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March 16, 2026 – The USA Today Crossword offers a fresh daily challenge that sharpens your vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge. If you’re stuck on today’s puzzle, don’t worry! Below, you’ll find helpful hints and answers to all the clues for March 16, 2026. Whether you need a nudge on an easy or tricky clue, our guide has you covered without spoiling other parts you’re still working on. Enjoy solving the puzzle and coming back tomorrow for more fresh hints and solutions. Stay sharp and happy puzzling!

Across

• 1A Far from trendy: OLD
• 6A Font flourish: SERIF
• 11A File folder feature: TAB
• 14A To no ___ (in vain): AVAIL
• 15A Finest athletic performance: PERSONAL BEST
• 16A Name hidden in “true life”: ELI
• 17A Actor who voiced Spider-Ham…: JOHN MULANEY
• 19A Apple pie ___ mode: A LA
• 20A Regain consciousness: WAKE UP
• 21A Reality show contract (Abbr.): NDA
• 22A Wellness centers: SPAS
• 23A Damage a bit: MAR
• 24A Kanga’s baby: ROO
• 26A Performing in a play, say: ACTING
• 28A “What a pity!”: ALAS
• 30A Chats online, for short: DMS
• 32A Marionettist’s controls: STRINGS
• 33A Inventor with a namesake coil: TESLA
• 36A Legal wrongs: TORTS
• 37A “Help me remember”: CLUE ME IN
• 39A Opportunities, metaphorically: DOORS
• 40A Pickling liquid: BRINE
• 41A Grayish-brown color: TAUPE
• 42A Mini golf hole number: ONE
• 43A March 16, 2026, e.g.: MONDAY MORNING
• 47A Get ready to exercise, maybe: WARM UP
• 49A Fraction of a min.: SEC
• 52A Neptune’s realm: SEA
• 53A Something raised to ask a question: HAND
• 54A Parcel of land: PLOT
• 56A Swaps one for another: TRADES
• 58A What a neat drink doesn’t have: ICE
• 59A What tenure provides: JOB SECURITY
• 61A X-___ machine: RAY
• 62A Like most actors in a J-drama or K-drama: ASIAN
• 63A First half of a record: SIDE A
• 64A Festoons with Charmin, for short: TPS
• 65A Caught wind of: HEARD
• 66A Very narrow idiomatic margins: HAIR

Down

• 1D ___ party (sleepover): SLUMBER
• 2D Open admission?: I’M A FAN
• 3D Desert in North Africa: SAHARA
• 4D Place for dirty dishes: SINK
• 5D Bull on a glue bottle: ELMER
• 6D Actor Mineo: SAL
• 7D Pulitzer winner Jennifer: EGAN
• 8D Total strangers: RANDOMS
• 9D “To clarify . . .”: I MEAN
• 10D “The Four Seasons” actress Tina: LOUISE
• 11D Social gathering where the “guests” might be dolls: TEA PARTY
• 12D Family-friendly: ALL AGES
• 13D Dunning-Kruger effect and the halo effect, e.g.: BIASES
• 18D Game with +4 cards: UNO
• 22D “Shaken, not ___”: STIRRED
• 25D Overly greasy: OILY
• 27D React to a dreamy person: COON
• 29D Bent over: STOOPED
• 31D Venomous African snake: MAMBA
• 34D Heron’s cousin: EGRET
• 35D Texting format: SMS
• 36D “Didn’t need to know that!”: TMI
• 37D Epic treks: ODYSSEYS
• 38D Makes a blunder: ERRS
• 39D Internet usage limit: DATA CAP
• 41D Merch table product: T SHIRT
• 42D Extreme fear: ON EDGE
• 44D “Same here”: AS AM I
• 45D Be on the brink of falling: TEETER
• 46D GPA-boosting courses: AP CLASSES
• 48D “Not quite”: ALMOST
• 50D List-ending letters: ETC
• 51D Someone you “like like”: CRUSH
• 55D Bygone Russian ruler: TSAR
• 57D Diva’s solo: ARIA
• 59D God, to a Rastafarian: JAH
• 60D Apt place for this answer: END