Daily Themed Crossword March 8, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the March 8, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
March 8, 2026 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sound booster on a concert stage for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ Kat (chocolate wafer) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ pal (rhyming female friend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Drizzle or shower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Before in poetic verse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | New York's Madison or Fifth for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Ice cream holder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | ___ and tidy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | You're it! game that's usually played during recess | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ down the law (be firm) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ here (Me too) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | W 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 Games | WILMA | 5 | |
| #13 | Green prefix with conscious or friendly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Gin's cocktail buddy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | O is for ___ Winfrey talk show host and a 37d in media who's celebrated as the first female African-American billionaire | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Rounded roof shape that's igloo-like | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Baseball's Braves on a scoreboard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Video's counterpart for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Sneaky like a fox | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Scary 13th of some months for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ Ferrell actor from Blades of Glory | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Actress ___ Holmes of Batman Begins | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Vintage say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | M is for ___ Curie a 37d in science who pioneered research on radioactivity and was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Large coffee server | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | ___ Peretti actress who plays Gina Linetti in Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Show answer | 7 | |
| #27 | E is for ___ Wharton a 37d in literature who was the first female author to win a Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence | Show answer | 5 | |
| #28 | Organization for stranded motorists: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Canadian defenceman Bobby ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | This must ___ place (We have reached our destination): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | Not finalized on a schedule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Reassuring touch on the back | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Kitchen or study for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Shape of a rainbow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | China's ___ Zedong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ATM code: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | African country that's home to Nairobi | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Seething rage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Annoy playfully (rhymes with please) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Golden ___ Bridge San Francisco | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Actress Gardner of Earthquake | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Break a ___ (Good luck!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | N is for ___ Bly a 37d in journalism who was one of the first female pioneers in investigative reporting | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | Mexican snack in a tortilla | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Breaking Bad network (anagram of mac): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Floor-wiping tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Material you might need to knit a sweater | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | ___ opinion ... (According to me): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Six-pointers in NFL for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Train track part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Lang Syne | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Good cholesterol initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Back on a boat (anagram of fat) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Prefix with athlete or angle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | In ___ of (instead) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | ___ woman term for a superwoman that describes the five trailblazers mentioned in this puzzle and millions of women around the world | WONDER | 6 | |
| #57 | Metric distance measure for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | The Fox and the Grapes fable-writer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Exam for aspiring doctors: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Herman Melville's whale-obsessed captain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Go through a book say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Basketball stat for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Victorian or Edwardian e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Class where you might draw and paint | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Am ___ blame? (Is it my fault?): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | However in texting shorthand | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sewn edge | Show answer | 3 |
How the March 8, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for March 8, 2026, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CHELSEA at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for March 8, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
March 8, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the March 8, 2026 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 67 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 8, 2026 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the March 8, 2026 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.