Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answer on Mar 21, 2026

Daily answers for the New York Times Mini Crossword game.

Mini Crossword

Saturday, March 21, 2026
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ACROSS

  1. 1.Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!
  2. 5.First name of poet Poe
  3. 7.Let ___ be ___
  4. 9.Gorilla or chimpanzee
  5. 10.Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.
  6. 11.Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy
  7. 12.___ G BIV (color mnemonic)
  8. 13.Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!
  9. 15."If you don't like it, that's your problem!"
  10. 16.Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!

DOWN

  1. 1.Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered
  2. 2.Just barely defeated
  3. 3.A narcissist has a big one
  4. 4.High-scoring words in Spelling Bee
  5. 6.Channel changers
  6. 7.___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap"
  7. 8.Painful eye malady
  8. 14.Prefix for a modern genre

Mini Crossword Hint

Mini Answer on Saturday, March 21, 2026

1K
2E
3E
4P
5E
D
G
A
6R
7B
Y
G
O
N
E
8S
9A
P
E
10G
M
T
11D
A
D
12R
O
Y
13D
O
14N
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T
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15S
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M
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16T
O
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S

Mini Answer per Hint

ACROSS

  1. 1.Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!(KEEP)
  2. 5.First name of poet Poe(EDGAR)
  3. 7.Let ___ be ___(BYGONES)
  4. 9.Gorilla or chimpanzee(APE)
  5. 10.Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.(GMT)
  6. 11.Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy(DAD)
  7. 12.___ G BIV (color mnemonic)(ROY)
  8. 13.Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!(DONATE)
  9. 15."If you don't like it, that's your problem!"(SUEME)
  10. 16.Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!(TOSS)

DOWN

  1. 1.Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered(KEYPADS)
  2. 2.Just barely defeated(EDGEDOUT)
  3. 3.A narcissist has a big one(EGO)
  4. 4.High-scoring words in Spelling Bee(PANGRAMS)
  5. 6.Channel changers(REMOTES)
  6. 7.___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap"(BAD)
  7. 8.Painful eye malady(STYE)
  8. 14.Prefix for a modern genre(NEO)