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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, March 21, 2026

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A Saturday 7x8 by Christina Iverson: KEEP opens the Across clues and KEYPADS runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!
KEEP
5. First name of poet Poe
EDGAR
7. Let ___ be ___
BYGONES
9. Gorilla or chimpanzee
APE
10. Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.
GMT
11. Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy
DAD
12. ___ G BIV (color mnemonic)
ROY
13. Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!
DONATE
15. "If you don't like it, that's your problem!"
SUEME
16. Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!
TOSS

Down

1. Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered
KEYPADS
2. Just barely defeated
EDGEDOUT
3. A narcissist has a big one
EGO
4. High-scoring words in Spelling Bee
PANGRAMS
6. Channel changers
REMOTES
7. ___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap"
BAD
8. Painful eye malady
STYE
14. Prefix for a modern genre
NEO

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: KEEP · EDGAR · BYGONES · APE · GMT · DAD · ROY · DONATE · SUEME · TOSS
Down: KEYPADS · EDGEDOUT · EGO · PANGRAMS · REMOTES · BAD · STYE · NEO

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