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NYT Crossword — March 31, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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37 clues

1"The Planets" composer

6About 746 of these equal one horsepower

11Colorado Plateau people

14Sign in a TV studio

15Kirin competitor

16Something entered into an A.T.M.

172003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel

19___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes)

20List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next"

22Middle-of-the-bell-curve result

23Swimmer in a Japanese garden

25Fled the scene

27Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters

32Chicken ___ king

33Admissions overseer, maybe

37The "1" in a 9-1 record

39Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess

42___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America)

43Attire in the old Roman Senate

45Sign of things to come

47Crater's edge

48Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling

52Cloudy craft beer

54Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology

55Pasta that resembles rice

56Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some

63Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcom

64Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?

66French 101 article

67Something to raise in a crisis

68Like flapjacks and Frisbees

70Censor, informally

71Undercover operatives

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41 clues

1"E.T. phone ___"

2Banded mineral seen at many a street fair

3Produce coherent light

4Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian

5Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly

6Ending with kitchen or earthen

8Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads

9What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac

10"Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number)

11Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world"

12Headwear for Wonder Woman

18Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014

22Water nymph of Greek myth

24Anxious condition, in brief

26Rural turndown

27Soda fountain order

28Potatoes, in Indian cuisine

29Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang

30Longboat propeller

31International Longshoremen's Association, e.g.

35Lake separating Ohio from Ontario

36Rapper ___ Ma

38Panasonic acquisition of 2009

40"Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series)

41Embankments protecting New Orleans

44Biol. or chem.

46One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that

502010s dance fad with a reduplicative name

51Bound along clumsily

53Venue for a boss fight

57French 101 verb

58Extemporize to fill time, say

60Hawaii's second-largest island

61Frank of diary fame

62Bookie's determination

64___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye")

65Decade makeup: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 31, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRyan Patrick Smith

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

27ASix Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters13 ltrs 48AConcept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling13 ltrs 17A2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel11 ltrs 64AUtopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across?11 ltrs 11DBilly Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world"10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.