Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, March 28, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, March 28, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "POOLNOODLE".
Total Clues
70
Longest
POOLNOODLE
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
GEN
Featured Clue
""Weapon" used in some playful jousts"
10 Letters
POOLNOODLE
ALLComplete Solution List
Hurried
5SWIFT
A microwave might use one when running
8KILOWATT
Vessel often stored upside down
5CANOE
No hard feelings, right?
9AREWECOOL
Part of a blues collection?
5AZURE
Amped-up coverage
9MEDIAHYPE
Young in old Hollywood
7LORETTA
Bit of shorthand in some age cohorts
3GEN
Common sight at an airport drop-off, in brief
3PDA
Pays up
6PONIES
"___ Contes d'Hoffmann" (Offenbach opera)
3LES
It's gone!
4POOF
It has holes and cuts
6GRATER
Like some humor that's more likely to elicit a chuckle than a guffaw
5DROLL
Short-lived particle
4PION
"Weapon" used in some playful jousts
10POOLNOODLE
Period ending in dezembro
3ANO
Members of a kitchen cabinet
7CRONIES
One of two typically used when rowing, in brief
3LAT
"No need to worry about that"
10ITLLBEFINE
Wendy's, but not Jimmy John's, say
4HERS
They're typically around two feet
5SHOES
Start of a Christmas carol in Latin
6ADESTE
Let use for a stretch
4LEND
Settings for some docs
3ERS
Software giant in the Fortune 100
6ORACLE
One side in the first international soccer match (1872): Abbr.
3ENG
Stat impacted by weight and speed
3MPG
Pokémon that wakes only to eat
7SNORLAX
Down the road
9YETTOCOME
Assume
5USURP
Affirm something under oath
9SWEARONIT
Letter after "sierra"
5TANGO
Moves without urgency
8SAUNTERS
Comic Wanda
5SYKES
Where locks are set
5SCALP
Out the ___
5WAZOO
Add to a columbarium, say
5INURN
Like an American in Paris
7FOREIGN
Wobble
6TEETER
Hindu counterpart of Eros
4KAMA
Enragement
3IRE
Short addition above or below a musical staff
10LEDGERLINE
Targets of some kisses
5OWIES
Disaccustom
4WEAN
German lament
3ACH
It's smaller than its miniature relative
9TOYPOODLE
Opposite of a bargain price
9TOPDOLLAR
Advertising handouts
8LEAFLETS
Program for those trying to reduce screen time, familiarly?
6TSAPRE
Producers of an annual light show
7LEONIDS
Plus
3PRO
Beyond repair
10TOOFARGONE
Salon choices
3DOS
Some psychedelic patterns
8PAISLEYS
Happening and being talked about
9INTHENEWS
Chinese brew
9OOLONGTEA
Actor who played priests in "The Mission" (1986) and "Silence" (2016)
6NEESON
Paramount subsidiary
3CBS
Had a following
3LED
Product of some grapevines
7HEARSAY
Flathead and brook are varieties of these
6TROUTS
Provider of virtual trips to Mars since 2003
5EPCOT
Indication of having hit rock bottom
5CLUNK
Living
5LARGE
Former M.L.B. team with the mascot Youppi!
5EXPOS
Emily Dickinson's early period
4MORN
Exercise groups
4SETS
Particle
3TAU
Dominican poet Pedro ___
3MIR