Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, March 11, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "MICROWAVEOVEN".
Total Clues
74
Longest
MICROWAVEOVEN
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ASK
Featured Clue
"<i>In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Coimpany noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...</i>"
13 Letters
MICROWAVEOVEN
ALLComplete Solution List
Clause separator
5COMMA
Channel showing committee hearings
5CSPAN
Request
3ASK
Winning, for the moment
5AHEAD
"Don Giovanni" genre
5OPERA
Container for sardines
3TIN
<i>In 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive ...</i>
11POSTITNOTES
Musician Yoko
3ONO
One in a hundred
7SENATOR
Alternative to fries, maybe
4SLAW
___-color pasta
3TRI
<i>In 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria ...</i>
10PENICILLIN
Vulgar
6COARSE
Answer to the riddle ending "How many are going to St. Ives?"
3ONE
Olympia painter
5MANET
Ran out, as time
7ELAPSED
<i>In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Coimpany noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...</i>
13MICROWAVEOVEN
Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain"
7CHINESE
Take one's foot off the gas
5LETUP
Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons"
3APU
Attacks
6BESETS
<i>In 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort ...</i>
10SILLYPUTTY
Inits. on a police forensic van
3CSI
Racetrack shape
4OVAL
Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun
7NEAREST
One to build on?
3LOT
Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across
11SERENDIPITY
Singer Garfunkel
3ART
Update, as the Constitution
5AMEND
Vaudeville show
5REVUE
Deli bread option
3RYE
__-turvy
5TOPSY
Paradises
5EDENS
Upper limit
3CAP
Well, that's a surprise!
3OHO
Marked by a religious zeal
9MESSIANIC
Join
4MATE
Tennis score after "deuce"
4ADIN
Old French tale
5CONTE
With whom the dish ran away in "Hey Diddle Diddle"
5SPOON
Dish
5PETRI
Exist
3ARE
Rapper Lil __ X
3NAS
Part of Micronesia
5ATOLL
Mount associated with Moses
5SINAI
Recognized
5KNOWN
Wrap for an athlete's injury
4TAPE
Things a vest lacks
7SLEEVES
Channel for old westerns
3TCM
Wander
4ROAM
Deal with
4COPE
Shoe part
6INSOLE
Community center for games and activities
7RECHALL
Having streaks.
6STRIPY
Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese
3EWE
"___ Culturistas" (popular podcast)
3LAS
Street-sign abbr.
3AVE
Clue examiner
9DETECTIVE
Movin' ___ ("The Jeffersons" theme song)
4ONUP
McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender
4NUTS
Tire inflation meas.
3PSI
Polar explorer Richard
4BYRD
Certain renewable energy
5SOLAR
Shade of off-white
5IVORY
Milky coffee drink
5LATTE
General Assembly participant, for short
5UNREP
Many first-time smartphone owners
5TEENS
Jessica who won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy"
5TANDY
Ireland, to the Irish
4EIRE
Hightailed it
4SPED
Exam for college applicants
3SAT
Angsty
3EMO
Large cask
3TUN
For sure
3YES