Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, March 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, March 2, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "GIVEASHOUTOUT".
Total Clues
76
Longest
GIVEASHOUTOUT
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
FAR
Featured Clue
"Acknowledge during a broadcast, say ... and a hint to the shaded squares"
13 Letters
GIVEASHOUTOUT
ALLComplete Solution List
Leave behind, informally
5DITCH
Read, as a bar code
4SCAN
Happy as a ____
4CLAM
The Potato State
5IDAHO
Bit of dialogue
4LINE
Seized vehicle, in brief
4REPO
Hint at, as what's to come
10FORESHADOW
Sitting on
4ATOP
Parisian river
5SEINE
Wedding walkway
5AISLE
Figs. that include interest
4APRS
Hit the jackpot, so to speak
10STRIKEGOLD
Hotel units
5ROOMS
Distant
3FAR
Refusals
3NOS
Place in a pyramid, as a mummified pharaoh
6ENTOMB
There's no such thing ___ publicity
5ASBAD
Acknowledge during a broadcast, say ... and a hint to the shaded squares
13GIVEASHOUTOUT
Brings home the bacon
5EARNS
Tres ___ cake
6LECHES
Dads
3PAS
Popular coastal destination in India
3GOA
Bird featured on many baby shower decorations
5STORK
Sequence of steps to accomplish a goal
10ACTIONPLAN
Good heavens!
4OHMY
In the countryside
5RURAL
Toward the back
5AREAR
Tiny unit of matter
4ATOM
Wild canid of the Great Lakes region
10TIMBERWOLF
Foxholes, e.g.
4DENS
Drifter
4HOBO
Committee head
5CHAIR
Therefore
4ERGO
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
4USSR
"The ___ Pokey" (children's dance song)
5HOKEY
What's the ___? ("Who cares?")
3DIF
Wedding vow
3IDO
Black goo
3TAR
Knight captures bishop, e.g.
9CHESSMOVE
Garden faucet attachment
4HOSE
Bias
5SLANT
Fermented apple juice
5CIDER
Year on the Yucatán
3ANO
Just-purchased
3NEW
Daniel ___, 007 portrayer
5CRAIG
Divulges
6LETSON
Moon-landing program
6APOLLO
Bikes with small engines
6MOPEDS
___ and Hers.
3HIS
Infuses with bubbles
7AERATES
Things ___ looking up!
3ARE
Ping's partner
4PONG
Indian flatbread
4ROTI
In that case
4IFSO
Afghan capital
5KABUL
Obsessor over "the precious" in Tolkien lore
7SMEAGOL
British nobleman
5BARON
Sounds of satisfaction
3AHS
Sci-fi series with a "Time Lord" traveling in a TARDIS
9DOCTORWHO
___, crackle, pop
4SNAP
Yikes!
4UHOH
Glossary component
4TERM
Where the stars are
3SKY
Veterans Day event
6PARADE
Sharper
6ACUTER
Muscular
6STRONG
You are not! retort
5IAMSO
Baby sheep
5LAMBS
__ Day (tree-planting celebration)
5ARBOR
Maiden-name preceder
3NEE
Part of a foot
4ARCH
Wed. follower
3THU
Apple platform
3IOS
Sturdy bookcase material
3OAK
What one should let sleeping dogs do, proverbially
3LIE
Word after deep, stir or small
3FRY