NYT Crossword March 11 2026 Answers
All 74 clues from the Wednesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.
PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN
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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.
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17AIn 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive ...11 lettersPOSTITNOTES
24AIn 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria ...10 lettersPENICILLIN
36AIn 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...13 lettersMICROWAVEOVEN
39ALanguage in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain"7 lettersCHINESE
44AIn 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort ...10 lettersSILLYPUTTY
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