Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, March 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, March 27, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "EROTICARTIST".
Total Clues
70
Longest
EROTICARTIST
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
IGA
Featured Clue
"One whose work is barely seen?"
12 Letters
EROTICARTIST
ALLComplete Solution List
Decorative, so to speak
11JUSTFORSHOW
"Local Equals Fresh" sloganeer
3IGA
Ahead
11INTHEFUTURE
E, in a code
3DIT
Affliction also known as "cold neuralgia"
11BRAINFREEZE
3,600 secondi
3ORA
Computer runs
4JOBS
Company acquired by Panasonic in 2009
5SANYO
Malarkey!
4BULL
"Do we have a problem here?"
5ALLOK
L.A. subdivision?
3LOS
Epithet for Bill Clinton
5BUBBA
Some coffee merchants' offerings
6BLENDS
Hackman's "The Royal Tenenbaums" co-star
6HUSTON
One whose work is barely seen?
12EROTICARTIST
"You should keep those details to yourself"
3TMI
Slightly off
7ABITODD
Org. that releases an annual list of the year's most interesting contraband
3TSA
Some brunch dishes
12HAMOMELETTES
Restraining maneuver in judo
6ARMBAR
How journalists and detectives may act
6ONATIP
Firs and beeches, but not furs and beaches
5TREES
Tahoe runner
3MAC
Treat that occasionally catches fire
5SMORE
Light ___
4AIRY
Kitchen gizmo
5PARER
Bit of bellyaching
4MOAN
Served as
3WAS
"You win, all right? Geez!"
11DONTRUBITIN
Store in oak casks, say
3AGE
Spoke before the court
11ARGUEDACASE
No-no
3YES
Totally missing the big picture
11NEARSIGHTED
E-card site with a reduplicative name
6JIBJAB
Spread
6UNROLL
Like noble gases, chemically
6STABLE
Nearest item to pick
7THISONE
Land consisting predominantly of sedges
3FEN
Drop
4OFFS
Like 97% of the United States, per the Census Bureau
5RURAL
Old hand at shorthand
5STENO
Some choppers
5HUEYS
Dish whose name means "barley" in Italian
4ORZO
Lilliputian
3WEE
Seems suspect
8IDOUBTIT
Reductive neologism for a strong female lead
8GIRLBOSS
Figure in Greek mythology who was brought up by a bear
8ATALANTA
Hit 22, say
4BUST
"Squid Game" and "The Red Sleeve," for two
7KDRAMAS
Crosses to bear
7BURDENS
Unlit
5SOBER
Lacked an alternative
5HADTO
Before, informally
3TIL
Suburban attachment?
3ITE
Camp bed
3COT
Direction in many a spaghetti western
8THATAWAY
Zsa Zsa Gabor entered into it nine times
8MARRIAGE
Dunks
8IMMERSES
Rebel's opposite
4OBEY
PB&J, e.g., informally
7SAMMICH
Greet with a beep
6TOOTAT
Bluffer's pronouncement, maybe
6IRAISE
Put down on paper
6PENNED
Comics often printed in black and white
5MANGA
Pianist Rubinstein
5ARTUR
Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
5CERES
Tiny opening
4PORE
George's computer friend on "The Jetsons"
4RUDI
N.F.L. coach Quinn
3DAN
Forte, slangily
3BAG