Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, March 16, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, March 16, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "ADINFINITUM".
Total Clues
78
Longest
ADINFINITUM
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
BAT
Featured Clue
"Forever"
11 Letters
ADINFINITUM
ALLComplete Solution List
"Throw me the ball, no one's covering me!"
6IMOPEN
Drone's sound
4WHIR
Cave-dwelling flier
3BAT
Galactic cloud
6NEBULA
Texas city that's home to Baylor University
4WACO
Broadcast
3AIR
Forever
11ADINFINITUM
Deer mother
3DOE
Brad of 2025's "F1"
4PITT
"In case it's of interest ...," in brief
3FYI
Plenty (of)
5AMPLE
Bugle tune
4TAPS
One-of-a-kind
10SUIGENERIS
Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly
3AOC
Great red feature of Jupiter
4SPOT
Masterwork
10MAGNUMOPUS
Wide-eyed and eager
4AGOG
Go down to 0%, as a computer battery
3DIE
Allotment
7PORTION
___ word
3ANY
SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs
4SDSU
*After the event, as an analysis
10POSTMORTEM
Ball-___ hammer
4PEEN
Teeny-tiny
3WEE
*Reciprocal exchange
10QUIDPROQUO
Historian's focus
4PAST
Me too, formally
5ASDOI
One might end with "com" or "org"
3URL
Water in Juárez
4AGUA
___ chi
3TAI
Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?
11LATINLOVERS
Before today
3AGO
Gem mined in Australia
4OPAL
Exact retribution for
6AVENGE
Sleep cycle inits.
3REM
Chap
4GENT
Term of address for a nun
6SISTER
Not suitable
5INAPT
Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)
5MEDIA
Locales for the late news?
9OBITPAGES
Kicks down the road, as a decision
7PUNTSON
Santa's little helper
3ELF
Innocent sorts
5NAIFS
Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short
5WWIII
Beanie or beret
3HAT
Carefully monitored hosp. area
3ICU
Italian cheese
6ROMANO
Negative press for a celeb, say
5BADPR
Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels
5AIOLI
Family diagrams
5TREES
Greenwich Village campus, in brief
3NYU
Like a book about writing a book, say
4META
Fighter pilot's garb
5GSUIT
Salts
5EPSOM
Recipe unit
3CUP
Rx writers
3MDS
A helping hand
3AID
Sullen sort
5MOPER
City that's home to the University of Maine
5ORONO
Six for a touchdown: Abbr.
3PTS
Staffer in a flight terminal
9GATEAGENT
"All for ___ and ___ for all!"
3ONE
Workout site
3GYM
Pronto
3NOW
Fancy coif
4UPDO
Improves, as a bike path
7REPAVES
Literary afterthought
6EPILOG
Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani
5QATAR
Meter reading
5USAGE
Talk turkey or "eat crow"
5IDIOM
Warm bed covering
5QUILT
Still-life vessel
3URN
Earthen pots, from the Spanish
5OLLAS
Sudden increase
5SURGE
Weapon that stuns
5TASER
Tail-less primate
3APE
Beachgoer's souvenir
3TAN
Prefix meaning "egg"
3OVI