Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, March 18, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "THATDBEWONDERFUL".
Total Clues
81
Longest
THATDBEWONDERFUL
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
CTA
Featured Clue
"*"What a great idea!""
16 Letters
THATDBEWONDERFUL
ALLComplete Solution List
Young grasshopper
5NYMPH
Dibs, e.g.
5CLAIM
Org. that offers one "L" of a ride?
3CTA
___ a la brasa (Peruvian chicken dish)
5POLLO
Game to play when the spirit moves you?
5OUIJA
Minnesota's state bird
4LOON
*Restaurant chain named after a Rolling Stones song
11RUBYTUESDAY
Big name in cosmetics
4AVON
Make like a hot dog
4PANT
"X-Men" villain who can manipulate metals
7MAGNETO
Summer camp craft
5CANOE
*Without malice
8BENIGNLY
^
5CARET
Numbers on botellas de vino
4ANOS
Asks oneself "What if?"
5MUSES
Silk Road locale, largely
4ASIA
Missed, as a chance
4BLEW
Music genre that partly grew out of indie rock
3EMO
*"What a great idea!"
16THATDBEWONDERFUL
Page for learning more, for short
3FAQ
You might take a spin in this
4TUTU
Kentucky ___, annual horse race since 1875
4OAKS
Oddity
5QUIRK
Investment option, informally
4ROTH
Microwaved
5NUKED
Having a perfect record
8UNBEATEN
Exhibits model behavior?
5POSES
It covers a fair amount of ground without moving
7AREARUG
Musical instrument in the Guinness logo
4HARP
Classic wood for boatbuilding
4TEAK
*Similac or Enfamil
11BABYFORMULA
West Coast N.F.L. team
4RAMS
Save on wedding invitations, in a way
5ELOPE
Got in a row?
5OARED
Publishing gatekeepers, in brief
3EDS
Extend, as a membership
5RENEW
"You got it!!" ... or a possible cry after hearing the calls hidden in the answers to the starred clues?
5BINGO
Morning Edition airer
3NPR
Gender-neutral pronoun
3YOU
Org. associated with a museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.
3MLB
Practice, as a trade
3PLY
Meal cooked in simmering broth
6HOTPOT
Either brother who wrote 1996's "Fargo"
4COEN
What Dante's second circle of hell represents
4LUST
Humanitarian support
3AID
Pulitzer-winning "Fat Ham" playwright
6IJAMES
Like many ruins in Belize
5MAYAN
Casting groups?
6COVENS
Play a bit of horn, say
6TOOTLE
Bugs ___
6ANNOYS
Indulgently lazy
10LANGUOROUS
Country known for luxury tourism, in brief
3UAE
"I wanna have that!"
5GIMME
Bank robber's bagful
4CASH
Puccini's "O mio babbino caro," e.g.
4ARIA
They can't abide messes
10NEATFREAKS
Take one's leave
6BOWOUT
"Human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a ___ does not": Ernest Hemingway
3CAT
Renaissance faire tipple
3ALE
Discoverer of the principle behind F=ma
6NEWTON
Certain chip flavoring, informally
3BBQ
Student's email address ender
3EDU
Westernmost African capital
5DAKAR
___ degree
3NTH
Bogus
4FAKE
Luau instruments, informally
4UKES
It may be taken at the start of a trip
3LSD
Deux + deux
6QUATRE
Email sorting option
6UNREAD
Skyscraper's skeleton, often
6IBEAMS
Lavishly entertain
6REGALE
Sure thing
6NOPROB
Modern ending with You
5TUBER
In favor of
3PRO
Fanfare
4HYPE
Three or four, say
4AFEW
___ voyage
3BON
Month after "Avril"
3MAI
Item in a museum of antiquities
3URN
That's the kicker!
3LEG
Kerfuffle
3ADO