Daily Themed Crossword Answers

Daily Themed Crossword — March 8, 2026 Answers

Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor·

Below you'll find the complete solved grid and every answer for the Daily Themed Crossword puzzle dated March 8, 2026. Click any clue to see more about that specific answer.

Solved Grid

67 clues13×13 grid33 across · 34 down
1A
2M
3P
4K
5I
6T
7G
8A
9L
10R
A
I
11N
12E
R
E
13A
V
E
14C
O
N
E
15N
E
A
16T
17T
A
G
18L
19A
Y
20S
A
21M
E
22W
23I
L
M
A
24E
C
O
25T
O
N
I
C
26O
P
27R
28A
29H
30D
O
M
E
31A
32T
33L
34A
U
D
35S
L
Y
36F
R
I
37W
I
L
L
38K
39A
T
I
E
40O
L
D
41M
42A
43R
I
E
44U
45R
N
46C
H
E
L
S
47E
48A
49E
D
50I
51T
52H
53A
A
A
54O
R
R
55B
E
T
H
E
56T
B
D
57P
A
T
58R
O
O
M

Clues & Answers

Across

1ASound booster on a concert stage, for shortAMP
4A___ Kat (chocolate wafer)KIT
7A___ pal (rhyming female friend)GAL
10ADrizzle or showerRAIN
12A"Before," in poetic verseERE
13ANew York's Madison or Fifth, for shortAVE
14AIce cream holderCONE
15A___ and tidyNEAT
17A___ Heuer (luxury watch brand)TAG
18A___ down the law (be firm)LAY
20A"___ here" ("Me too")SAME
22AW is for ___ Rudolph, a 37d in sports who's the first woman to win three gold medals in track and field in one year at the Olympic GamesWILMA
24AGreen prefix with "conscious" or "friendly"ECO
25AGin's cocktail buddyTONIC
26AO is for ___ Winfrey, talk show host and a 37d in media who's celebrated as the first female African-American billionaireOPRAH
30ARounded roof shape that's igloo-likeDOME
31AA in N.A.T.O: Abbr.ATL
34AVideo's counterpart, for shortAUD
35ASneaky, like a foxSLY
36AScary "13th" of some months, for shortFRI
37A"Where there's a ___, there's a way"WILL
38AActress ___ Holmes of "Batman Begins"KATIE
40AVintage, sayOLD
41AM is for ___ Curie, a 37d in science who pioneered research on radioactivity and was the first woman to receive a Nobel PrizeMARIE
44AFunerary ash holderURN
46A___ Peretti, actress who plays Gina Linetti in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"CHELSEA
49AE is for ___ Wharton, a 37d in literature who was the first female author to win a Pulitzer Prize, for "The Age of Innocence"EDITH
53ASmall battery typeAAA
54ALake in Springwater CanadaORR
55A"This must ___ place" ("We have reached our destination"): 2 wds.BETHE
56ANot finalized, on a schedule: Abbr.TBD
57AReassuring touch on the backPAT
58AKitchen or study, for oneROOM

Down

1DShape of a rainbowARC
2DChina's ___ ZedongMAO
3DATM code: Abbr.PIN
4DAfrican country that's home to NairobiKENYA
5DSeething rageIRE
6DAnnoy playfully (rhymes with "please")TEASE
7DGolden ___ Bridge, San FranciscoGATE
8DActress Gardner of "Earthquake"AVA
9D"Break a ___" ("Good luck!")LEG
11DN is for ___ Bly, a 37d in journalism who was one of the first female pioneers in investigative reportingNELLIE
16DMexican snack in a tortillaTACO
19D"Breaking Bad" network (anagram of "mac"): Abbr.AMC
21DFloor-wiping toolMOP
22DMaterial you might need to knit a sweaterWOOL
23D"___ opinion ..." ("According to me"): 2 wds.INMY
25DSix-pointers in NFL, for shortTDS
27DTrain track partRAIL
28D"___ Lang Syne"AULD
29D"Good cholesterol" initialsHDL
31DBack, on a boat (anagram of "fat")AFT
32DPrefix with "athlete" or "angle"TRI
33DIn ___ of (instead)LIEU
37D___ woman, term for a "superwoman" that describes the five trailblazers mentioned in this puzzle, and millions of women around the worldWONDER
38DMetric distance measure, for shortKIL
39D"The Fox and the Grapes" fable-writerAESOP
41DExam for aspiring doctors: Abbr.MCAT
42DHerman Melville's whale-obsessed captainAHAB
43DText statusREAD
45DBasketball stat, for short (anagram of "ber")REB
47D"It's the end of an ___ ..."ERA
48D___ Attack, childrens TV seriesART
50D"Am ___ blame?" ("Is it my fault?"): 2 wds.ITO
51D"However," in texting shorthand (anagram of "hot")THO
52DSewn edgeHEM
About Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor

Twelve years editing daily puzzle solutions. Themed crosswords, wordplay, and the occasional cryptic.