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NYT Crossword — March 25, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 14 puzzle, 67 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1Swahili for "journey"

7Something a commuter might need to catch

16Some Nebraskans who are close to Iowans

17Charge at a state park, e.g.

18Respectfully request

19Grandmotherly type, say

20Sedative in a zookeeper's dart, informally

21Condition affecting TV's Monk, in brief

23Longtime U.K. record company

34Captain Nemo's creator

35Eye affliction

36Unable to decide

38Place for a lace

39Wad in a wallet

40Historic theater chain

42Give some juice to

43Unspecified amount

45Family name on TV's "Dallas"

49"A Promised Land" author, 2020

55Put a new tag on

58Cocktail made from gin, vermouth and Campari

59"The Hunger Games" protagonist

61Got to experience briefly

Down

33 clues

2Chief prosecutors, in brief

3"A Nightmare on Elm Street" [see grid art]

4Prefix with space

6"Now it's clear!"

7"Home Alone" [see grid art]

8Roman love god

9Room in una casa

11"Sister Act" [see grid art]

12Sea urchin, to a sushi chef

13Concorde, e.g., in brief

15"Mamma Mia!" [see grid art]

24Actress Helen of "The Queen"

26New Orleans university

27Prepares to be knighted

30Like Mercury's orbit around the sun

31Thousands, in a heist

32Helper: Abbr.

46Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes ___ Watching God"

47Suffers no damage

48Midmorning hour

51Resort near Snowbird

52Supplies with workers

54Brooks of film

56Legal conclusion?

57Microdosing drug

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026

15×14

Grid size

67

Total entries

38/172

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 25, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeff Stillman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 33 down

Longest entries

3D"A Nightmare on Elm Street" [see grid art]14 ltrs 11D"Sister Act" [see grid art]14 ltrs 7D"Home Alone" [see grid art]13 ltrs 15D"Mamma Mia!" [see grid art]13 ltrs 7ASomething a commuter might need to catch7 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.