NYT Crossword March 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Clip on, say 6 7A Facing the pitcher 5 12A Some budget-friendly grocery stores 5 17A It's on a roll! 6 18A Sculpted 6 20A Minimalist swimwear 6 21A Mineral found in seaweed 6 22A Certain supervisor on a film set 7 24A Cozy garment 7 25A Giveaway 4 27A Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist" 6 28A Spot for a grill 7 29A Starters 5 32A "Rumor has it …" 5 34A Most slipshod 9 36A On the ___ 3 37A Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame 6 39A Fungal structure 4 40A Californie, par exemple 4 41A "Big Blue" 3 42A So-called "rooster sauce" 8 44A Fails ignominiously, in slang 6 46A Drag show accessories 4 48A "___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit) 3 49A 30 minutes to 3, in British English 7 51A Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony) 5 55A Caitlin Clark's alma mater 4 56A Gritty genre 4 58A ___ tai (cocktail) 3 59A What makes a dresser dressier? 3 61A "Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness) 4 62A Fuss 3 64A Eager 4 66A Relay race segment 3 68A "Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map) 3 70A Not Dem. or Rep. 3 71A March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer 22 77A Member of the fam 3 78A Feel bad 3 79A Like some humor 3 80A Style for Detroit's Fisher Building 4 81A Kind of moment 3 82A Make out, in Manchester 4 84A Backwoods refusal 3 86A Soft shoe, informally 3 88A Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …" 4 90A Similar 4 93A Sch. in College Station, Tex. 5 95A It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this 7 98A Reactor safety agcy. 3 99A Get one's feet wet? 4 100A Become rich and successful, so to speak 6 102A Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage 8 105A Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle 3 106A Ancient Greek instrument 4 107A Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" 4 109A Lustrous 6 110A Loo 3 111A Formal notes 9 113A "City of a Thousand Minarets" 5 114A French school 5 116A Storage unit 7 117A Settle in, say 6 119A Used-up crayons 4 121A "Nearly done!" 7 122A Big name in sparkling water 7 124A Kathmandu resident 6 128A Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down 6 129A Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own" 6 130A Casino worker 6 131A "Therefore …" 5 132A Verbally notify 5 133A Highly embellished 6

Down

1D Poke fish, often 3 2D As well 3 3D Touch 3 4D Feeling of distress 5 5D Movie palaces 7 6D Cry from a dog walker 4 7D Inquire 3 8D ___ May, former British P.M. 7 9D Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson 8 10D ___ score (neonatal measure) 5 11D Seabird 4 12D Predinner beverage 8 13D Show gratitude for service 9 14D Loathe 6 15D Part of PIN: Abbr. 5 16D Photocopier function 4 19D Simple rebuttal 5 20D Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g. 6 23D Structure in a shipping container 6 24D Sucker 3 26D First (and last) queen of Hawaii 12 29D Good thing for a suspect to have 5 30D Verboten 5 31D Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger 10 33D Tubman of the Underground Railroad 7 35D Indigenous people of the Great Lakes 5 38D Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid" 4 39D 2014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai 6 43D Green eggs' partner 3 45D Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved" 12 47D One-named singer of "Smooth Operator" 4 50D Sally with two Oscars 5 52D Mexican painter known for her self-portraits 10 53D Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 4 54D Inventor and actress Lamarr 4 57D Tara of "Sharknado" 4 60D ___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper 3 63D "R.I.P." singer Rita ___ 3 65D Silent film star Talmadge 5 67D ___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt 4 69D Celebrity chef Garten 3 71D Rae who co-created "Insecure" 4 72D Singer and civil rights activist Simone 4 73D Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" 3 74D Oscar winner Lupita 6 75D Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 1981 7 76D Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement 4 83D Aussie greeting 9 85D Like some textiles 5 87D Burnable storage unit, in brief 3 89D They can't be returned 4 91D As good as it gets 5 92D Skydiving requirement 5 94D Styx song that starts "Domo arigato" 8 96D Delayed 6 97D Wisdom 8 101D Equips again, as a ship 6 103D "Not bad!" 7 104D Roggenbock, e.g. 7 106D Babe the Blue Ox, e.g. 6 108D Like zebras, but not tigers 5 111D Baseball announcer's update 5 112D From ___ Z 3 113D Spanish letter 5 115D Floor show? 5 116D See 128-Across 4 118D Experts 4 120D Ctrl-Z action 4 123D ___ Speedwagon 3 125D In the manner of 3 126D Tennis call 3 127D Fuming feeling 3