Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, March 12, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, March 12, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "CHANGELANES".
Total Clues
78
Longest
CHANGELANES
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ERS
Featured Clue
"Move to pass, perhaps"
11 Letters
CHANGELANES
ALLComplete Solution List
Game point
6ARCADE
Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief
3ERS
Mideast's Gulf of ___
4SUEZ
Das Lied von der Erde composer
6MAHLER
Camper's foldout
3COT
Natural hairstyle
4AFRO
Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s
10BRANGELINA
Incredibly committed
8HARDCORE
Slowly, in scores
5LENTO
Second-most-populous city in the U.S.
10LOSANGELES
100 nanojoules
3ERG
Citrus portmanteau
7TANGELO
Sticks around for a demo?
3TNT
Doraphobe's fear
3FUR
Bookings for a D.J.
6EVENTS
Did very well on the final, say
6GOTANA
Star of a three-time World Cup champion team
4PELE
Classic '60s muscle car
3GTO
Rejoices
6EXULTS
Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar
4OMAN
Stand for a portrait?
5EASEL
Snippet
4CLIP
Slip-on or slide
6SANDAL
Hullabaloo
3ADO
Collectible frames
4CELS
Rest period?
6SIESTA
Get right down to business
6DIVEIN
Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy"
3ELS
Funny
3ODD
Half a Score
3TEN
Work on a picture, perhaps
3ACT
Some double-headed drums
6SNARES
Campers' craft
5CANOE
Turpitude
8PUREEVIL
Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-'80s TV
6MORGUE
Operating system developed at Bell Labs
4UNIX
Toeholds
3INS
Get positioned
6ORIENT
Lush hair's quality
4BODY
Caribbean music genre
3SKA
Abundance
6WEALTH
Saunter
5AMBLE
Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds
5RARER
Move to pass, perhaps
11CHANGELANES
Touched down
4ALIT
Symbolize
6DENOTE
"Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift
3ERA
Guitar pedal effect
4ECHO
Comedic takedown
5ROAST
Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title
11STRANGELOVE
Natural fluid containers
4SACS
What a drone might be mistaken for
3UFO
Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g.
3ERR
Actress Kravitz
3ZOE
Step in rehab
5DETOX
"Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album)
5LOTTA
Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement
11ANGELADAVIS
Heavenly outcast ... or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle
11FALLENANGEL
Up to
5UNTIL
Barely speaks
5RASPS
Hawks
5VENDS
Such a shame
5SOSAD
Stanley of "Conclave"
5TUCCI
Group surrounding a star
5POSSE
Item in a drafts folder
5EMAIL
Text tweaks
5EDITS
Make right
5ATONE
Cry for more
6ENCORE
Hurricane or mudslide
5DRINK
Be important
5COUNT
Things to bare
5TEETH
Hot ___
4SEXY
Disney heroine who builds her own palace
4ELSA
Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g.
4ARIA
Trivia night locale
3PUB
Shout in a card game
3UNO
Purge
3RID
Do some lawn work
3MOW