Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"” from the New York Times crossword of March 8, 2026? It has 6 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 8, 2026
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RWANDA is the answer to “Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 6-letter answer that starts with R.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: AWRADN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “African country with a plastic bag ban”.
More clues from the New York Times (March 8, 2026)
Across
- 1. Clip on, say6 letters, starts with AATTACH
- 7. Facing the pitcher5 letters, starts with AATBAT
- 12. Some budget-friendly grocery stores5 letters, starts with AALDIS
- 17. It's on a roll!6 letters, starts with HHOAGIE
- 18. Sculpted6 letters, starts with SSHAPED
- 20. Minimalist swimwear6 letters, starts with SSPEEDO
- 21. Mineral found in seaweed6 letters, starts with IIODINE
- 22. Certain supervisor on a film set7 letters, starts with KKEYGRIP
- 24. Cozy garment7 letters, starts with SSWEATER
- 25. Giveaway4 letters, starts with TTELL
- 27. Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"6 letters, starts with RRWANDA
- 28. Spot for a grill7 letters, starts with AAIRVENT
- 29. Starters5 letters, starts with AATEAM
- 32. "Rumor has it …"5 letters, starts with IIHEAR
- 34. Most slipshod9 letters, starts with SSLOPPIEST
- 36. On the ___3 letters, starts with LLAM
- 37. Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame6 letters, starts with AATLAST
- 39. Fungal structure4 letters, starts with MMOLD
- 40. Californie, par exemple4 letters, starts with EETAT
- 41. "Big Blue"3 letters, starts with IIBM
- 42. So-called "rooster sauce"8 letters, starts with SSRIRACHA
- 44. Fails ignominiously, in slang6 letters, starts with EEATSIT
- 46. Drag show accessories4 letters, starts with BBOAS
- 48. "___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit)3 letters, starts with OOUR
- 49. 30 minutes to 3, in British English7 letters, starts with HHALFTWO
- 51. Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony)5 letters, starts with FFIFTH
- 55. Caitlin Clark's alma mater4 letters, starts with IIOWA
- 56. Gritty genre4 letters, starts with NNOIR
- 58. ___ tai (cocktail)3 letters, starts with MMAI
- 59. What makes a dresser dressier?3 letters, starts with AANI
- 61. "Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness)4 letters, starts with PPRIE
- 62. Fuss3 letters, starts with AADO
- 64. Eager4 letters, starts with KKEEN
- 66. Relay race segment3 letters, starts with LLEG
- 68. "Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map)3 letters, starts with IICI
- 70. Not Dem. or Rep.3 letters, starts with IIND
- 71. March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer22 letters, starts with IINTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY
- 77. Member of the fam3 letters, starts with SSIS
- 78. Feel bad3 letters, starts with AAIL
- 79. Like some humor3 letters, starts with DDRY
- 80. Style for Detroit's Fisher Building4 letters, starts with DDECO
- 81. Kind of moment3 letters, starts with AAHA
- 82. Make out, in Manchester4 letters, starts with SSNOG
- 84. Backwoods refusal3 letters, starts with NNAW
- 86. Soft shoe, informally3 letters, starts with MMOC
- 88. Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …"4 letters, starts with NNORA
- 90. Similar4 letters, starts with AAKIN
- 93. Sch. in College Station, Tex.5 letters, starts with AAANDM
- 95. It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this7 letters, starts with NNOHANDS
- 98. Reactor safety agcy.3 letters, starts with NNRC
- 99. Get one's feet wet?4 letters, starts with WWADE
- 100. Become rich and successful, so to speak6 letters, starts with AARRIVE
- 102. Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage8 letters, starts with GGRAINIER
- 105. Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle3 letters, starts with HHER
- 106. Ancient Greek instrument4 letters, starts with LLYRE
- 107. Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"4 letters, starts with EELMO
- 109. Lustrous6 letters, starts with GGLOSSY
- 110. Loo3 letters, starts with LLAV
- 111. Formal notes9 letters, starts with MMEMORANDA
- 113. "City of a Thousand Minarets"5 letters, starts with CCAIRO
- 114. French school5 letters, starts with EECOLE
- 116. Storage unit7 letters, starts with MMEGABIT
- 117. Settle in, say6 letters, starts with UUNPACK
- 119. Used-up crayons4 letters, starts with NNUBS
- 121. "Nearly done!"7 letters, starts with OONETOGO
- 122. Big name in sparkling water7 letters, starts with PPERRIER
- 124. Kathmandu resident6 letters, starts with NNEPALI
- 128. Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down6 letters, starts with MMONETS
- 129. Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own"6 letters, starts with DDOTTIE
- 130. Casino worker6 letters, starts with DDEALER
- 131. "Therefore …"5 letters, starts with AANDSO
