Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, March 10, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "BABAGHANOUJ".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BABAGHANOUJ
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
USB
Featured Clue
"Mediterranean dish whose name can be translated as "pampered daddy""
11 Letters
BABAGHANOUJ
ALLComplete Solution List
___-C cable (computer connector)
3USB
Decide (to)
3OPT
Bells and whistles?
6FRILLS
Seattle M.L.B. player
7MARINER
Get ready to enter the rink
6LACEUP
Cut above the rest?
8PRIMERIB
Haven't the foggiest
6IDUNNO
Star Wars antagonist
4SITH
New Zealand native
5MAORI
Grain used in making Cheerios
3OAT
Something I can stand for?
4IOTA
Conductor's stick
5BATON
Quick transition on the basketball court
9FASTBREAK
___ Owens (birth name of Queen Latifah)
4DANA
Hardwood tree ... or what's left after it burns
3ASH
Serenade
4SING
8-pointer in Scrabble
5JTILE
Blowgun projectile
4DART
For a single purpose, as a committee
5ADHOC
Class for a future stockbroker, informally
4ECON
Wolf down
5SNARF
Not close
4AFAR
Word with shift or skeleton
3KEY
Not completely closed
4AJAR
Permit for an international traveler
9ENTRYVISA
Subway system
5METRO
Equipment for a gymnast
4BEAM
__ tizzy
3ADO
Apt anagram of BRUSH
5SHRUB
Kind of soup from Japan
4MISO
Eddie who voiced Donkey in "Shrek"
6MURPHY
Get right to work
8JUMPONIT
Like many virtual meetings
6ONZOOM
Natural seasoning
7SEASALT
Capital of North Macedonia
6SKOPJE
Dangerous sort of stick
3TNT
Bronx-born star, to fans ... or a phonetic hint to 3-, 8- 17-, 32- and 45-Down
3JLO
They wear masks at home
4UMPS
Bollywood wrap
4SARI
Focus of Gandhi protests
10BRITISHRAJ
With 5-Down, strict sales limit, informally
3ONE
See 4-Down
3PER
Version of a car model
4TRIM
Show romantic interest, in a way
5FLIRT
One playing 45s, informally
7RADIODJ
Hosp. area for serious cases
3ICU
Jay formerly of late-night TV
4LENO
Sol's sister, in Roman myth
4LUNA
Espy
4SPOT
"Whew! Sweat is dripping off me"
5IMHOT
Mediterranean dish whose name can be translated as "pampered daddy"
11BABAGHANOUJ
___ leaf cluster (decoration on a medal)
3OAK
Network for many TV reruns
3TBS
Bizet's "Habanera," for one
4ARIA
Comedian Bargatze
4NATE
Razor scooters and Rubik's Cubes, once
4FADS
Yoga pose
5ASANA
Something a Möbius strip lacks
3END
All-time best-selling female rapper worldwide
10NICKIMINAJ
Medicinal plants
5ALOES
Big name in New Age music
4ENYA
Trolley
4TRAM
Again and again?
3OFT
Low-___ diet
4CARB
Drink that's just been squeezed, say
7FRESHOJ
Alternative to white or whole wheat
3RYE
Mispell a word, say
3ERR
"Let's go, muchacho!"
5VAMOS
Herb in the mint family
5THYME
Biblical prophet that's 51-Down without its first letter
4AMOS
Slam-___ (easy success)
4DUNK
Grain-shaped pasta
4ORZO
Ignominious failure
4BUST
Place for a pie to cool, stereotypically
4SILL
A Man Called ___ (Tom Hanks film)
4OTTO
Bubble-wrap sound
3POP
Fraternity members
3MEN
Friendly touch
3PAT