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The Tuesday, March 17, 2026, NYT Midi Crossword is titled “Green Day.” Its St. Patrick’s Day-flavored theme builds familiar phrases around the Irish place names Down, Mayo and Cork. Below is the full clue-and-answer transcription, attributed to Forbes; it has not been independently checked against the official puzzle grid.
What is the theme of the March 17 Midi?
The three clearest themed clues pair an Ireland-related county name with a familiar phrase:
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- DOWNSTREAM — “Twitch broadcast in a Northern Ireland county?”
- MAYOCLINIC — “Exceptionally dominating sports performance in an Ireland county?”
- CORKBOARDS — “Surf shop stock in an Ireland county?”
Other Irish references in the puzzle include Notre Dame and Irish soda bread. Forbes describes the Midi as sitting between the NYT Mini and the full crossword, and says its daily grids range from 9×9 to 11×11; those format details are reported in its March 2026 article and were not checked against a current NYT product page.
Across answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. One of the five basic tastes | UMAMI |
| 6. www.nytimes.___ | COM |
| 9. International airport of Boston | LOGAN |
| 10. How many times Ireland has made the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals | ONCE |
| 12. Three-pointers, in hoops lingo | TREYS |
| 13. Restaurant suggestions, for short | RECS |
| 14. “The Ant and the Grasshopper” storyteller | AESOP |
| 15. Music genre for BTS | KPOP |
| 16. Romanticized symbol of the American West | COWBOY |
| 18. Feel under the weather | AIL |
| 20. Boiling | HOT |
| 21. Financial performance metric, for short | ROI |
| 22. Pet food brand | IAMS |
| 24. Twitch broadcast in a Northern Ireland county? | DOWNSTREAM |
| 27. Its notifications may be turned off on vacation | |
| 28. Notre ___ Fighting Irish | DAME |
| 29. Ritzy | FANCY |
| 30. Whole lot | SLEW |
Down answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Beauty store chain | ULTA |
| 2. “Encore!” | MORE |
| 3. Gets on in years | AGES |
| 4. Exceptionally dominating sports performance in an Ireland county? | MAYOCLINIC |
| 5. Bit of creative fuel, for short | INSPO |
| 6. Surf shop stock in an Ireland county? | CORKBOARDS |
| 7. Hearty, easy-to-clean-up dinner dish | ONEPOTMEAL |
| 8. The real ___ (genuine article) | MCCOY |
| 11. Mind-reading ability, in brief | ESP |
| 17. Not a ___ (zilch) | WHIT |
| 18. Irish soda bread has an enticing one | AROMA |
| 19. Des Moines resident | IOWAN |
| 23. “Me too!” | SAME |
| 24. “Oh, for sure” | DEF |
| 25. Stealthy | SLY |
| 26. Sound from a kitty | MEW |
Source and verification
The clue wording and answers above are transcribed from Forbes’ March 16, 2026, “Green Day” answer article. No official NYT archive page was available in the source used here, so the transcription should not be taken as independently verified against the grid. The clue answer ONCE is presented as the puzzle’s fill, not as a separately verified football statistic.
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