NYT Crossword March 7, 2026 Answers

Across

1A One who makes a living from fish 9 10A Taxing, as a test 5 15A Screen grab? 9 16A Prefix with -centric 5 17A Like the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro" 9 18A Prayer presenter 5 19A What travellers typically have in America? 4 20A Flash 4 21A Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character" 5 22A M.R.I. induction units 6 24A Makeup of a plot 4 26A Walked off with 3 27A Part of a Grim Reaper costume 4 29A Controller of floods in the video game Pharaoh 6 31A Closing 5 35A Directive in an order 4 37A R&B's Braxton 4 38A "Does anyone else sense impending doom?" 7 40A Sémillon rouge and Médoc noir 7 42A Noncommittal 4 43A You might dance on one 4 45A Location of a notorious 33-Down: Abbr. 5 46A Envelop with a ring 6 48A When strikes go on the longest? 4 50A Cavity 3 51A No. 2 4 53A Like the layout of the central 13 black squares in this puzzle 6 58A Open the gate for 5 60A What first has over second 4 62A Woman central to electioneering? 4 63A "Big Little Lies" author Moriarty 5 64A Totality of everything, in sci-fi-speak 9 66A Ninnyhammer 5 67A "Say whatever you're gonna say!" 9 68A It keeps a narrow passage passable 5 69A "Heavens!" 9

Down

1D 100 bones 5 2D Act constructively from contrition 5 3D Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England 5 4D Waggish 5 5D Spot for a sweat 3 6D "God willing!" 6 7D Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22" 4 8D Takes off-road? 7 9D Money in Reykjavík 5 10D Throws spray, in surfer lingo 6 11D Band 4 12D What's lacking in a crowded elevator 9 13D Establishments where smoking is allowed 9 14D Reply while fighting for the check 9 23D First Amendment protector, in brief 4 25D "Far from it" 4 28D Dry streambed 4 30D "___ do" 4 31D Gestures of incredulity 9 32D "D'oh!" 9 33D Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps 9 34D Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa" 4 36D What arms may hold, informally 4 39D Low notes, but not the lowest 4 41D Home of the National Automobile Museum 4 44D At the designated speed 7 47D Not yet seen, say 6 49D Rare bird 6 52D Move about, as liquid 5 54D Connect with 5 55D Estoques are pointed at them 5 56D Transpire thereupon 5 57D Not just the headline gossip, slangily 5 59D Part of, as a racket 4 61D Dye-yielding shrub 4 65D Energy 3