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Every day, the USA Today Crossword challenges players with fresh puzzles designed to test your vocabulary and smarts. If you’ve hit a tricky clue in today’s March 2, 2026 puzzle, don’t worry! Below, you’ll find all the hints and answers to help you power through. Whether you need just a few solutions or the whole list, our guide keeps spoilers at bay so you can enjoy the fun. Remember, this daily puzzle is a great way to boost your brain and unwind. Check back every day for more helpful hints and answers!

Across

• 1A Craig Ferguson, for one: SCOT
• 5A Scottie Scheffler’s org.: PGA
• 8A Alternative to Hertz: AVIS
• 13A Olympian Lipinski: TARA
• 14A Elaborate ruse: SHAM
• 15A Strictness: RIGOR
• 16A Some binary digits: ONES
• 17A The Emerald ___: ISLE
• 18A Marry in secret: ELOPE
• 19A Obey a pirate’s command, perhaps: WALK THE PLANK
• 22A Soon-to-be alums: SRAS
• 23A Wedding dance: HORA
• 24A Asian country that shares its first three letters with its capital city: KUWAIT (Capital: Kuwait City)
• 28A Have a longing: ACHE
• 30A Pounds (Abbr.): LBS
• 32A Distracted Boyfriend, e.g.: MEME
• 33A Fail a polygraph test, maybe: LIE
• 34A “___ Miserables”: LES
• 36A Finance deg.: MBA
• 37A Nothing at all, informally: ZIPPO
• 42A Under the weather: ILL
• 43A Business as ___: USUAL
• 44A Homer Simpson’s dad: ABE
• 45A What unleavened bread doesn’t do: RISE
• 47A Gloomy: MOROSE
• 48A ___ Smith (2005 role for Angelina Jolie): MRS
• 49A Homes for bears: DENS
• 50A Made bird sounds: CHIRPED
• 53D Covered in an outer layer, like candy: COATED
• 55A Heart-y appetizer?: ARTICHOKE
• 58A Word before “ships” or “shorts”: CARGO
• 61A Opposite of blanc: NOIR
• 62A Offerings at bars or bakeries: PIES
• 63A Grown-up: ADULT
• 64A Billions of years: EONS
• 65A Teeny bit: IOTA
• 66A 2022 Imagine Dragons song about life and death: BONES
• 67A Place to get a seaweed wrap: SPA
• 68A Necessity: MUST

Down

• 1D Packs away: STOWS
• 2D Yellow songbird: CANARY
• 3D Ultimatum words: OR ELSE
• 4D Item on a to-do list: TASK
• 5D Pretender: PHONY
• 6D Rhyming buddy: PAL
• 7D Figure-skating jump: AXEL
• 8D Sports venue: ARENA
• 9D “Not Tonight” rapper: LIL KIM
• 10D Many moons ___: AGO
• 11D Janitor’s tool: MOP
• 12D Minecraft resource: ORE
• 14D “Darling, I’m home!”: HI HON
• 20D Roller-coaster feeling: THRILL
• 21D Sailing: ASEA
• 25D “Welcome back! This place just hasn’t been the same!”: WE MISSED YOU
• 26D Leisurely walk: AMBLE
• 27D “All of Us” star Elise: NEAL
• 29D “Tower Heist” actor Alan: ALDA
• 31D Hair color for Marge and Millhouse: BLUE
• 35D Series of consecutively solved puzzles: STREAK
• 37D Vacuum target: DUST
• 38D “Yup, noticed that”: I SEE
• 39D “Bro!”: PALS
• 40D Tightly packed fish: SARDINES
• 41D NFL players Caleb Williams and Jordan Love: QBS
• 46D Meantime: INTERIM
• 48D Bumped into: MET
• 49D Entryways: DOORS
• 51D Sharp-eyed bird: HAWK
• 52D Jogs: RUNS
• 53D Setting for the “Kung Fu Panda” franchise: CHINA
• 54D Keto and paleo, e.g.: DIETS
• 56D Chicken’s house: COOP
• 57D H.S. junior’s exam: PSAT
• 58D Vehicle that’s hailed: CAB
• 59D Hullabaloo: ADO
• 60D “Let’s get out of here!”: RUN