NYT Mini Crossword Hints for March 21, 2026

1A Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it! (4)

5A First name of poet Poe (5)

7A Let ___ be ___ (7)

9A Gorilla or chimpanzee (3)

10A Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr. (3)

11A Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy (3)

12A ___ G BIV (color mnemonic) (3)

13A Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it! (6)

15A "If you don't like it, that's your problem!" (5)

16A Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless! (4)

1A Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered (7)

2A Just barely defeated (8)

3A A narcissist has a big one (3)

4A High-scoring words in Spelling Bee (8)

6A Channel changers (7)

7A ___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap" (3)

8A Painful eye malady (4)

14A Prefix for a modern genre (3)

1D Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it! (4)

5D First name of poet Poe (5)

7D Let ___ be ___ (7)

9D Gorilla or chimpanzee (3)

10D Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr. (3)

11D Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy (3)

12D ___ G BIV (color mnemonic) (3)

13D Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it! (6)

15D "If you don't like it, that's your problem!" (5)

16D Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless! (4)

1D Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered (7)

2D Just barely defeated (8)

3D A narcissist has a big one (3)

4D High-scoring words in Spelling Bee (8)

6D Channel changers (7)

7D ___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap" (3)

8D Painful eye malady (4)

14D Prefix for a modern genre (3)