Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, March 17, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES".
Total Clues
79
Longest
GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
RUB
Featured Clue
"Thin Mints and Tagalongs"
16 Letters
GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES
ALLComplete Solution List
Place to crash
4SOFA
Bubbly beverage
4COLA
Unflinching in the face of danger
5STOIC
Indigo dye
4ANIL
R&B; singer Redding
4OTIS
Title girl in a Beach Boys hit
6RHONDA
Thin Mints and Tagalongs
16GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES
In danger of being lost
7ATSTAKE
Spice mixture
3RUB
Sci-fi character who says "Your father, he is"
4YODA
Successor to F.D.R.
3HST
Midwest capital named for a president
7MADISON
One in a breakfast chain?
11SAUSAGELINK
D- or F-worthy
3BAD
"It's super-appreciated!," in a modern initialism
4TYVM
Holm of "The Hobbit"
3IAN
Museum of the Moving ___ (site dedicated to TV and film)
5IMAGE
Many a North African
4ARAB
Dose dropped for a trip
6LSDTAB
Villain in a fairy tale
4OGRE
Actress Kirsten
5DUNST
Little squirt in a garage, say
3OIL
Turn suddenly
4VEER
Like the last name of poet William Wordsworth
3APT
Likely to attract attention, as a criminal case
11HIGHPROFILE
Revels in
7GLORIES
Higher educ. assessment
3GRE
Smoothie fruit
4ACAI
Portuguese greeting
3OLA
Victorio and Geronimo, for two
7APACHES
Hopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across?
16TERMINALLYONLINE
"Space ___" (1969 David Bowie single)
6ODDITY
Props for a golfer
4TEES
De-wrinkle
4IRON
Shakes hands with, perhaps
5MEETS
Have over to one's house
4HOST
Pain in the butt
4PEST
Sprawling story
4SAGA
"Doing as we speak!"
4ONIT
Seasonal tree purchases
4FIRS
Clumsy
9ALLTHUMBS
Old-fashioned, for one
8COCKTAIL
Great Plains tribe
4OTOE
Actor Simu ___ of "Barbie"
3LIU
Concerning the stars
6ASTRAL
Network with "Dexter" and "Shameless," in brief
3SHO
Home to Shibuya Crossing, the world's busiest pedestrian intersection
5TOKYO
Deli order that may lead to pungent breath
10ONIONBAGEL
Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally
4IDED
"Mi ___, su ___"
4CASA
Bird that sings at dawn
5ROBIN
Attitude
4SASS
Rapper Kid ___
4CUDI
Put back together
4MEND
Enjoy the slopes
3SKI
Pancake topper
5SYRUP
Like some experimental theater
10AVANTGARDE
What to go to Citgo to get
3GAS
See eye to eye
5AGREE
Road Xing animal
4DEER
"And that's the trick!"
4TADA
Film snippet
9MOVIECLIP
Bests
4TOPS
Lungful
3AIR
Bit of internet writing
8BLOGPOST
Howe'er
3THO
It might be dramatic or cosmic
5IRONY
___ monster (Southwest reptile)
4GILA
Hospital concern
6HEALTH
QB Tarkenton
4FRAN
Minimum or maximum
5LIMIT
Small bit of matter
4ATOM
Relinquish
4CEDE
Nautical assents
4AYES
Bring on for a job
4HIRE
Grandson of Adam and Eve
4ENOS
Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts"
4SENT
"___ all good, my man!"
3ITS
Actor DiCaprio, to fans
3LEO