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NYT Crossword — March 8, 2026

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 145 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

7Facing the pitcher

12Some budget-friendly grocery stores

17It's on a roll!

20Minimalist swimwear

21Mineral found in seaweed

22Certain supervisor on a film set

27Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"

28Spot for a grill

32"Rumor has it …"

34Most slipshod

37Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame

39Fungal structure

40Californie, par exemple

42So-called "rooster sauce"

44Fails ignominiously, in slang

46Drag show accessories

48"___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit)

4930 minutes to 3, in British English

51Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony)

55Caitlin Clark's alma mater

58___ tai (cocktail)

59What makes a dresser dressier?

61"Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness)

66Relay race segment

68"Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map)

70Not Dem. or Rep.

71March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer

77Member of the fam

79Like some humor

80Style for Detroit's Fisher Building

81Kind of moment

82Make out, in Manchester

84Backwoods refusal

86Soft shoe, informally

88Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …"

93Sch. in College Station, Tex.

95It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this

98Reactor safety agcy.

99Get one's feet wet?

100Become rich and successful, so to speak

102Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage

105Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle

106Ancient Greek instrument

107Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"

110Loo

111Formal notes

113"City of a Thousand Minarets"

114French school

116Storage unit

117Settle in, say

119Used-up crayons

121"Nearly done!"

122Big name in sparkling water

124Kathmandu resident

128Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down

129Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own"

130Casino worker

131"Therefore …"

132Verbally notify

133Highly embellished

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72 clues

1Poke fish, often

4Feeling of distress

6Cry from a dog walker

8___ May, former British P.M.

9Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson

10___ score (neonatal measure)

12Predinner beverage

13Show gratitude for service

15Part of PIN: Abbr.

16Photocopier function

19Simple rebuttal

20Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g.

23Structure in a shipping container

26First (and last) queen of Hawaii

29Good thing for a suspect to have

31Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger

33Tubman of the Underground Railroad

35Indigenous people of the Great Lakes

38Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid"

392014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai

43Green eggs' partner

45Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved"

47One-named singer of "Smooth Operator"

50Sally with two Oscars

52Mexican painter known for her self-portraits

53Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

54Inventor and actress Lamarr

57Tara of "Sharknado"

60___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper

63"R.I.P." singer Rita ___

65Silent film star Talmadge

67___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt

69Celebrity chef Garten

71Rae who co-created "Insecure"

72Singer and civil rights activist Simone

73Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"

74Oscar winner Lupita

75Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 1981

76Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement

83Aussie greeting

85Like some textiles

87Burnable storage unit, in brief

89They can't be returned

91As good as it gets

92Skydiving requirement

94Styx song that starts "Domo arigato"

101Equips again, as a ship

104Roggenbock, e.g.

106Babe the Blue Ox, e.g.

108Like zebras, but not tigers

111Baseball announcer's update

113Spanish letter

116See 128-Across

120Ctrl-Z action

123___ Speedwagon

125In the manner of

127Fuming feeling

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Stats & info

Sunday, Mar 8, 2026

22×21

Grid size

145

Total entries

86/376

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

22 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 8, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeJoin Together

ConstructorKelly Richardson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split73 across · 72 down

Longest entries

71AMarch 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer22 ltrs 26DFirst (and last) queen of Hawaii12 ltrs 45DAuthor who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved"12 ltrs 31DActress who portrayed Hermione Granger10 ltrs 52DMexican painter known for her self-portraits10 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 86 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.