NYT Crossword March 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1A First impression of a new video game? 11 12A After-afterthought, for short 3 15A Drone's image 11 16A Choler 3 17A "We should grab a meal sometime" 11 18A Snaps 3 19A A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking 4 20A Many Snapchats, informally 4 21A Unfolds, with "out" 5 23A Author Roald Dahl, during World War II 3 24A Command+F, on a Mac 4 25A Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels 4 26A Reached the top of one's game 6 28A Grain that once fed the Roman army 5 29A Heroic tale of romance 4 30A Seeing someone wealthier, say 8 32A Worker involved in firings? 6 34A Montenegrin, e.g. 6 35A You can't cut through it 8 37A Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020 4 38A Fiery spirit 5 39A Sylvan 6 41A The Green Hornet's sidekick 4 42A "___ have guessed?!" 4 43A "Uh-huh!" 3 46A Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam" 5 48A Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation 4 49A Relinquish 4 50A "Missile" in many a slapstick fight 3 51A Eschewing modesty, say 11 54A Home security inits. since 1874 3 55A Summer confection 11 56A "Hard pass" 3 57A Digital deals for young people? 11

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1D NH4NO3 and others 5 2D Get set to drive 5 3D Bohemian 5 4D Consideration in setting insurance rates 4 5D Just a ___ 3 6D Emits a stream of hot air 9 7D Satellite transmission path 6 8D Hit the ground loudly 7 9D Hyperbolic amount of work 4 10D Unscripted, for short? 3 11D Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley" 4 12D The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards 9 13D Publisher's order 8 14D Pleasurable place to do business? 7 22D Made the fool 7 24D Grow progressively more rancid 6 26D Lab access point? 7 27D Trifling bit 3 28D Made a scene, say 6 29D Some yellowish canines 9 31D Shelters some look to when duty calls? 9 32D The good life, in Spanish vernacular 8 33D Like some emotions and recruits 3 35D One might frequently be buttered up 7 36D Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals" 7 40D Annual award for short stories 6 43D ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay) 5 44D Exiled character in "King Lear" 5 45D Age-mates 5 47D Little mistake 4 48D Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson 4 49D Cost in total, with "to" 4 52D Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.) 3 53D "It's the ___!" 3