NYT Crossword March 2, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Leave behind, informally 5 6A Read, as a bar code 4 10A Happy as a ___ 4 14A The Potato State 5 15A Bit of dialogue 4 16A Seized vehicle, in brief 4 17A Hint at, as what's to come 10 19A Sitting on 4 20A Parisian river 5 21A Wedding walkway 5 22A Figs. that include interest 4 25A Hit the jackpot, so to speak 10 28A Hotel units 5 30A Distant 3 31A Refusals 3 32A Place in a pyramid, as a mummified pharaoh 6 34A "There's no such thing ___ publicity" 5 36A Acknowledge during a broadcast, say … and a hint to the shaded squares 13 40A Brings home the bacon 5 41A Tres ___ cake 6 43A Dads 3 46A Popular coastal destination in India 3 47A Bird featured on many baby shower decorations 5 48A Sequence of steps to accomplish a goal 10 53A "Good heavens!" 4 54A In the countryside 5 55A Toward the back 5 57A Tiny unit of matter 4 58A Wild canid of the Great Lakes region 10 63A Foxholes, e.g. 4 64A Drifter 4 65A Committee head 5 66A Therefore 4 67A The Beatles' "Back in the ___" 4 68A "The ___ Pokey" (children's dance song) 5

Down

1D "What's the ___?" ("Who cares?") 3 2D Wedding vow 3 3D Black goo 3 4D Knight captures bishop, e.g. 9 5D Garden faucet attachment 4 6D Bias 5 7D Fermented apple juice 5 8D Year on the Yucatán 3 9D Just purchased 3 10D Daniel ___, 007 portrayer 5 11D Divulges 6 12D Moon-landing program 6 13D Bikes with small engines 6 18D ___ and hers 3 21D Infuses with bubbles 7 22D "Things ___ looking up!" 3 23D Ping's partner 4 24D Indian flatbread 4 26D "In that case ..." 4 27D Afghan capital 5 29D Obsessor over "the precious" in Tolkien lore 7 33D British nobleman 5 34D Sounds of satisfaction 3 35D Sci-fi series with a "Time Lord" traveling in a TARDIS 9 37D "___, crackle, pop" 4 38D "Yikes ...!" 4 39D Glossary component 4 42D Where the stars are 3 43D Veterans Day event 6 44D Sharper 6 45D Muscular 6 49D "You are not!" retort 5 50D Baby sheep 5 51D ___ Day (tree-planting celebration) 5 52D Maiden name preceder 3 56D Part of a foot 4 58D Wed. follower 3 59D Apple platform 3 60D Sturdy bookcase material 3 61D What one should let sleeping dogs do, proverbially 3 62D Word after deep, stir or small 3