- 132. Verbally notify5 letters, starts with SSAYTO
- 133. Highly embellished6 letters, starts with OORNATE
Down
- 1. Poke fish, often3 letters, starts with AAHI
- 2. As well3 letters, starts with TTOO
- 3. Touch3 letters, starts with TTAD
- 4. Feeling of distress5 letters, starts with AAGITA
- 5. Movie palaces7 letters, starts with CCINEMAS
- 6. Cry from a dog walker4 letters, starts with HHEEL
- 7. Inquire3 letters, starts with AASK
- 8. ___ May, former British P.M.7 letters, starts with TTHERESA
- 9. Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson8 letters, starts with BBAYWATCH
- 10. ___ score (neonatal measure)5 letters, starts with AAPGAR
- 11. Seabird4 letters, starts with TTERN
- 12. Predinner beverage8 letters, starts with AAPERITIF
- 13. Show gratitude for service9 letters, starts with LLEAVEATIP
- 14. Loathe6 letters, starts with DDETEST
- 15. Part of PIN: Abbr.5 letters, starts with IIDENT
- 16. Photocopier function4 letters, starts with SSORT
- 19. Simple rebuttal5 letters, starts with DDIDSO
- 20. Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g.6 letters, starts with SSWIPES
- 23. Structure in a shipping container6 letters, starts with PPALLET
- 24. Sucker3 letters, starts with SSAP
- 26. First (and last) queen of Hawaii12 letters, starts with LLILIUOKALANI
- 29. Good thing for a suspect to have5 letters, starts with AALIBI
- 30. Verboten5 letters, starts with TTABOO
- 31. Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger10 letters, starts with EEMMAWATSON
- 33. Tubman of the Underground Railroad7 letters, starts with HHARRIET
- 35. Indigenous people of the Great Lakes5 letters, starts with OODAWA
- 38. Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid"4 letters, starts with TTRON
- 39. 2014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai6 letters, starts with MMALALA
- 43. Green eggs' partner3 letters, starts with HHAM
- 45. Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved"12 letters, starts with TTONIMORRISON
- 47. One-named singer of "Smooth Operator"4 letters, starts with SSADE
- 50. Sally with two Oscars5 letters, starts with FFIELD
- 52. Mexican painter known for her self-portraits10 letters, starts with FFRIDAKAHLO
- 53. Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame4 letters, starts with TTINA
- 54. Inventor and actress Lamarr4 letters, starts with HHEDY
- 57. Tara of "Sharknado"4 letters, starts with RREID
- 60. ___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper3 letters, starts with IICE
- 63. "R.I.P." singer Rita ___3 letters, starts with OORA
- 65. Silent film star Talmadge5 letters, starts with NNORMA
- 67. ___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt4 letters, starts with GGWEN
- 69. Celebrity chef Garten3 letters, starts with IINA
- 71. Rae who co-created "Insecure"4 letters, starts with IISSA
- 72. Singer and civil rights activist Simone4 letters, starts with NNINA
- 73. Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"3 letters, starts with NNIN
- 74. Oscar winner Lupita6 letters, starts with NNYONGO
- 75. Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 19817 letters, starts with OOCONNOR
- 76. Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement4 letters, starts with SSHAW
- 83. Aussie greeting9 letters, starts with GGDAYMATES
- 85. Like some textiles5 letters, starts with WWOVEN
- 87. Burnable storage unit, in brief3 letters, starts with CCDR
- 89. They can't be returned4 letters, starts with AACES
- 91. As good as it gets5 letters, starts with IIDEAL
- 92. Skydiving requirement5 letters, starts with NNERVE
- 94. Styx song that starts "Domo arigato"8 letters, starts with MMRROBOTO
- 96. Delayed6 letters, starts with HHELDUP
- 97. Wisdom8 letters, starts with SSAGACITY
- 101. Equips again, as a ship6 letters, starts with RRERIGS
- 103. "Not bad!"7 letters, starts with IILIKEIT
- 104. Roggenbock, e.g.7 letters, starts with RRYEBEER
- 106. Babe the Blue Ox, e.g.6 letters, starts with LLEGEND
- 108. Like zebras, but not tigers5 letters, starts with MMANED
- 111. Baseball announcer's update5 letters, starts with MMENON
- 112. From ___ Z3 letters, starts with AATO
- 113. Spanish letter5 letters, starts with CCARTA
- 115. Floor show?5 letters, starts with CCSPAN
- 116. See 128-Across4 letters, starts with MMOMA
- 118. Experts4 letters, starts with PPROS
- 120. Ctrl-Z action4 letters, starts with UUNDO
- 123. ___ Speedwagon3 letters, starts with RREO
- 125. In the manner of3 letters, starts with AALA
- 126. Tennis call3 letters, starts with LLET
- 127. Fuming feeling3 letters, starts with IIRE
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Questions
What is the answer to “Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"”?
RWANDA, 6 letters.
When was “Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist"” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of March 8, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with R.