Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, March 20, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, March 20, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "JUSTSOWERECLEAR".
Total Clues
70
Longest
JUSTSOWERECLEAR
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
EYE
Featured Clue
"Words before confirming something"
15 Letters
JUSTSOWERECLEAR
ALLComplete Solution List
Rush order?
4ASAP
Political commentator Piker
5HASAN
Like a workhorse
4SHOD
Animal sanctuary
10GAMEREFUGE
Kachina-carving people
4HOPI
Going against the grain
10GLUTENFREE
Sign to be read
4OMEN
Easy-peasy
8ITSASNAP
Pesos or euros
6DINERO
Knack for details, say
3EYE
World capital split by the world's longest river
5CAIRO
Some scenery in "The Road Runner Show"
5MESAS
Fare ways to go?
8BUSRIDES
Law with an "individual mandate" provision, for short
3ACA
Athlete nicknamed "O Rei"
4PELE
Farm female
3SOW
Giant Jesus
4ALOU
Words before confirming something
15JUSTSOWERECLEAR
Fundamentals
4ABCS
Gym circuit
3LAP
Remove unceremoniously
4OUST
Exec who leads software engineers
3CTO
Philosophy of a devil's advocate?
8SATANISM
Danish money
5KRONE
Step heavily
5TRAMP
Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there ..."
3MOO
Feels sympathy for, in a way
6PITIES
Publishes an exposé, say
8TELLSALL
It'll warm your buns
4OVEN
Biological building blocks
10AMINOACIDS
Get spent
4TIRE
Be gentle
10GOEASYONME
Give guff
4SASS
Desirable feature
5ASSET
Gukesh Dommaraju, upon becoming world chess champion in 2024
4TEEN
Texas A&M athlete
5AGGIE
Like foods that increase thirst
5SALTY
Tickle
5AMUSE
Pro-vegan org.
4PETA
Applies a certain hair dye to
6HENNAS
Fling
6AFFAIR
Things that send people into hiding
15SURPRISEPARTIES
Dating app listing
3AGE
Basic ___
4NEED
Beamed
5SHONE
Zillow data
9HOMESALES
Dramatic outerwear for the theater
9OPERACOAT
Very old-fashioned sort
8DINOSAUR
Some adopted pets
7RESCUES
Pings, for short
3IMS
Stink
4ODOR
Sandwiches that are neither kosher nor halal
4BLTS
Farm female
3EWE
Drinking game?
9PUBTRIVIA
Modern urban transportation options
9ESCOOTERS
Reunion attendee, informally
4ALUM
Lotto prizes
8JACKPOTS
Greeting often followed by "Como vai?"
3ola
British engineer James
4WATT
Be a hero, say
7COSPLAY
Get it?
3SEE
Viral 2010s dance that Hillary Clinton performed on TV
6NAENAE
"This makes no sense"
6IMLOST
Poker hand known as a "Wayne Gretzky"
5NINES
It has more than 4,000 islands off its coast
5MAINE
Pre-transformation self
5OLDME
Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity"
5OLSEN
It's a long story
4SAGA
Participant in the Jacobite rebellion of the 1740s
4SCOT
Approaches, in brief
3MOS