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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

Thursday, March 26, 2026 Constructed by Lin Josephson 76 clues
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Across

  1. Olympian VIP 4 ℓ
  2. Misconception 5 ℓ
  3. Hardly likely 4 ℓ
  4. Reason to recognize an employee 15 ℓ
  5. Touch of frost 3 ℓ
  6. What centers shoot for 3 ℓ
  7. Reason to recognize an employee 14 ℓ
  8. Monopolize a mirror 5 ℓ
  9. Barbadian singing star's nickname 4 ℓ
  10. Soup bean 4 ℓ
  11. Deer snack 5 ℓ
  12. Bad quarter 4 ℓ
  13. Blunted blade 4 ℓ
  14. Stingray kin 5 ℓ
  15. What Sussex snoozers catch 4 ℓ
  16. Move sideways 4 ℓ
  17. French 101 word 4 ℓ
  18. Peerless 4 ℓ
  19. Indira Gandhi's dad 5 ℓ
  20. Zilch 4 ℓ
  21. Possibly bold choice 4 ℓ
  22. Auto suspension part 5 ℓ
  23. Reason to recognize an employee 14 ℓ
  24. Withdrawal from a deposit 3 ℓ
  25. I love: Lat. 3 ℓ
  26. Reason to recognize an employee 15 ℓ
  27. Weather advisories 6 ℓ
  28. Washday challenge 3 ℓ
  29. Facilities, for short 3 ℓ
  30. But not more 3 ℓ
  31. Rural residence 5 ℓ
  32. Makes manageable 5 ℓ
  33. Second of two turns 3 ℓ
  34. Person working at home 3 ℓ
  35. Capital on the Atlantic coast 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Meditative school 3 ℓ
  2. Molasses products 4 ℓ
  3. Spoken out 4 ℓ
  4. Emu cousin 4 ℓ
  5. Tech support suggestion 6 ℓ
  6. It's a bafflement 6 ℓ
  7. Give (out) 4 ℓ
  8. Quaint quarters 4 ℓ
  9. Ease up on 6 ℓ
  10. Exotic vacations 7 ℓ
  11. Brown some 4 ℓ
  12. Language of Pakistan 4 ℓ
  13. Frat letters 4 ℓ
  14. Overturn 6 ℓ
  15. A Mozart hangout 6 ℓ
  16. Napped noisily 6 ℓ
  17. Besides that 4 ℓ
  18. What some filters catch 4 ℓ
  19. Marine predator 4 ℓ
  20. Ponce de __ 4 ℓ
  21. Biggest cheese 4 ℓ
  22. Ready (for) 4 ℓ
  23. Not hot 4 ℓ
  24. Overconfident 4 ℓ
  25. Major span 3 ℓ
  26. Declared 4 ℓ
  27. End zone pair 5 ℓ
  28. Maitre d's outfit 3 ℓ
  29. Actor Channing 5 ℓ
  30. Lone Star shrine 5 ℓ
  31. Tidy 5 ℓ
  32. Byronian "before" 3 ℓ
  33. Something seen 5 ℓ
  34. "Can't believe it!" 5 ℓ
  35. Gallantry 5 ℓ
  36. George Eliot's surname 5 ℓ
  37. Dirt collector 3 ℓ
  38. All-important 5 ℓ
  39. "...more or less" 3 ℓ
  40. Sci-fi sound effects 4 ℓ
  41. Cinema areas 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, March 26, 2026 is titled “EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH” and was constructed by Lin Josephson. The puzzle features 76 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.

The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.

Newsday EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Crossword March 26 2026 Answers