Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, March 26, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, March 26, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "GOLDENRETRIEVER".
Total Clues
78
Longest
GOLDENRETRIEVER
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
YEA
Featured Clue
"Pet renowned for its agreeableness"
15 Letters
GOLDENRETRIEVER
ALLComplete Solution List
Loathe
5ABHOR
Wham!
5KAPOW
Formal agreement
3YEA
First Disney film with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
5MOANA
Mushroom sold in clusters
5ENOKI
Meditation sounds
3OMS
Literally, "rumbling ghost"
11POLTERGEIST
Make haste, to Shakespeare
3HIE
Beachgoer's consideration, in brief
3SPF
Nobelist Morrison
4TONI
Coffee grown on the Big Island
4KONA
Flat feet
12FALLENARCHES
Descend into acrimony
7GETUGLY
Lower class?
7ECONOMY
Let's _____
4IMIN
Lose yourself?
4DIET
Pet renowned for its agreeableness
15GOLDENRETRIEVER
Not that?
4THIS
Bottle Caps flavor
4COLA
One inside the Trojan horse
7SPARTAN
"Feel free to shoot it over"
7EMAILME
"The Departed" actor
12MARKWAHLBERG
West Coast gas brand
4ARCO
In which to see the first light of day
4EAST
Cry from Miss Piggy
3OUI
Coastal inlet
3RIA
Make a rude gesture ... or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 33- and 50-Across
11FLIPTHEBIRD
Bit
3TAD
Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls"
5RENEE
Starr on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
5RINGO
____ bear
3SHE
Solar revolutions
5YEARS
Bumpkin
5YOKEL
Revs up
4AMPS
Quick touch on the nose, cutesily
4BOOP
See 4-Down
4HALF
Double 3-Down
3ONE
Like a motley crew
6RAGTAG
In a sharp manner
6KEENLY
Zany behavior
5ANTIC
Dish that's often fermented before eating
3POI
Green lights
3OKS
Wag
3WIT
What might come with a bottle of rum?
6YOHOHO
The real Slim Shady
6EMINEM
The same level of difficulty
6ASEASY
Take a turn, in tabletop gaming
4ROLL
"I'm Just ___" (Best Original Song nominee from "Barbie")
3KEN
Aid for disaster relief, say
4FUND
Hold it!
4REIN
Big name in laptops
4ACER
Moi? Never!
4NOTI
Work contract-to-contract
3GIG
Genre for Dashboard Confessional
3EMO
Up to, informally
3TIL
Ob-gyns, e.g.
3DRS
James in the Blues Hall of Fame
4ETTA
De-ice
4THAW
It's found in a Nook
4EINK
Vape pen
4ECIG
Abbr. on a remote
3VOL
Street name associated with nightmares
3ELM
Actress Issa
3RAE
Intelligence
6SMARTS
Untouchable?
6PARIAH
Spot for a pinball machine
6ARCADE
It comes after pi
3RHO
Some online discounts
6EBATES
Get along well
4MESH
Important route.
6ARTERY
Biblical untouchable
5LEPER
Cry from Miss Piggy
4OINK
Desire
4URGE
Billy who had a #1 hit with "Mony Mony"
4IDOL
British actor and broadcaster Stephen
3FRY
Spike in Hollywood
3LEE
Moment
3INA
Social media squib
3BIO