Daily Themed Crossword March 16, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the March 16, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
March 16, 2026 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Color as your hair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ Little Mermaid (1989 Disney film about Ariel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ or miss | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fishing ___ (stick to which a fishing line is attached) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ Tai (cocktail) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Acorn-producing tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Spinning toy on a string: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Drink stored in a cellar often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Letters following L | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Car speed measure: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Cubed rollers for a board game | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Rental agreement | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Marry ___ song by Bruno Mars that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its simple three-chord progression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | The Princess ___ (Anne Hathaway starrer) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | Spanish bar snack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Early hours in a day: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | When ___ Comes to Town song by U2 that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its two-chord progression | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Sixty seconds for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Company headed by Mark Zuckerberg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Chips accompaniment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Book units briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Something in the ___ song by Nirvana that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its two-chord progression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Floral neckwear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | October fest? | Show answer | 9 | |
| #25 | Sandwich meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Altar words: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___ Peace a Chance song by John Lennon that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its two-chord progression | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Furious state | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Sundar Pichai for Google: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | What Satan represents | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Rave's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Letter after K phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___-I-Am (Dr. Seuss character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | High and ___ song by Radiohead that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its simple three-chord progression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___-hoo (chocolate beverage brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Ice cream maker Joseph ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | I didn't need to know all that in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Come in ___ (be useful) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Repeated letters in Old MacDonald | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Sweet ___ Alabama song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that's easy to learn on the guitar thanks to its simple three-chord progression | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Bond creator ___ Fleming | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Boxing bout ender: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Actor ___ Epps of House | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | ___ of Fortune (popular game show) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Unit of pressure: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Paper ___ (book reader's injury perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Margarita fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Right on a map | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Hydroelectric structure on a river | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Clump of turf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Guitarist's sound booster for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Pork source | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | FAQ response for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Beyond disgusting (rhymes with bile) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Fencer's tool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Shoemaker's need to punch holes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Wonderland girl | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Sing like a cowboy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | American playwright William who wrote Bus Stop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Scarlett O'___ of Gone With the Wind | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Prayer ender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Fuzzy fabric in a winter scarf | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Trendy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | ICU hookups for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Word meaning traveling through | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | North Dakota's state tree | Show answer | 3 |
How the March 16, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for March 16, 2026, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HALLOWEEN at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for March 16, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
March 16, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the March 16, 2026 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 66 clues with answers from 3 to 9 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for March 16, 2026 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the March 16, 2026 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.