NYT Crossword March 16, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Throw me the ball, no one's covering me!" 6 7A Drone's sound 4 11A Cave-dwelling flier 3 14A Galactic cloud 6 15A Texas city that's home to Baylor University 4 16A Broadcast 3 17A *Forever 11 19A Deer mother? 3 20A Brad of 2025's "F1" 4 21A "In case it's of interest ...," in brief 3 22A Plenty of 5 24A Bugle tune 4 25A *One of a kind 10 28A Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly 3 30A "Great Red" feature of Jupiter 4 31A *Masterwork 10 36A Wide-eyed and eager 4 40A Go down to 0%, as a computer battery 3 41A Allotment 7 43A "___ word?" 3 44A SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs 4 46A *After the event, as an analysis 10 48A Ball-___ hammer 4 50A Teeny-tiny 3 51A *Reciprocal exchange 10 57A Historian's focus 4 60A "Me too," formally 5 61A One might end with "com" or "org" 3 62A Water, in Juárez 4 63A ___ chi 3 64A Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues? 11 68A Before today 3 69A Gem mined in Australia 4 70A Exact retribution for 6 71A Sleep cycle inits. 3 72A Chap 4 73A Term of address for a nun 6

Down

1D Not suitable 5 2D Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) 5 3D Locales for the late news? 9 4D Kicks down the road, as a decision 7 5D Santa's little helper 3 6D Innocent sorts 5 7D Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short 5 8D Beanie or beret 3 9D Carefully monitored hosp. area 3 10D Italian cheese 6 11D Negative press for a celeb, say 5 12D Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels 5 13D Family diagrams 5 18D Greenwich Village campus, in brief 3 23D Like a book about writing a book, say 4 26D Fighter pilot's garb 5 27D ___ salts 5 29D Recipe unit 3 31D Rx writers 3 32D A helping hand 3 33D Sullen sort 5 34D City that's home to the University of Maine 5 35D Six for a touchdown: Abbr. 3 37D Staffer in a flight terminal 9 38D "All for ___ and ___ for all!" 3 39D Workout site 3 42D "Pronto!" 3 45D Fancy coif 4 47D Improves, as a bike path 7 49D Literary afterthought 6 51D Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani 5 52D Meter reading 5 53D "Talk turkey" or "eat crow" 5 54D Warm bed covering 5 55D Still-life vessel 3 56D Earthen pots, from the Spanish 5 58D Sudden increase 5 59D Weapon that stuns 5 65D Tail-less primate 3 66D Beachgoer's "souvenir" 3 67D Prefix meaning "egg" 3