NYT Crossword: solutions for Saturday, March 8.

      The New York Times offers a variety of word games today, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, ensuring that there’s something for everyone. However, the daily crossword remains the newspaper's most popular feature. The crossword is packed with engaging trivia, helps enhance mental agility, and, of course, provides some bragging rights if you manage to complete it daily.

      Although the NYT puzzle can seem daunting at times, solving crosswords is a skill that requires practice—don't be disheartened if you can't fill in every word in a puzzle.

      If you're struggling with today's NYT Crossword, we're here to assist you. Below you'll find all the answers to today’s clues.

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      NYT Crossword answers for today

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      Across

      1 Extra element, redundantly: ADDEDBONUS

      11 “M*A*S*H” actress Loretta: SWIT

      15 Application form?: TRAVELVISA

      16 Bird with a name that can be spelled using two diacritical marks called kahakos: NENE

      17 Watches, for instance: TIMEPIECES

      18 Referred to as “wolf of the sea”: ORCA

      19 Equipment in a cider mill: APPLEPRESS

      20 Connect, in a sense: WELD

      21 Organization represented by an eagle holding a key: NSA

      22 Private understanding?: YESSIR

      24 Picking up on a clue?: CLUED

      28 “Harrumph!”: BAH

      31 Core: STONE

      32 Singer Dua ___: LIPA

      33 Visual categorization methods: COLORCODES

      35 Threats in certain adventure films: ASPS

      36 “___ Control” (hit by 50 Cent): OUTTA

      37 Ports, commonly: REDS

      38 Typical ingredient in ranch dressing?: STETSONHAT

      40 This may follow the check: MATE

      41 Company initially known as Sleeper, Inc.: SERTA

      42 “Por qué no los ___?”: DOS

      43 Standard for PCs in the 1980s: MSDOS

      44 Protected, in some sense: INDOOR

      46 The opposite of “iie” in Japanese: HAI

      48 Chew (out): CHEW

      49 Not in great shape: INBADSHAPE

      56 LGBTQ activist McDonald: CECE

      57 Certain Southern person, informally: GOODOLEBOY

      58 Where scrolls are kept: ARKS

      59 A publication that once marketed itself as “the best of the alternative press”: UTNEREADER

      60 Relax, to put it another way: REST

      61 Engaged in a lot of inaction: PASSEDTIME

      Down

      1 Type of flour used for chapati: ATTA

      2 Potential cause of sleeplessness: DRIP

      3 Recently exposed to drying, for instance: DAMP

      4 First name in stunt performances: EVEL

      5 Depend (on): DEPEND

      6 Minor interruptions: BLIPS

      7 Exceeding abundance: OVERABOUND

      8 “Well done!”: NICE

      9 Indication found on many medication labels: USES

      10 Clever: SASSY

      11 Major blanket producers: SNOWSTORMS

      12 “Mom will FLIP!”: WERESODEAD

      13 Disposition that one may have: INCLINEDTO

      14 Attire for garden parties, often adorned with floral designs: TEADRESSES

      23 Key for exit?: ESC

      24 Thunderbird, for example: CLASSICCAR

      25 “Oyez!”: LISTENHERE

      26 Areas with expensive seats: UPPERDECKS

      27 Direction of trade winds: EASTTOWEST

      29 However: ALTHO

      30 Blazing: HOTASHADES

      33 “Who’s the most adorable little baby?,” for example: COO

      34 Animal symbolically used in “The Departed”: RAT

      39 Title containing a tilde: SAO

      43 Led astray: MISLED

      45 Assembled haphazardly: RIGUP

      47 Cherish: ADORE

      50 What’s added to a number to achieve zero?: NOTA

      51 ___ vivants (sociable individuals): BONS

      52 Criticism: HEAT

      53 Arabic male name meaning “servant of God”: ABDI

      54 Heartfelt element in a greeting card, perhaps: POEM

      55 Character in British literature: EYRE

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