Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, March 24, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "LEONARDODAVINCI".
Total Clues
78
Longest
LEONARDODAVINCI
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
LAW
Featured Clue
"The Last Supper painter"
15 Letters
LEONARDODAVINCI
ALLComplete Solution List
It may be found at the end of the line
4FISH
One-on-one clashes in "Hamilton"
5DUELS
Go on a spree, maybe
4SHOP
Just chillin'?
4IDLE
Fury
5ANGER
"Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" (last Billboard #1 hit of the 1970s)
4PINA
The Last Supper painter
15LEONARDODAVINCI
Saul Goodman's field in "Better Call Saul"
3LAW
Refs' ring rulings
4TKOS
Sign at the start of a maze
5ENTER
Tie score
4DRAW
__-bitsy
4ITSY
The Luncheon . . . painter
11CLAUDEMONET
Org. that issues lots of refunds
3IRS
Dominates, like a team in a blowout victory
4OWNS
Golfer's sand-filled hazard
6BUNKER
"I don't love it, I don't hate it"
3MEH
Sweet Japanese rice cake that may be filled with ice cream
5MOCHI
__ Moines, Iowa
3DES
State flower of New Mexico
5YUCCA
Soldier's food kit, for short
3MRE
Very large number
6MYRIAD
Castle, in chess
4ROOK
Newly include
3ADD
"The Buffet" painter
11PAULCEZANNE
___ Mawr College
4BRYN
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's ___.": Poor Richard's Almanack
4SELF
Spot for a sun chair
5PATIO
Pantry problem
4ANTS
___ it or lose it
3USE
What you might punnily call 17-, 27- and 48-Across, given the paintings in their clues?
15STARVINGARTISTS
Upright support in a wall
4STUD
Instrument accompanying many a singalong
5PIANO
Bring in the crops
4REAP
Parlor inkings, informally
4TATS
Not follow the path
5STRAY
Boundary-pushing
4EDGY
Permeate
4FILL
Brainstorm
4IDEA
Swayed to the music, say
10SLOWDANCED
Cornish game __
3HEN
Hidden area of the internet
7DARKWEB
Computer command used to fix a mistake
4UNDO
Big ones cause conflicts
4EGOS
Had the best score midgame
3LED
Monterrey Mrs.
3SRA
Like hedgehogs and cacti
5SPINY
Help for a guesser
4HINT
Not never, but never again
4ONCE
Doubles team, e.g.
4PAIR
Not much
4ATAD
Storage room in a church
6VESTRY
Fraternity/sorority event
4RUSH
Squid's squirter
6INKSAC
One may have a pocket ... or be found in one
3TEE
Punctuation found in this clue, for example
5COMMA
Love, euphemistically
5LWORD
Race that no one can win cleanly
6MUDRUN
___ Cruz, at 6'7" the tallest shortstop in M.L.B. history
5ONEIL
"Wha?! ... That makes no sense"
10IMCONFUSED
Intel-gathering mission
5RECON
Order at a soda fountain
5SHAKE
Unscripted comedy
6IMPROV
___ Mountains, Europe/Asia boundary
4URAL
Hurray
3YAY
Trounce
7DESTROY
Drink garnish
4ZEST
For the __
5BIRDS
Hey, you!
4PSST
Lead-in to "boy" or "girl"
4ATTA
Like an archer's bowstring before a shot
4TAUT
Biology lab gel
4AGAR
Grammy alternative
4NANA
Kind of party
4STAG
Award that the best plays are nominated for
4ESPY
Computer networking addresses, for short
3IPS
Small complaint
3NIT
High dudgeon
3IRE