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NYT Crossword — March 7, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 72 revealed

1C

2A

3R

4D

5S

6H

7A

8R

9K

10S

11T

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13R

14N

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17P

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C

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C

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18R

A

B

B

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19O

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27C

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42C

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43W

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60L

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66M

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67S

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68S

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69H

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Across

36 clues

1One who makes a living from fish

10Taxing, as a test

16Prefix with -centric

17Like the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro"

18Prayer presenter

19What travellers typically have in America?

21Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character"

22M.R.I. induction units

24Makeup of a plot

26Walked off with

27Part of a Grim Reaper costume

29Controller of floods in the video game Pharaoh

35Directive in an order

37R&B's Braxton

38"Does anyone else sense impending doom?"

40Sémillon rouge and Médoc noir

43You might dance on one

45Location of a notorious 33-Down: Abbr.

46Envelop with a ring

48When strikes go on the longest?

53Like the layout of the central 13 black squares in this puzzle

58Open the gate for

60What first has over second

62Woman central to electioneering?

63"Big Little Lies" author Moriarty

64Totality of everything, in sci-fi-speak

67"Say whatever you're gonna say!"

68It keeps a narrow passage passable

Down

36 clues

2Act constructively from contrition

3Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England

5Spot for a sweat

6"God willing!"

7Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22"

8Takes off-road?

9Money in Reykjavík

10Throws spray, in surfer lingo

12What's lacking in a crowded elevator

13Establishments where smoking is allowed

14Reply while fighting for the check

23First Amendment protector, in brief

25"Far from it"

28Dry streambed

31Gestures of incredulity

33Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps

34Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa"

36What arms may hold, informally

39Low notes, but not the lowest

41Home of the National Automobile Museum

44At the designated speed

47Not yet seen, say

52Move about, as liquid

55Estoques are pointed at them

56Transpire thereupon

57Not just the headline gossip, slangily

59Part of, as a racket

61Dye-yielding shrub

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Stats & info

Saturday, Mar 7, 2026

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

29/196

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

9 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 7, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorFritz Juhnke

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 36 down

Longest entries

1AOne who makes a living from fish9 ltrs 15AScreen grab?9 ltrs 17ALike the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro"9 ltrs 64ATotality of everything, in sci-fi-speak9 ltrs 67A"Say whatever you're gonna say!"9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 29 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.