Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, March 4, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "PULLSOMESTRINGS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
PULLSOMESTRINGS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ESP
Featured Clue
"<i>Violin, ___, cello, ___</i>"
15 Letters
PULLSOMESTRINGS
ALLComplete Solution List
N.H.L.'s ___ Bay Lightning
5TAMPA
Parapsychologist's study, for short
3ESP
Star Wars droid, informally
5ARTOO
April Fool's Day sign
5ARIES
Letters before a stage name
3AKA
In need of patching, perhaps
5LEAKY
Hillocks
5RISES
Test the water?
3SIP
Spicy chip brand
5TAKIS
To-do
4TASK
Oversold
5HYPED
Minor menace
4PEST
Colony member?
3ANT
<i>Persian, ___, Oriental, Navajo</i>
7CUTARUG
Golf item in a bag
3TEE
Motivational cheer
3RAH
Insignificant amount
7DRIBLET
__ majesty
3HER
Saucer crew, in brief
3ETS
Wowzers!
3GEE
Part of a rock band
3ORE
Japan's national sport
4SUMO
Reach an end
5CEASE
M.B.A. subj.
4ECON
Ozark actor Morales
4ESAI
Like many drama school students
5ARTSY
Made an appearance
4CAME
Mini mart?
6CARLOT
Brings out
6EVOKES
Where you might drink from a junmai glass
7SAKEBAR
Mercury, but not Venus
7ELEMENT
Flooring choice for a mudroom
4TILE
Believe to be
4DEEM
<i>Violin, ___, cello, ___</i>
15PULLSOMESTRINGS
Need a hand?
4MAYI
Caves in
5GIVES
Pay for play, perhaps
4TYPO
March Madness placement
4SEED
Business-card abbr.
3TEL
Strikebreaker
4SCAB
Dental hygienist's target
6TARTAR
Grande of "Wicked"
6ARIANA
<i>Twain, ___, Hamill, Wahlberg</i>
11MISSTHEMARK
Glimpse
4PEEK
Stubborn sort
3ASS
"Slow down there, big guy!"
9EASYTIGER
<i>Metro, ___, Sports, Lifestyle</i>
9SKIPABEAT
Like e-statements and digital receipts
9PAPERLESS
Key near Ctrl
3ALT
Bring in
4REAP
<i>Red velvet, ___, Black Forest, angel food</i>
11TAKETHECAKE
"Ah, that's making sense to me now"
6OKISEE
Delicacy that's often slurped
6OYSTER
Ben-__
3HUR
Outstanding
3DUE
Cassette successors
3CDS
Pontiac in a '60s song
3GTO
Head covering
9TOILETLID
Brings a fresh effort (to)
9RECOMMITS
Brief periods of time
4SECS
Insurance co. for military families
4USAA
Make a list of.
7CATALOG
Cousins of grommets
7EYELETS
Foreshadowing
4OMEN
Place for eggs
4NEST
Japanese belts
4OBIS
Swerve
4VEER
Mail, as payment
5REMIT
Ford flop
5EDSEL
Canadian leaders, for short
3PMS
Mideast inits.
3UAE
Caustic cleaner
3LYE
Woman with a chronological name?
3EVE
Home of the Natl. Museum of Mathematics
3NYC
Stat that may be weighted
3GPA
Cry uncontrollably
3SOB