Crossword Answers for Sunday, 15 March 2026
All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 15 March 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A narrow fissure in rock RIFT
- 5
- Meat from a domestic hog or pig PORK
- 9
- A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship AMOUR
- 11
- A subject of study AREA
- 12
- Any instance of aggressive extension of authority IMPERIALISM
- 14
- A unit of pain intensity DOL
- 15
- Make less visible or unclear FOG
- 16
- The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
- 17
- A single person or thing ONES
- 19
- An administrative division of a county TOWN
- 21
- Disabled in the feet or legs LAME
- 22
- A strong restless desire ITCH
- 25
- The countries of Asia EAST
- 28
- A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale GALE
- 29
- Your grandmother NAN
- 31
- The closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes IOS
- 33
- Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour TIN
- 34
- The magnitude of sound INTENSITIES
- 37
- Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 NOEL
- 38
- A descendent or heir SCION
- 39
- A final state ENDS
- 40
- United States painter noted for his woodcuts KENT
Down
- 1
- Shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb RAMONA
- 2
- Ensure observance of laws and rules IMPLEMENTED
- 3
- A personal enemy FOE
- 4
- Range of jurisdiction or influence TURF
- 5
- Become friends; act friendly towards PAL
- 6
- The act of orienting ORIENTATION
- 7
- A state of inaction REST
- 8
- Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara KAMA
- 10
- A joke that seems extremely funny RIOT
- 12
- A material effigy that is worshipped IDOL
- 13
- In the past AGO
- 18
- Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
- 20
- British slang for a scolding WIG
- 23
- Someone who pays for goods or services CLIENT
- 24
- Adult female bird HENS
- 26
- Estrangement from god SIN
- 27
- Throw carelessly TOSS
- 29
- The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one NINE
- 30
- At another time ANON
- 32
- Affected with madness or insanity SICK
- 35
- Angular distance above the horizon ELS
- 36
- Equality of score in a contest TIE