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NYT Crossword — March 29, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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73 clues

10Alternative to a .doc

13In Norse myth, world held up by the branches of the tree Yggdrasil

20Camera type, in brief

21Maker of the old Flying Cloud auto

22Conical dwelling

23W.W. I helmet

26Seized with the teeth

27"The Office" accountant who kept a cat in her desk drawer

28Traveling for pleasure, informally

29Internet-influenced writing genre

30Use mouthwash, say

34Religious title that translates to "ocean monk"

37Convenience store

40Stickler for military discipline

41Anora's nickname in "Anora"

47Four Corners tribe

49Mammals also known as firefoxes

54Heart on one's sleeve, perhaps, in brief

55Hotmail alternative

57Condition treated with a CPAP machine

58Prefix with dermis

60English letter that looks like a Greek rho

61What a pictogram of a man with a walking stick might indicate

64Xenon and krypton, e.g.

68The Orioles, on a scoreboard

69They're cast in November

70Most prevalent

71Father of Zeus

79Gray or yellow, perhaps

81"Are you really gonna make me?"

85Levi's competitor

86No man's land, for short

89Predator that might hunt by electrolocation

90Classic Andy Warhol subject

93Turn into logs

95Show that inspired the famous misquote "Just the facts, ma'am"

100Polynesian title heroine of film

101Wisc. neighbor

102Brand from Anheuser-Busch

104French brandy

105What not to wear to a wedding, it's said

108Odd-numbered page

111Polishes, as text

114GarageBand platform

115Unexpected upsides

122What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically?

123Carnaval locale, familiarly

124Real comedian

125Purported sighting recorded by Puritan governor John Winthrop in 1639

126125-Across occupants

128Hither and ___

130Nickname derived from the Hebrew name Shoshana

Down

67 clues

1Flour in Indian cooking

2"The ___ is …"

3Japanese comic style

5Common vessel for a cosmopolitan

6Completely wreck

8Pertaining to genetic copies

9Sporcle or Jeopardy! World Tour

10Orbitz competitor

11Response to "Gracias"

14Alternatives to zippers on blue jeans

16Speed skater Ohno

17Make over, as a factory

25Entertainer's creation at a child's birthday party

31Gertrude who swam the English Channel

33German rifle maker

35Had a couple of brats?

36Many a hedge fund hire, in brief

37Unlikely Best in Show winners

38Company that made Missile Command

39Mark down, say

45They're over two feet

46Spot in the Bible?

48Kendo or aikido

51"Star Wars" title

56"Good heavens!"

59More cheerful and lively

62Early empire builder

66Lead-in to futurism

72Tired old advertising mascot?

75It's the end of the world

76Longest book in the Book of Mormon

77Grazing places

78Potters, e.g.

79Purple smoothie add-in

80"A passport to human development," per the United Nations

83Typical high schooler

84Utah ski town

91Still fighting

92Prepares to skate, say

94Leader ousted in 1955

105Word with cooler or country

106Real comedian

107One of the Obamas

109Muse of history

110Some expensive suits

112Vegan cooking staple

113Moccasin, e.g.

117Rental on moving day

119Grp. on the right

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Stats & info

Sunday, Mar 29, 2026

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

84/357

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 29, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeRoundabouts

ConstructorMichael and Oliver Schlossberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split73 across · 67 down

Longest entries

115AUnexpected upsides13 ltrs 34AReligious title that translates to "ocean monk"9 ltrs 49AMammals also known as firefoxes9 ltrs 61AWhat a pictogram of a man with a walking stick might indicate9 ltrs 64AXenon and krypton, e.g.9 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 84 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.