The full solution for the NY Times March 31 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Ryan Patrick Smith and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A “The Planets” composer HOLST
- 6A About 746 of these equal one horsepower WATTS
- 11A Colorado Plateau people UTE
- 14A Sign in a TV studio ONAIR
- 15A Kirin competitor ASAHI
- 16A Something entered into an A.T.M. PIN
- 17A 2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel MYSTICRIVER
- 19A ___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes) TAE
- 20A List in Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” EXES
- 21A Direct (to) REFER
- 22A Middle-of-the-bell-curve result NORM
- 23A Swimmer in a Japanese garden KOI
- 25A Fled the scene RANAWAY
- 27A Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters MAGICMOUNTAIN
- 32A Chicken ___ king ALA
- 33A Admissions overseer, maybe DEAN
- 34A Stake WAGER
- 37A The “1” in a 9-1 record LOSS
- 39A Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess ARIAL
- 42A ___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America) DIRE
- 43A Attire in the old Roman Senate TOGAS
- 45A Sign of things to come OMEN
- 47A Crater’s edge RIM
- 48A Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling UNCANNYVALLEY
- 52A Cloudy craft beer HAZYIPA
- 54A Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology EGO
- 55A Pasta that resembles rice ORZO
- 56A Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some PEEVE
- 59A “hahaha!” LMAO
- 63A Kenan’s bestie on a 1990s sitcom KEL
- 64A Utopian expanse … a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across? FANTASYLAND
- 66A French 101 article UNE
- 67A Something to raise in a crisis ALARM
- 68A Like flapjacks and Frisbees ROUND
- 69A Damage MAR
- 70A Censor, informally BLEEP
- 71A Undercover operatives SPIES
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D “E.T. phone ___” HOME
- 2D Banded mineral seen at many a street fair ONYX
- 3D Produce coherent light LASE
- 4D Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian SITSKI
- 5D Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly TRI
- 6D Ending with kitchen or earthen WARE
- 7D “Dream on!” ASIF
- 8D Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads TAVERN
- 9D What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac THERAT
- 10D “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” number) SIR
- 11D Billy Joel title character who’s “been living in her white bread world” UPTOWNGIRL
- 12D Headwear for Wonder Woman TIARA
- 13D Antagonist ENEMY
- 18D Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 CRIMEA
- 22D Water nymph of Greek myth NAIAD
- 24D Anxious condition, in brief OCD
- 26D Rural turndown NAW
- 27D Soda fountain order MALT
- 28D Potatoes, in Indian cuisine ALOO
- 29D Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang GASGUZZLER
- 30D Longboat propeller OAR
- 31D International Longshoremen’s Association, e.g. UNION
- 35D Lake separating Ohio from Ontario ERIE
- 36D Rapper ___ Ma REMY
- 38D Panasonic acquisition of 2009 SANYO
- 40D “Inside ___ Schumer” (sketch comedy series) AMY
- 41D Embankments protecting New Orleans LEVEES
- 44D Biol. or chem. SCI
- 46D One who’s constantly telling you to do this and do that NAG
- 49D Horrify APPALL
- 50D 2010s dance fad with a reduplicative name NAENAE
- 51D Bound along clumsily LOLLOP
- 52D Malarkey HOKUM
- 53D Venue for a boss fight ARENA
- 57D French 101 verb ETRE
- 58D Extemporize to fill time, say VAMP
- 60D Hawaii’s second-largest island MAUI
- 61D Frank of diary fame ANNE
- 62D Bookie’s determination ODDS
- 64D ___ Five (advisers on “Queer Eye”) FAB
- 65D Decade makeup: Abbr. YRS
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