NYT Crossword March 31, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "The Planets" composer 5 6A About 746 of these equal one horsepower 5 11A Colorado Plateau people 3 14A Sign in a TV studio 5 15A Kirin competitor 5 16A Something entered into an A.T.M. 3 17A 2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel 11 19A ___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes) 3 20A List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" 4 21A Direct (to) 5 22A Middle-of-the-bell-curve result 4 23A Swimmer in a Japanese garden 3 25A Fled the scene 7 27A Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters 13 32A Chicken ___ king 3 33A Admissions overseer, maybe 4 34A Stake 5 37A The "1" in a 9-1 record 4 39A Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess 5 42A ___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America) 4 43A Attire in the old Roman Senate 5 45A Sign of things to come 4 47A Crater's edge 3 48A Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling 13 52A Cloudy craft beer 7 54A Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology 3 55A Pasta that resembles rice 4 56A Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some 5 59A "hahaha!" 4 63A Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcom 3 64A Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across? 11 66A French 101 article 3 67A Something to raise in a crisis 5 68A Like flapjacks and Frisbees 5 69A Damage 3 70A Censor, informally 5 71A Undercover operatives 5

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1D "E.T. phone ___" 4 2D Banded mineral seen at many a street fair 4 3D Produce coherent light 4 4D Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian 6 5D Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly 3 6D Ending with kitchen or earthen 4 7D "Dream on!" 4 8D Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads 6 9D What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac 6 10D "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number) 3 11D Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world" 10 12D Headwear for Wonder Woman 5 13D Antagonist 5 18D Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 6 22D Water nymph of Greek myth 5 24D Anxious condition, in brief 3 26D Rural turndown 3 27D Soda fountain order 4 28D Potatoes, in Indian cuisine 4 29D Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang 10 30D Longboat propeller 3 31D International Longshoremen's Association, e.g. 5 35D Lake separating Ohio from Ontario 4 36D Rapper ___ Ma 4 38D Panasonic acquisition of 2009 5 40D "Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series) 3 41D Embankments protecting New Orleans 6 44D Biol. or chem. 3 46D One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that 3 49D Horrify 6 50D 2010s dance fad with a reduplicative name 6 51D Bound along clumsily 6 52D Malarkey 5 53D Venue for a boss fight 5 57D French 101 verb 4 58D Extemporize to fill time, say 4 60D Hawaii's second-largest island 4 61D Frank of diary fame 4 62D Bookie's determination 4 64D ___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye") 3 65D Decade makeup: Abbr. 3