Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, March 21, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, March 21, 2026 features 66 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.8 letters. The longest answer is "INTERNETTROLL".
Total Clues
66
Longest
INTERNETTROLL
Avg Length
5.8
Shortest
OWE
Featured Clue
"Digital provocateur"
13 Letters
INTERNETTROLL
ALLComplete Solution List
Parts of a story structure?
6IBEAMS
Case managers?
7SLEUTHS
Lead-in to "Go!"
6GETSET
No more for me
8IWANTOUT
Gym amenity
6LOCKER
Words before a teaser to the following episode
8NEXTTIME
Be behind
3OWE
What there's no accounting for, in a saying
5TASTE
Notable city in civil rights history
5SELMA
On the ___ (not friendly)
4OUTS
Chucks, slangily
5YEETS
Stink
4REEK
It's not nice to walk in this
5SLEET
Game with shooters
5CRAPS
Brady bunch?: Abbr.
3TDS
Athletic activity spun off from parkour
11FREERUNNING
Things that are tough on the outside and doughy on the inside?
11ARMOREDCARS
Impulsive, as a decision.
11SPLITSECOND
Reserved
3SHY
Scuffle
5SETTO
Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animals
5KOONS
Very busy, with "up"
4TIED
Word with corn or cough
5SYRUP
___ Love You
4MWAH
Debate
5ARGUE
Titular Dr. Seuss character
5LORAX
What's your ___?
3ETA
Accepted defeat, in modern parlance
8TOOKTHEL
Heavy
6LEADEN
Not accepting, perhaps
8INDENIAL
Join arms?
6ENLIST
Cavalry member in Russia, historically
7COSSACK
Twee
6DAINTY
Block housing?
6IGLOOS
Classic poem whose sole surviving manuscript is kept in the British Library
7BEOWULF
And so forth ...
8ETCETERA
"___; and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7
3ASK
Encounter
4MEET
Go way off
5STRAY
Flavor profile for many a Chinese dish
12SWEETANDSOUR
Chill, maybe
3LAX
Creatures that attack Isengard, in fantasy
4ENTS
Total
5UTTER
Word with paper or humor
6TOILET
Breezed (along)
6HUMMED
Big cuts
6STEAKS
Digital provocateur
13INTERNETTROLL
Breach
12SECURITYLEAK
Visionary people
5SEERS
Valuable commodity in "Dune"
5SPICE
Short-term workers
5TEMPS
Have a nosh
5SNACK
They've been played!
5ROLES
One with a bridle ... or one who's not bridal
5GROOM
Stuck under a blanket, perhaps
8SNOWEDIN
Makeup exam?
7DNATEST
Not going anywhere
6STATIC
Hawaii senator Mazie
6HIRONO
Gadzooks!
6YEGODS
Shabby shelter
6SHANTY
Put up your ___
5DUKES
Blanched
5PALED
Mountain said to house Hephaestus' forges
4ETNA
Amazon affiliate on TV
4XENA
Grabbin' Grape juice brand
3HIC
Actor Mahershala
3ALI