NYT Crossword March 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Game point? 6 7A Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief 3 10A Mideast's Gulf of ___ 4 14A "Das Lied von der Erde" composer 6 15A Camper's foldout 3 16A Natural hairstyle 4 17A Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s 6 18A Incredibly committed 8 20A Slowly, in scores 5 21A Second-most-populous city in the U.S. 6 22A 100 nanojoules 3 23A Citrus portmanteau 3 25A Sticks around for a demo? 3 26A Doraphobe's fear 3 29A Bookings for a D.J. 6 32A Did very well on the final, say 6 34A Star of a three-time World Cup champion team 4 36A Classic ’60s muscle car 3 37A Rejoices 6 38A Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar 4 39A Stand for a portrait 5 41A Snippet 4 42A Slip-on or slide 6 44A Hullabaloo 3 45A Collectible frames 4 46A Rest period 6 47A Get right down to business 6 49A Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy" 3 50A Funny 3 52A Half a score 3 53A Work on a picture, perhaps 3 56A Some double-headed drums 6 58A Camper's craft 5 60A Turpitude 8 63A Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-’80s TV 6 64A Operating system developed at Bell Labs 4 65A Toeholds 3 66A Get positioned 6 67A Lush hair's quality 4 68A Caribbean music genre 3 69A Abundance 6

Down

1D Saunter 5 2D Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds 5 3D Move to pass, perhaps 11 4D Touched down 4 5D Symbolize 6 6D "Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift 3 7D Guitar pedal effect 4 8D Comedic takedown 5 9D Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title 11 10D Natural fluid containers 4 11D What a drone might be mistaken for 3 12D Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g. 3 13D Actress Kravitz 3 19D Step in rehab 5 21D "Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album) 5 24D Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement 11 26D Heavenly outcast … or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle 11 27D Up to 5 28D Barely speaks 5 30D Hawks 5 31D "Such a shame" 5 33D Stanley of "Conclave" 5 34D Group surrounding a star 5 35D Item in a drafts folder 5 40D Text tweaks 5 43D Make right 5 48D Cry for more 6 51D Hurricane or mudslide 5 54D Be important 5 55D Things to bare 5 56D Hot 4 57D Disney heroine who builds her own palace 4 59D Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g. 4 60D Trivia night locale 3 61D Shout in a card game 3 62D Purge 3 63D Do some lawn work 3