NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 11, 2026
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Clues74
Across33
Down41
ConstructorJohn Guzzetta
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Clause separator (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACOMMA→
6A
Channel showing committee hearings (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCSPAN→
11A
Request (3)
Starts with A, ends with KASK→
14A
Winning, for the moment (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAHEAD→
15A
"Don Giovanni" genre (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOPERA→
16A
Container for sardines (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
17A
19A
Musician Yoko (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
20A
One in a hundred (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSENATOR→
21A
Alternative to fries, maybe (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSLAW→
22A
___-color pasta (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
24A
27A
Vulgar (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECOARSE→
30A
Answer to the riddle ending "How many are going to St. Ives?" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
31A
"Olympia" painter (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMANET→
32A
Ran out, as time (7)
Starts with E, ends with DELAPSED→
36A
39A
Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain" (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECHINESE→
40A
Take one's foot off the gas (5)
Starts with L, ends with PLETUP→
42A
Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons" (3)
Starts with A, ends with UAPU→
43A
Attacks (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBESETS→
44A
50A
Inits. on a police forensic van (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
51A
Racetrack shape (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
52A
Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun (7)
Starts with N, ends with TNEAREST→
55A
One to build on (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
56A
60A
Singer Garfunkel (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
61A
Update, as the Constitution (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAMEND→
62A
Vaudeville show (5)
Starts with R, ends with EREVUE→
63A
Deli bread option (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERYE→
64A
___-turvy (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTOPSY→
65A
Paradises (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEDENS→
Down
1D
Upper limit (3)
Starts with C, ends with PCAP→
2D
"Well, that's a surprise!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOHO→
3D
Marked by a religious zeal (9)
Starts with M, ends with CMESSIANIC→
5D
Tennis score after deuce (4)
Starts with A, ends with NADIN→
6D
Old French tale (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECONTE→
7D
With whom the dish ran away in "Hey Diddle Diddle" (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSPOON→
8D
___ dish (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPETRI→
10D
Rapper Lil ___ X (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNAS→
11D
Part of Micronesia (5)
Starts with A, ends with LATOLL→
12D
Mount associated with Moses (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISINAI→
13D
Recognized (5)
Starts with K, ends with NKNOWN→
18D
Wrap for an athlete's injury (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAPE→
21D
Things a vest lacks (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEEVES→
22D
Channel for old westerns (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTCM→
23D
Wander (4)
Starts with R, ends with MROAM→
25D
Deal (with) (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOPE→
26D
Shoe part (6)
Starts with I, ends with EINSOLE→
28D
Community center for games and activities (7)
Starts with R, ends with LRECHALL→
29D
Having streaks (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSTRIPY→
32D
Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
33D
"___ Culturistas" (popular podcast) (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLAS→
34D
Street sign abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAVE→
35D
Clue examiner (9)
Starts with D, ends with EDETECTIVE→
37D
"Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme song) (4)
Starts with O, ends with PONUP→
38D
McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNUTS→
41D
Tire inflation meas. (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPSI→
43D
Polar explorer Richard (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBYRD→
44D
Certain renewable energy (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOLAR→
45D
Shade of off-white (5)
Starts with I, ends with YIVORY→
46D
Milky coffee drink (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELATTE→
47D
General Assembly participant, for short (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUNREP→
48D
Many first-time smartphone owners (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
49D
Jessica who won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTANDY→
53D
Ireland, to the Irish (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
54D
Hightailed it (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSPED→
56D
Exam for college applicants (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
57D
Angsty (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
58D
Large cask (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTUN→
59D
"For sure!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 11, 2026?+
74 clues: 33 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by John Guzzetta and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Clause separator (COMMA); Channel showing committee hearings (CSPAN); Request (ASK).
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