Our NYT Crossword Hints for March 17, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, March 17, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 3/17/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- Insurance company whose name contains a diphthong
- Subgenre prefix
- Small role for Paul Rudd
- Eponymous saint of "Alamo City"
- Yoga pose
- The two wives and 20 children of Johann Sebastian
- Flake, so to speak
- It's a trap!
- Supply for kindergarten drawers
- Academic figures
- Part of the spine
- "The lady ___ protest too much …"
- Googled oneself, e.g.
- Attraction in 69-Across designed to be a "city of the future"
- Sea eagles
- Attraction in 69-Across where crocodiles and alligators uniquely coexist
- Bomb
- Word before fly
- Seller of over a billion Huggable Hangers on TV
- “Wait, what?”
- Fictional archaeologist with a whip, familiarly
- Letter-shaped beam
- Where dinars are spent
- Quick boxing move
- "Ivories"
- Meditation aid
- "Bulls get angry when they see the color red," for one
- Division for a tennis match
- "No," in a certain dialect
- Yellowish pigment
- Work on something you love?
- Tic-tac-toe loser
- Touch gently
- Some clerical workers
- Diamond stat
- Default consequence, perhaps
- Profitability metric, for short
- Wine menu section
- Brut-ish?
- Buffet style
- Persuaded
- Nothing special
- Marble, e.g.
- Wyoming's ___ Range
- Deliberated (on)
- Came to
- Nigerian staple food
- Confuse
- Often
- Attraction in 69-Across on the Extraterrestrial Highway
- "Hail," in old Rome
- Political party founded in Syria
- French eatery
- Some German rides
- Little rascals
- Steep
- Children's author Eric
- Gives as a reference
- Heady?
- Attraction in 69-Across that's almost 2,000 feet deep
- Many a lib
- A little crazy
- Comedian Jimmy with a self-described "schnozzola"
- Perfect places
- Attraction in 69-Across overseen by the Navajo Nation
- Prepare (oneself) for a challenge
- Consider
- Sup
- Colonized, as bees might
- "Shoulda listened to me!"
- Noted name in 2005 news
- Have down
- Biggest portion
- One way to be cut
- Jazz group, for short?
- Originally called
- Collection during a church service
- Cause of a driveway stain
- Attraction in 69-Across that's part of America's first national park
- Owners of an infamous cow
- Directional heading?
- Person living in London
- Spanish for "weight"
- Name of two "Groundhog Day" characters
- Distributor of 1933's "King Kong" and "Little Women"
- Debauchee
- Improvises in a jazz group
- Picture
- Clinic liquids
- Former L.A. center
- They're very attached to their calves
- "Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album)
- Be on the decline?
- Citrus with a portmanteau name
- Special attention, for short
- "Life would be ___ if it weren't funny": Stephen Hawking
- Skipjacks and bluefins
- Universal, as a motor
- Actor Kutcher
- Handled thing
- Curt reprimand to a dog
- Farm machine equipped with twine
- Scarfs down
- Pear variety
- Not a good guy
- Bleep out
- Turner on the radio
- Wood used to make chess pieces and pool cues
- Mail insert: Abbr.
- Literary friend of Sam, Merry and Pippin
- Bright pink shade
- Sudden arrival
- Voicer of Olaf in "Frozen"
- Name that sounds like a letter
- Attraction in 69-Across that withstands dozens of lightning strikes a year, familiarly
- The right one is usually slower
- British throne room?
- Title character for Tyler Perry
- "I goofed," in slang
- Fish fittingly found in "anemone"
- Attraction in 69-Across that once froze over for 30 hours in 1848
- Occasion for fireworks: Abbr.
- Stumbler or bumbler
- Handling things
- Capital city founded by King Harald
- Short hedge?
- Eclipse
- Spa service, in brief
- Either end of America?
- Informally agree to
- Music genre that emphasizes the offbeat
- More crafty
- What prices can do
- Caribbean music genre
- Stick in a cup
- Didn't swipe right?
- School subjects?
- Turning on the waterworks
- Typical sock hopper
- Pro ___ (for now)
- Locale of this puzzle's attractions (really, all eight of them!)
- Steel boot feature
- Unwrapped eagerly
- Like a stock quote?
- Buyer
- General meeting place
- "___ With Marc Maron" (podcast)
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.
The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.
Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.
If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.
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