ chi TAI
• 64A Stereotypical charmers … or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues? LATINLOVERS
• 68A Before today AGO
• 69A Gem mined in Australia OPAL
• 70A Exact retribution for AVENGE
• 71A Sleep cycle inits. REM
• 72A Chap GENT
• 73A Term of address for a nun SISTER

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Not suitable INAPT
• 2D Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) MEDIA
• 3D Locales for the late news? OBITPAGES
• 4D Kicks down the road, as a decision PUNTSON
• 5D Santa’s little helper ELF
• 6D Innocent sorts NAIFS
• 7D Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short WWIII
• 8D Beanie or beret HAT
• 9D Carefully monitored hosp. area ICU
• 10D Italian cheese ROMANO
• 11D Negative press for a celeb, say BADPR
• 12D Condiment with lots of garlic … and vowels AIOLI
• 13D Family diagrams TREES
• 18D Greenwich Village campus, in brief NYU
• 23D Like a book about writing a book, say META
• 26D Fighter pilot’s garb GSUIT
• 27D ___ salts EPSOM
• 29D Recipe unit CUP
• 31D Rx writers MDS
• 32D A helping hand AID
• 33D Sullen sort MOPER
• 34D City that’s home to the University of Maine ORONO
• 35D Six for a touchdown: Abbr. PTS
• 37D Staffer in a flight terminal GATEAGENT
• 38D “All for ___ and ___ for all!” ONE
• 39D Workout site GYM
• 42D “Pronto!” NOW
• 45D Fancy coif UPDO
• 47D Improves, as a bike path REPAVES
• 49D Literary afterthought EPILOG
• 51D Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani QATAR
• 52D Meter reading USAGE
• 53D “Talk turkey” or “eat crow” IDIOM
• 54D Warm bed covering QUILT
• 55D Still-life vessel URN
• 56D Earthen pots, from the Spanish OLLAS
• 58D Sudden increase SURGE
• 59D Weapon that stuns TASER
• 65D Tail-less primate APE
• 66D Beachgoer’s “souvenir” TAN
• 67D Prefix meaning “egg” OVI