Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, March 22, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, March 22, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "QUIETQUITTING".
Total Clues
140
Longest
QUIETQUITTING
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
SAP
Featured Clue
"Modern trend of employees doing the bare minimum"
13 Letters
QUIETQUITTING
ALLComplete Solution List
Catalyst for reckless behavior
4DARE
More than enough
5AMPLE
Resting places
5TOMBS
Resin source
3SAP
Tippy-top
4APEX
Green
5BERET
Basic tier on a popular ridesharing app
5UBERX
Bygone bird
4DODO
Triangle, for one
10INSTRUMENT
Prerelease prototypes
5BETAS
List shortening abbreviation
4ETAL
Fixed fees
8SETRATES
The circles in 22-Across?
12AREYOUWITHME
Nauru's capital
5YAREN
Digital ID
3SSN
Canon competitor
5EPSON
Island chains?
4LEIS
Betwixt
4AMID
Eucalyptus eater
5KOALA
Liturgical book
6MISSAL
Modern trend of employees doing the bare minimum
13QUIETQUITTING
The circles in 41-Across?
7CUETIPS
Coffee holders
4URNS
___ planning
6ESTATE
Came to a conclusion
5ENDED
Enterprise that might offer disposable slippers
3SPA
Power suffix
3ADE
Harvard extension
3EDU
Big parties
7AFFAIRS
Bed liner?
4SILT
Gussied (up)
5DUDED
Totally tubular
3RAD
Kind
4SORT
Tony winner ___ Lenya
5LOTTE
Highchair wear
7BABYBIB
The circles in 64-Across?
7BEELINE
___ on you!
5SHAME
Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)"
4LOEB
Liquor-free
3DRY
"No help needed here!"
5IMSET
Leave speechless
4STUN
Each of the tiny tufts of a dandelion has one
7SEEDLET
Addams Family member
3ITT
Rowboat blade
3OAR
One of a pair of lines drawn in hangman
3ARM
__ Haute, Ind.
5TERRE
Seven days in San Juan
6SEMANA
Firework part
4FUSE
The circles in 93-Across?
7TEASETS
On easy street
13SITTINGPRETTY
"Secret" holiday figures
6SANTAS
1980s video game character who hops between cubes
5QBERT
MacFarlane who voiced Ted in "Ted"
4SETH
Degrees for C.F.O.s
4MBAS
Numbers game
5LOTTO
Help
3AID
Altiplano animal
5LLAMA
The circles in 115-Across?
12SEESEYETOEYE
Family members
8MAFIOSOS
Romeo's last words
4IDIE
States for the record
5AVOWS
Nickname of Oak Ridge, Tenn., built in 1942 for the Manhattan Project
10ATOMICCITY
Some reds, for short
4ZINS
Send payment
5REMIT
Nasal cavity
5SINUS
Winslet with five Golden Globes
4KATE
Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
3ENG
Dresden denials
5NEINS
Where the Rosetta Stone was discovered
5EGYPT
Little twerp
4SNOT
Jay Gatsby's obsession in "The Great Gatsby"
5DAISY
Breathing issue
5APNEA
Subdued
10RESTRAINED
Go to
8EXTREMES
Touch
4ABUT
Oft-reposted internet content
5MEMES
Publicist's handout
8PRESSKIT
Duo with the 1999 hit "Steal My Sunshine"
3LEN
James in the Blues Hall of Fame
4ETTA
Cooking vessel used in making angel food cake
7TUBEPAN
Excels at Simon Says, say
5OBEYS
Hashtag that trended in 2017
5METOO
Indiana governor Mike
5BRAUN
Austin music-and-media festival, familiarly
4SXSW
"I guess the time has come"
10SOTHISISIT
Bulge in some throats
10ADAMSAPPLE
Flag bearer
4POLE
Find abhorrent
6DETEST
Rehearsed the whole show, in theater lingo
5RANIT
Raised designs
7RELIEFS
Admission of duplicity
5ILIED
___ bene
4NOTA
Eliminated for not following the rules, informally
4DQED
Start of an encouragement
4ATTA
Granola kin
6MUESLI
Hurdle for an aspiring atty.
4LSAT
Difficult ice skating maneuver, in brief
4QUAD
Language of Pakistan's national anthem
4URDU
Illegal activity generating considerable interest?
5USURY
Ready to go, with "up"
6GEARED
Captain's subordinate: Abbr.
3CDR
Component of fertilizer and gunpowder
5NITER
Cheese ball
4EDAM
Key
3FOB
Iris holder
4STEM
Israel's first U.N. ambassador
4EBAN
Less incompetent
5ABLER
Some radio tubes
6DIODES
Will do!
4ONIT
Attacks from all sides
6BESETS
The Fresh Prince of __-Air
3BEL
Recumbent
5LYING
Arrived en masse
10STREAMEDIN
You or me, say
10HUMANBEING
Film-crew assistant
7BESTBOY
From Bhutan or Bangladesh
10SOUTHASIAN
The right direction?
4EAST
South Park co-creator Parker
4TREY
Exams for srs.
4SATS
Settings for some TV dramas, in brief
3ERS
Chapeau perch
4TETE
Light hits
4TAPS
Pester
5TEASE
Actress Sorvino
4MIRA
Sb, on the periodic table
8ANTIMONY
Tufted parts of horses' legs
8FETLOCKS
Equilibria
6STASES
Batteries for brains?
7IQTESTS
Archaeologist's find
5RELIC
Surge protector?
5LEVEE
People of the Mexican altiplano
5OTOMI
Bring to a garage for repairs
5TOWIN
Block, beaver-style
5DAMUP
Memorable saying
5MOTTO
To date
5ASYET
Small, say
4SIZE
It may be hard to believe
4YARN
Freedom from fretting
4EASE
Bump
4FIST
Comedian Notaro
3TIG