NYT Crossword March 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Rush order 4 5A Political commentator Piker 5 10A Like a workhorse 4 14A Animal sanctuary 10 16A Kachina-carving people 4 17A Going against the grain? 10 18A Sign to be read 4 19A "Easy peasy!" 8 20A Pesos or euros 6 22A Knack for details, say 3 23A World capital split by the world's longest river 5 25A Some scenery in "The Road Runner Show" 5 26A Fare ways to go? 8 28A Law with an "individual mandate" provision, for short 3 29A Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" 4 31A Farm female 3 32A Giant Jesus 4 33A Words before confirming something 15 37A Fundamentals 4 38A Gym circuit 3 39A Remove unceremoniously 4 40A Exec who leads software engineers 3 41A Philosophy of a devil's advocate? 8 44A Danish money 5 46A Step heavily 5 47A Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there …" 3 50A Feels sympathy for, in a way 6 52A Publishes an exposé, say 8 54A It'll warm your buns 4 55A Biological building blocks 10 57A Get spent 4 58A "Be gentle" 10 59A Give guff 4 60A Desirable feature 5 61A Gukesh Dommaraju, upon becoming world chess champion in 2024 4

Down

1D Texas A&M athlete 5 2D Like foods that increase thirst 5 3D Tickle 5 4D Pro-vegan org. 4 5D Applies a certain hair dye to 6 6D Fling 6 7D Things that send people into hiding 15 8D Dating app listing 3 9D Basic ___ 4 10D Beamed 5 11D Zillow data 9 12D Dramatic outerwear for the theater 9 13D Very old-fashioned sort 8 15D Some adopted pets 7 21D Pings, for short 3 24D Stink 4 26D Sandwiches that are neither kosher nor halal 4 27D Farm female 3 29D Drinking game? 9 30D Modern urban transportation options 9 32D Reunion attendee, informally 4 33D Lotto prizes 8 34D Greeting often followed by "Como vai?" 3 35D British engineer James 4 36D Be a hero, say 7 41D "Get it?" 3 42D Viral 2010s dance that Hillary Clinton performed on TV 6 43D "This makes no sense" 6 45D Poker hand known as a "Wayne Gretzky" 5 47D It has more than 4,000 islands off its coast 5 48D Pre-transformation self 5 49D Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity" 5 51D It's a long story 4 53D Participant in the Jacobite rebellion of the 1740s 4 56D Approaches, in brief 3