Daily Themed Crossword March 16, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the March 16, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
March 16, 2024 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Step on the ___! (Let's get on a move on!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Slangy yes (rhymes with pep) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Treasure hunter's guide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Mineral source | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Spaniard's bravo! at a bullring | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Big name in body sprays | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Unable to hear say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Cee successor alphabetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Use a chair say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ is well that ends well! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | 2000s MTV comedy franchise featuring Steve-O and eight friends carrying out stunts and pranks | Show answer | 7 | |
| #12 | ___ as directed (medicine bottle instruction) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Double ___ to like (Instagram function) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Revolutionary Love singer DiFranco | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Letter sequence common to Cheer and Eerie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | The ___ World longest-running program in MTV history where young adults are filmed living together in a new city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | CD follower or com preceder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | MTV documentary show featuring a host visiting celebrity homes to give a sneak-peek into their lifestyle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Bird-related prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Quickly take hold of | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Coach's encouraging pre-game talk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | CNN founder Turner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Wiz Khalifa's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Bill who champions science | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Plague insect that destroys crops and fields | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Teen ___ MTV teen drama about a lupine young boy defending his town from supernatural threats | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | The Purple Rose of Cairo actress Farrow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Numero before dos | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Rueful cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Clip-___ (like some ties and earrings) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Boxing bout-ending letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | X-___ small (like some tees) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | How I ___ Your Mother (sitcom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | DC summer hours: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Scary old woman in fairytales | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | What an atheist doesn't believe in | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Tri-state ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Whiskered clapping marine mammal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Luke Skywalker's mentor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Choose democratically by voting | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | ___-boo! (game played with a young child): Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Sunday church service | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Imaginary line on which the Earth rotates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Vet's patient | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Seasonal sickness | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Cheer's opposite at a stadium | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Hold on a ___! (Wait!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Buenos Aires' country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Word often paired with neither | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ big fan! (what you may say when you meet your favorite celeb): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Letters on a tombstone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Gobble up as a samosa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | New York City's Fifth ___ for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Jar covering | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Needed some straightening? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Stealthy information-gathering agent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ code (men's friendship etiquette) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Like an angle less than 90 degrees | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | MTV's hidden-camera reality TV series hosted by Ashton Kutcher where celebrities were pranked | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Gross! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | In a bad place? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Chimney residue | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Under ___ (sworn to say nothing but the truth) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Turkish currency | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Patriotic symbol attached to a pole | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Teen ___ MTV reality series about teenage mothers and the challenges they face | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Suffix with hero to mean a courageous woman | Show answer | 3 |
How the March 16, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for March 16, 2024, a Saturday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JACKASS at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for March 16, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
March 16, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the March 16, 2024 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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, 2024 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the March 16, 2024 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.