Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, March 30, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, March 30, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "CIRCULARFILE".
Total Clues
78
Longest
CIRCULARFILE
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ELI
Featured Clue
"Wastebasket, jokingly"
12 Letters
CIRCULARFILE
ALLComplete Solution List
Print, Copy, ___, Fax (printer selections)
4SCAN
Former Giants QB Manning
3ELI
Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie
6RADIUM
Sparkling wine of Italy, familiarly
4ASTI
Odd ___ out (misfit)
3MAN
In spite of all that ...
6EVENSO
Endless TikTok scrolling or Tetris playing, e.g.
8TIMESINK
Rented
6LEASED
Wastebasket, jokingly
12CIRCULARFILE
Only U.S. president from Delaware
5BIDEN
Grand production
4EPIC
__ Plaines, Ill.
3DES
Smelter's material
3ORE
Popular sushi fish
3EEL
Like the Mariana Trench among all the world's underwater places
7DEEPEST
Guy who goes a-courting
4BEAU
You've ___ this!
3GOT
Rodeo rope
5LASSO
Illegal distribution of narcotics
11DRUGTRAFFIC
Whimpers
5MEWLS
Right-angled shape
3ELL
Corner piece on a chessboard
4ROOK
Top placement in a bracket, for a March Madness team
7ONESEED
Caustic paint stripper
3LYE
Be in arrears
3OWE
Onetime AT&T competitor
3MCI
Tiny amount
4DRIB
Answer
5REPLY
Where to pick up luggage at an airport
12BAGGAGECLAIM
Regrettably unfortunate
6ASHAME
Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be
8BACKEDUP
Word after Irish or jet
6SETTER
Longtime record label or Beastie Boy
3MCA
Valentine's Day flower
4ROSE
Size up
6ASSESS
Glide down a slope
3SKI
___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)
4YEAR
Stayed on the bench
3SAT
Long-running CBS procedural with spinoffs
3CSI
Fixture at a "cash only" establishment
3ATM
Nephew's sister
5NIECE
Dubai dignitary
4EMIR
Round Table knight who betrayed King Arthur
8LANCELOT
Cover with tattoos, colloquially
5INKUP
Equip with new shoestrings
6RELACE
State with certainty
4AVER
Like many users of sign language
4DEAF
News exclusive from someone in the know
11INSIDESCOOP
Of no help
7USELESS
California city with a humble-sounding name
7MODESTO
Basic trig ratio
4SINE
Box top
3LID
Go up and down in the water
3BOB
Livid feeling
3IRE
Major drags on a team's progress, metaphorically
11DEADWEIGHTS
Item in an Easter hunt
3EGG
Sprite
3ELF
Team of two
4PAIR
Internet addresses, for short
4URLS
Uno + due
3TRE
Take advantage of
3USE
Like the original Broadway cast of "The Wiz"
8ALLBLACK
Travel by air
3FLY
Kenya's second-largest city
7MOMBASA
Boxes up securely
7ENCASES
Wise bird
3OWL
F sharp major, for one
3KEY
Lawn-neatening tools
6EDGERS
Rap's Dr. __
3DRE
Actor Estrada of "CHiPs"
4ERIK
Warhead weapons, for short
5ICBMS
Manicurist's board
5EMERY
Bit of boarding pass info
4GATE
Iowa college town
4AMES
Superfood berry
4ACAI
Stag's mate
3DOE
Team for Olympians Simone Biles and Mikaela Shiffrin
3USA
__ capita
3PER