NYT Crossword March 11, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Clause separator 5 6A Channel showing committee hearings 5 11A Request 3 14A Winning, for the moment 5 15A "Don Giovanni" genre 5 16A Container for sardines 3 17A In 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive ... 11 19A Musician Yoko 3 20A One in a hundred 7 21A Alternative to fries, maybe 4 22A ___-color pasta 3 24A In 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria ... 10 27A Vulgar 6 30A Answer to the riddle ending "How many are going to St. Ives?" 3 31A "Olympia" painter 5 32A Ran out, as time 7 36A In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ... 13 39A Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain" 7 40A Take one's foot off the gas 5 42A Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons" 3 43A Attacks 6 44A In 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort ... 10 50A Inits. on a police forensic van 3 51A Racetrack shape 4 52A Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun 7 55A One to build on 3 56A Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across 11 60A Singer Garfunkel 3 61A Update, as the Constitution 5 62A Vaudeville show 5 63A Deli bread option 3 64A ___-turvy 5 65A Paradises 5

Down

1D Upper limit 3 2D "Well, that's a surprise!" 3 3D Marked by a religious zeal 9 4D Join 4 5D Tennis score after deuce 4 6D Old French tale 5 7D With whom the dish ran away in "Hey Diddle Diddle" 5 8D ___ dish 5 9D Exist 3 10D Rapper Lil ___ X 3 11D Part of Micronesia 5 12D Mount associated with Moses 5 13D Recognized 5 18D Wrap for an athlete's injury 4 21D Things a vest lacks 7 22D Channel for old westerns 3 23D Wander 4 25D Deal (with) 4 26D Shoe part 6 28D Community center for games and activities 7 29D Having streaks 6 32D Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese 3 33D "___ Culturistas" (popular podcast) 3 34D Street sign abbr. 3 35D Clue examiner 9 37D "Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme song) 4 38D McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender 4 41D Tire inflation meas. 3 43D Polar explorer Richard 4 44D Certain renewable energy 5 45D Shade of off-white 5 46D Milky coffee drink 5 47D General Assembly participant, for short 5 48D Many first-time smartphone owners 5 49D Jessica who won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" 5 53D Ireland, to the Irish 4 54D Hightailed it 4 56D Exam for college applicants 3 57D Angsty 3 58D Large cask 3 59D "For sure!" 3