FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword March 13 2026 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the March 13, 2026 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Where one may find bats
CAVE
4
5A
Sheep's cry
BAA
3
8A
"Big Blue" tech giant: Abbr.
IBM
3
11A
Had bills to pay
OWED
4
12A
___ tear (common sports injury): Abbr.
ACL
3
13A
Narcotics organization (anagram of "ade"): Abbr.
DEA
3
14A
Monster from Himalayan legend
YETI
4
15A
Rapper ___ Wayne of "Tha Carter III"
LIL
3
16A
Manitoban or Roosevelt for one
ELK
3
17A
Vehicle for winter hills
SLED
4
19A
Stephen ___, Fields medal-winning mathematician who struggled with math during his schooling
SMALE
5
21A
Icy Arctic home
IGLOO
5
24A
Tell an untruth
LIE
3
25A
Rad or tubular, e.g. (rhymes with "clang")
SLANG
5
26A
Michael ___, inventor of the electric generator who had no formal education in mathematics and was primarily an experimentalist
FARADAY
7
30A
Like chili sauce
HOT
3
31A
PBS's "___ the Science Kid"
SID
3
32A
Cry for a matador
OLE
3
33A
E.O. ___, biologist who struggled academically in math and argued that high mathematical competence is not needed in all scientific fields
WILSON
6
36A
Peels an apple (anagram of "spare")
PARES
5
38A
___ camp (prep area for mountaineers)
BASE
4
39A
Suffix to "Cray" or "Motor"
OLA
3
40A
___ Kummer, mathematician who struggled with elementary arithmetic and was instead skilled in applied mathematics
ERNST
5
43A
Academic term for short
SEM
3
44A
"___ many cooks spoil the broth"
TOO
3
45A
Meow-er
CAT
3
47A
Planets, to poets
ORBS
4
51A
Dress, with "up" (anagram of "got")
TOG
3
52A
"Russian Doll" co-creator Poehler
AMY
3
53A
Operation Wandering ___ book by Richard Powers which was a finalist for the National Book Award
SOUL
4
54A
Flying "saucer," e.g.: Abbr.
UFO
3
55A
Soon-to-be school?
ROE
3
56A
___ list (task list): Hyph.
TODO
4
1D
Playfully shy (rhymes with "boy")
COY
3
2D
Feeling of wonderment, as at a magic show
AWE
3
3D
Puppy doctor, for short
VET
3
4D
Thomas ___, light bulb inventor who struggled with math and famously said "I can always hire a mathematician, but they can't hire me"
EDISON
6
5D
Bundle of hay in the stable
BALE
4
6D
Hydrochloric ___ (stomach substance)
ACID
4
7D
"___ or nothing!" (risky bet in a game show)
ALL
3
8D
Creative spark
IDEA
4
9D
Alexander Graham ___, telephone inventor who found arithmetic boring and preferred to find the method of solving a problem, not the answer
BELL
4
10D
"Let's ___ the best of it" (salvage)
MAKE
4
18D
Fireplace wood
LOG
3
19D
Knight's title
SIR
3
20D
"Cut ___ slice, would you?" (request a piece of pumpkin pie): 2 wds.
MEA
3
21D
Suffix with "self" or "fool"
ISH
3
22D
"Fireflies ___ in the dark"
GLOW
4
23D
"... Do, re, mi, fa, so, ___, do ...": 2 wds.
LATI
4
24D
Scottish young'un
LAD
3
26D
Speeder's penalty
FINE
4
27D
Kiddie "Explorer" on Nickelodeon
DORA
4
28D
The "A" of IPA
ALE
3
29D
"Y" on a questionnaire, often
YES
3
31D
Message from a stranded sailor
SOS
3
34D
Weight measurements, for short
LBS
3
35D
Plopped down on a chair
SAT
3
36D
Type of switch: Abbr
POE
3
37D
"So close!"
ALMOST
6
40D
Shakespeare's "You too?": 2 wds.
ETTU
4
41D
___ over your head (shelter)
ROOF
4
42D
"That's not happening": 2 wds.
NOGO
4
43D
Bump on the eyelid
STYE
4
45D
F1 racer
CAR
3
46D
"Te ___" (Spanish rom-com words)
AMO
3
48D
Pooh's hopping friend
ROO
3
49D
___ Light (beer brand)
BUD
3
50D
___-mo (like everyone's movement, to The Flash, for short)
SLO
3
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for March 13, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the March 13, 2026 puzzle
The March 13, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
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