Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, March 19, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, March 19, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "LOOKIGETIT".
Total Clues
74
Longest
LOOKIGETIT
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
IDS
Featured Clue
""Hey, no argument here""
10 Letters
LOOKIGETIT
ALLComplete Solution List
Exploiting an I.R.S. loophole, e.g.
8TAXDODGE
Forensic analyst's workspace
6DNALAB
Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce)
8ALBANIAN
Moon that's a neighbor of Ganymede and Io
6EUROPA
A boatload
6OODLES
How Jean Valjean repeatedly breaks out in "Les Misérables"
6INSONG
Where to find the towns Bigfoot and Tarzan
5TEXAS
The o's in xoxo, symbolically
4HUGS
Scratches (out)
4EKES
Cards in a wallet or purse, informally
3IDS
Resident of Muscat
5OMANI
Clothes that are ready to be thrown away
4RAGS
Mimicked
4APED
Online gamer's bane
3LAG
Like some flaws
5FATAL
Rump
7TAILEND
Decidedly not!
3NAY
Homophone of 39-Across
3NEE
Peeve
3IRK
___ Lasso, fictional A.F.C. Richmond coach
3TED
Big Bad Wolf's disguise
7GRANDMA
___ badge
5MERIT
Opposite of paleo-
3NEO
Voice of the modern age
4SIRI
Site for indie designers
4ETSY
Crooner Mel
5TORME
Beginning of the spelling of "Hera"
3ETA
U-___ (German subway)
4BAHN
It has Earth's highest and lowest points
4ASIA
N.C.A.A.'s ___ Eight
5ELITE
Certain fatty acids, informally
6OMEGAS
Certain hockey and soccer infractions ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squares
8OFFSIDES
Country singer Lee Ann
6WOMACK
At peak pique
8CROSSEST
Gaelic gals
6LASSES
Locations for some posers
8YOGAMATS
First president to sit in the Oval Office
4TAFT
It's vera soothing!
4ALOE
Halo console
4XBOX
Jean Arp, e.g.
7DADAIST
Tripping, in a way
5ONLSD
German "the"
3DIE
Deep cut
4GASH
Lock in, so to speak
6ENSURE
Thomas Jefferson's belief
5DEISM
Part of an order
3NUN
Ordnance depot.
7ARSENAL
"Hey, no argument here"
10LOOKIGETIT
Nighttime woe
5APNEA
Luggage
4BAGS
Master class
7GODTIER
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
5SALEM
Analogous
5ALIKE
Word with napkin or nose
4RING
Miles away
4AFAR
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out," to name two
10GAYANTHEMS
Tickles
7PLEASES
Choice words?
5ANDOR
Actor Hammer
5ARMIE
Lepidopterists' needs
4NETS
Operation Neptune, familiarly
4DDAY
Electric sign filler
7NEONGAS
Showing things as they are
7REALISM
Utter foolishness
6IDIOCY
Nation whose name sounds like a plea for seconds
5SAMOA
Catcher's wear
5MASKS
___ Virtue, three-time gold medalist ice dancer
5TESSA
Word after finger or poke
4BOWL
Do for Jimi Hendrix
4AFRO
Here's an ___ ...
4IDEA
Final, e.g.
4TEST
Contractors' figs.
4ESTS
Of first rank.
3ACE
Noted San Francisco weather phenomenon
3FOG