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NYT Crossword — March 27, 2026

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

1Decorative, so to speak

12"Local Equals Fresh" sloganeer

17Affliction also known as "cold neuralgia"

183,600 secondi

19Computer runs

20Company acquired by Panasonic in 2009

22"Do we have a problem here?"

24L.A. subdivision?

25Epithet for Bill Clinton

26Some coffee merchants' offerings

28Hackman's "The Royal Tenenbaums" co-star

29One whose work is barely seen?

33"You should keep those details to yourself"

37Org. that releases an annual list of the year's most interesting contraband

38Some brunch dishes

41Restraining maneuver in judo

42How journalists and detectives may act

46Firs and beeches, but not furs and beaches

50Treat that occasionally catches fire

52Kitchen gizmo

54Bit of bellyaching

56"You win, all right? Geez!"

58Store in oak casks, say

59Spoke before the court

61Totally missing the big picture

Down

37 clues

1E-card site with a reduplicative name

3Like noble gases, chemically

4Nearest item to pick

5Land consisting predominantly of sedges

7Like 97% of the United States, per the Census Bureau

8Old hand at shorthand

10Dish whose name means "barley" in Italian

12"Seems suspect"

13Reductive neologism for a strong female lead

14Figure in Greek mythology who was brought up by a bear

23"Squid Game" and "The Red Sleeve," for two

25Crosses to bear

28Lacked an alternative

30Before, informally

31Suburban attachment?

33Direction in many a spaghetti western

34Zsa Zsa Gabor entered into it nine times

39Rebel's opposite

40PB&J, e.g., informally

43Greet with a beep

44Bluffer's pronouncement, maybe

45Put down on paper

47Comics often printed in black and white

48Pianist Rubinstein

49Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

53George's computer friend on "The Jetsons"

56N.F.L. coach Quinn

57Forte, slangily

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Stats & info

Friday, Mar 27, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

28/197

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 27, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorZachary David Levy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

29AOne whose work is barely seen?12 ltrs 38ASome brunch dishes12 ltrs 1ADecorative, so to speak11 ltrs 15AAhead11 ltrs 17AAffliction also known as "cold neuralgia"11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.