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SILENT STARTS: In seven long answers

Sunday, March 22, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 146 clues
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Across

  1. Look intently (at) 4 ℓ
  2. At no cost 4 ℓ
  3. Poet __ St. Vincent Millay 4 ℓ
  4. In search of 5 ℓ
  5. Think about 6 ℓ
  6. Performer's asset 6 ℓ
  7. If not 4 ℓ
  8. Gimmick for recall 17 ℓ
  9. Sorority letters 6 ℓ
  10. What you eat 6 ℓ
  11. Major burden 4 ℓ
  12. Come up short 4 ℓ
  13. Stopwatch button 5 ℓ
  14. Troupe group 6 ℓ
  15. Having a bug 3 ℓ
  16. French monarch 3 ℓ
  17. Surname separator 3 ℓ
  18. Latin love 4 ℓ
  19. Knock the socks off 3 ℓ
  20. ATM ID 3 ℓ
  21. Tough nut to crack 13 ℓ
  22. Eden resident 3 ℓ
  23. Get bubbles into 6 ℓ
  24. Barked sharply 6 ℓ
  25. Quite a few 4 ℓ
  26. Legislative groups 7 ℓ
  27. Well in the past 6 ℓ
  28. Tussaud title 6 ℓ
  29. Illuminated from below 5 ℓ
  30. Hospital prep area 5 ℓ
  31. Disparage 5 ℓ
  32. Military parade group 10 ℓ
  33. Spectators' preferences, often 10 ℓ
  34. Synthetic fiber 5 ℓ
  35. Slippery swimmers 4 ℓ
  36. Goes to sea 5 ℓ
  37. Therefore, from the Latin 4 ℓ
  38. Former capital of Yemen 4 ℓ
  39. North Pole crew 5 ℓ
  40. Hard work, so to speak 5 ℓ
  41. Do just right 4 ℓ
  42. Those folks 4 ℓ
  43. Not as often 4 ℓ
  44. Olympics vehicle 4 ℓ
  45. Harbor holders 5 ℓ
  46. Routing errors 10 ℓ
  47. Course for a criminology major 10 ℓ
  48. Come to pass 5 ℓ
  49. Important observances 5 ℓ
  50. Any tune from the 1920s 5 ℓ
  51. Battery terminals 6 ℓ
  52. Sports recordkeeper 6 ℓ
  53. Most plentiful 7 ℓ
  54. "Search me!" 6 ℓ
  55. Travel agent, often 6 ℓ
  56. Was aware of 4 ℓ
  57. Small bus 3 ℓ
  58. Reliable person 13 ℓ
  59. Attention-getter 3 ℓ
  60. Dry cleaning challenge 3 ℓ
  61. Mattress weakness 3 ℓ
  62. Grand __ Opry 3 ℓ
  63. Show of hands, say 4 ℓ
  64. __ cotta vase 5 ℓ
  65. Atoll enclosure 6 ℓ
  66. Knoxville, for instance 4 ℓ
  67. Spanish article 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Chapel bench 3 ℓ
  2. Pluralizers 5 ℓ
  3. Nickname akin to Liz 5 ℓ
  4. Confirm a sum 5 ℓ
  5. Guy 6 ℓ
  6. Shade of gray 3 ℓ
  7. MLB semifinal 4 ℓ
  8. Home repair specialist 5 ℓ
  9. Part of EST 7 ℓ
  10. Clinic pros 3 ℓ
  11. Very long time 3 ℓ
  12. Roller on a Rolls 4 ℓ
  13. Storied soul seller 5 ℓ
  14. Skilled craftsperson 7 ℓ
  15. Jimmy's successor 6 ℓ
  16. Swelled head 3 ℓ
  17. Goof up 3 ℓ
  18. Cushion inserts 4 ℓ
  19. Color a bit 4 ℓ
  20. Extra-long key 5 ℓ
  21. More congenial 5 ℓ
  22. Salad order request 5 ℓ
  23. Subatomic particle 5 ℓ
  24. Dangerous deception 4 ℓ
  25. Sphere starter 4 ℓ
  26. Not at work today 4 ℓ
  27. Place for an earring 4 ℓ
  28. Lacking skill 5 ℓ
  29. Flood barrier 5 ℓ
  30. Yorkshire metropolis 5 ℓ
  31. Repetitive learning 4 ℓ
  32. Henry VIII spouse __ of Cleves 4 ℓ
  33. Holes in shoes 7 ℓ
  34. Arcade enthusiast 5 ℓ
  35. Made like lasagna 7 ℓ
  36. Erstwhile oath 6 ℓ
  37. Hold (up) 4 ℓ
  38. Absconded 3 ℓ
  39. Little versions 5 ℓ
  40. Certain wall builders 6 ℓ
  41. Inventor's acquisition 6 ℓ
  42. Sound of wet impact 5 ℓ
  43. Intrepid 5 ℓ
  44. Hamlet and family 5 ℓ
  45. Where you live 5 ℓ
  46. Taj __ 5 ℓ
  47. Door instruction 4 ℓ
  48. Manual reader 4 ℓ
  49. Sneaky 3 ℓ
  50. Inconclusive result 3 ℓ
  51. Cry of contentment 3 ℓ
  52. __ Jima 3 ℓ
  53. Sort of snake 3 ℓ
  54. Some DVD players 3 ℓ
  55. Rose family shrub 6 ℓ
  56. What Socrates spoke 5 ℓ
  57. Big Apple beach's __ Island 5 ℓ
  58. TiVo alternative 4 ℓ
  59. Ballad or anthem 4 ℓ
  60. Start a pot 4 ℓ
  61. __ au vin 3 ℓ
  62. Soft colors 5 ℓ
  63. Disney Polynesian toon 5 ℓ
  64. Smith's block 5 ℓ
  65. NYC theater district 4 ℓ
  66. Pottery oven 4 ℓ
  67. Saw sharp spot 5 ℓ
  68. Vast crowd 5 ℓ
  69. To be, to Tussaud 4 ℓ
  70. Trip around the sun 4 ℓ
  71. "Bone" prefix 5 ℓ
  72. Williams of tennis 5 ℓ
  73. Chef's topper 5 ℓ
  74. Not to be repeated 4 ℓ
  75. Techie types 5 ℓ
  76. Priest post 5 ℓ
  77. Ovo-__ vegetarian 5 ℓ
  78. Ideologies 4 ℓ
  79. Sports shoes spike 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, March 22, 2026 is titled “SILENT STARTS: In seven long answers” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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