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NYT Crossword — March 5, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 86 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 86 revealed

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2L

3O

4M

5O

6M

7A

8M

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C

17J

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D

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19O

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20R

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C

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61C

62O

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K

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Across

45 clues

1Replay technique, informally

6"Baby ___" (2008 comedy)

10"Fiddlesticks!"

13Woodworking machine

15A big one might be challenging to work with

16Sewing/cooking class, informally

17User of the Force

18Mrs. in Spain

19Remove from power

20Boarding pass info

21Like cabernet sauvignon vis-à-vis white zinfandel

23Restaurant booking, for short

24"Shoulda listened to me!"

27Carrier based in Ben Gurion Airport

29Milan's La ___

33Gomez's cousin on 1960s TV

35Bring shame upon

37"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; ___ for the arrow that flieth by day": Psalms

39Lead-in to determined or destined

40Otolaryngologist, for short

44N.B.A. great ___ Archibald

47Cabernet sauvignon et zinfandel

51Center of a Scrabble board

57D.O.J. bigwigs, in brief

60CVS Health subsidiary

61Law enforcer in Leicester

63Decide to deal with at a later time

65Labor Day follower: Abbr.

66With 68-Across, long-shot candidates … or a hint to six squares in this puzzle

68See 66-Across

69Prefix with -logue

70"You just made that up!"

71Feature of the Cyclops

72You might be asked for your "last four" of this, in brief

73With 58-Down, "Bugonia" actress

74Dips a toe in, say

Down

41 clues

1This might be ground-breaking

2San Diego suburb

3Person reached by dialing 0: Abbr.

4Comes face to face with

8Stuff that's slung

9Parenthetical remark

10"That's enough out of you!"

11Accept the terms of

13Summer vacation locale

20Letter in support, informally

22"Blitzkrieg Bop" band

25Approximate no.

26Winning hit at Wimbledon, maybe

30Media sales agent, in brief

31Be on one's back

34Face card's value, often

36One-named artist who sang the U.S. national anthem at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony

39Org. often concerned with fund-raising

41Super Mario Bros. platform

42Performs at a Thunderbirds show

43Lists of starters

46Big Dutch bank

48Leif, to Eric the Red

50"Deadwood" actor McShane

52Typewriter feature

53Spots where pins are dropped?

54Pee Wee of baseball

56Serve, as soup

58See 73-Across

62Gumbo ingredient

64Enemy of Wonder Woman

67Bocce player's skill

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Stats & info

Thursday, Mar 5, 2026

15×15

Grid size

86

Total entries

44/181

Black / letter cells

4.2

Avg entry length

8 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 5, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorHanh Huynh

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split45 across · 41 down

Longest entries

10D"That's enough out of you!"8 ltrs 38DReal genius8 ltrs 11DAccept the terms of7 ltrs 12DPack rat7 ltrs 42DPerforms at a Thunderbirds show7 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 4.2 letters per entry.