NYT Crossword March 27, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Decorative, so to speak 11 12A "Local Equals Fresh" sloganeer 3 15A Ahead 11 16A E, in a code 3 17A Affliction also known as "cold neuralgia" 11 18A 3,600 secondi 3 19A Computer runs 4 20A Company acquired by Panasonic in 2009 5 21A Malarkey 4 22A "Do we have a problem here?" 5 24A L.A. subdivision? 3 25A Epithet for Bill Clinton 5 26A Some coffee merchants' offerings 6 28A Hackman's "The Royal Tenenbaums" co-star 6 29A One whose work is barely seen? 12 33A "You should keep those details to yourself" 3 36A Slightly off 7 37A Org. that releases an annual list of the year's most interesting contraband 3 38A Some brunch dishes 12 41A Restraining maneuver in judo 6 42A How journalists and detectives may act 6 46A Firs and beeches, but not furs and beaches 5 47A Tahoe runner 3 50A Treat that occasionally catches fire 5 51A Light 4 52A Kitchen gizmo 5 54A Bit of bellyaching 4 55A Served as 3 56A "You win, all right? Geez!" 11 58A Store in oak casks, say 3 59A Spoke before the court 11 60A No no 3 61A Totally missing the big picture 11

Down

1D E-card site with a reduplicative name 6 2D Spread 6 3D Like noble gases, chemically 6 4D Nearest item to pick 7 5D Land consisting predominantly of sedges 3 6D Drop-___ 4 7D Like 97% of the United States, per the Census Bureau 5 8D Old hand at shorthand 5 9D Some choppers 5 10D Dish whose name means "barley" in Italian 4 11D Lilliputian 3 12D "Seems suspect" 8 13D Reductive neologism for a strong female lead 8 14D Figure in Greek mythology who was brought up by a bear 8 21D Hit 22, say 4 23D "Squid Game" and "The Red Sleeve," for two 7 25D Crosses to bear 7 27D Unlit? 5 28D Lacked an alternative 5 30D Before, informally 3 31D Suburban attachment? 3 32D Camp bed 3 33D Direction in many a spaghetti western 8 34D Zsa Zsa Gabor entered into it nine times 8 35D Dunks 8 39D Rebel's opposite 4 40D PB&J, e.g., informally 7 43D Greet with a beep 6 44D Bluffer's pronouncement, maybe 6 45D Put down on paper 6 47D Comics often printed in black and white 5 48D Pianist Rubinstein 5 49D Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 5 52D Tiny opening 4 53D George's computer friend on "The Jetsons" 4 56D N.F.L. coach Quinn 3 57D Forte, slangily 3