NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Tracy GrayEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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The Grid

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Across 68

  1. 1Special-ordered ↗CUSTOM
  2. 7Sections of a circle's circumference ↗ARCS
  3. 11NASCAR stat that varies widely by venue ↗LAPTIME
  4. 18Banderas of 2024's "Babygirl" ↗ANTONIO
  5. 20Coaster feature, maybe ↗LOOP
  6. 21Assembles in proper order ↗COLLATES
  7. 22Mar, as a reputation ↗TARNISH
  8. 23See 25-Across ↗FOUR
  9. 24Maligns ↗ASPERSES
  10. 25With 23-Across, March Madness tournament round ↗SWEETTWO
  11. 27Mouths (off) ↗SPOUTS
  12. 29Pact that preceded the U.S.M.C.A. ↗NAFTA
  13. 30Burnable bog stuff ↗PEAT
  14. 31Burnt chimney stuff ↗SOOT
  15. 33High-speed Olympic sport ↗LUGE
  16. 34See 37-Across ↗TWO
  17. 35One who might have perfect pitch? ↗ADMAN
  18. 37With 34-Across, full extent of something ↗WHOLETHREEYARDS
  19. 43"Holy moly!" ↗GOD
  20. 45Defensive player who keeps an eye on the QB, in football lingo ↗SPY
  21. 46Red-coated cheese ↗EDAM
  22. 47"___ funny!" ↗TOO
  23. 48Bigwig ↗HOTSHOT
  24. 52Own (up) ↗FESS
  25. 55It's off the wall! ↗RICOCHET
  26. 57"Red" or "1989," to Swifties ↗ERA
  27. 58Buck ___, first African American coach in Major League Baseball ↗ONEIL
  28. 60Extremely soft, in music: Abbr. ↗PPP
  29. 62See 64-Across ↗THREE
  30. 63Chew the fat ↗YAK
  31. 64With 62-Across, Beatles classic with the lyric "Will you still need me / Will you still feed me" ↗WHENIMFOUR
  32. 67Noted exile isle ↗ELBA
  33. 69Energy-efficient bulb, for short ↗LED
  34. 71___ orange, tree whose fruit has a brainlike appearance ↗OSAGE
  35. 72Native Nebraskans ↗OTOES
  36. 75See 78-Across ↗SIX
  37. 76Author who purportedly drew inspiration from a filing cabinet labeled "O-Z" ↗BAUM
  38. 78With 75-Across, "So very appreciated!" ↗THANKSATEN
  39. 81Hold up ↗ROB
  40. 83Narnia or Neverland ↗REALM
  41. 86Give it a whirl ↗TRY
  42. 87Violinmaker of Cremona ↗AMATI
  43. 88Letters from your folks? ↗DNA
  44. 89"So cool!" ↗REALNEAT
  45. 92Follower of John in the New Testament ↗ACTS
  46. 94Chef with "New New Orleans"-style cooking ↗LAGASSE
  47. 96Greatest guy? ↗ALI
  48. 97See 101-Across ↗ZERO
  49. 98Vent ↗AIR
  50. 100Part of SCOTUS ↗THE
  51. 101With 97-Across, Vegas casino machine ↗NINEARMEDBANDIT
  52. 107No-cash deal ↗TRADE
  53. 111Lay off ↗CAN
  54. 112Culprit, in police lingo ↗PERP
  55. 113Modern pentathlon equipment ↗EPEE
  56. 115Metaphor for a too-hot room ↗OVEN
  57. 116Actress Christine whose last name sounds like a pair of musical notes ↗LAHTI
  58. 118Ill will ↗MALICE
  59. 120Number written above and to the right of another number … as seen five times in this puzzle? ↗EXPONENT
  60. 122Weigh down, and then some ↗OVERLOAD
  61. 124Number with a 120-Across, mathematically ↗BASE
  62. 126Armand of "American Gangster" ↗ASSANTE
  63. 127Many mailbox stuffers ↗LOCALADS
  64. 128Zest ↗ELAN
  65. 129Iced tea request ↗NOSUGAR
  66. 130Clumsy ↗AWKWARD
  67. 131Move fast, as a cloud ↗SCUD
  68. 132Road trip stopovers ↗MOTELS

Down 72

  1. 1Pampering place for a Persian ↗CATSPA
  2. 2Not impressed ↗UNAWED
  3. 3Watch via Hulu, say ↗STREAM
  4. 4Online forum qualifiers such as /j ("joking") or /s ("sarcastic") ↗TONETAGS
  5. 5"I'll deal with this right now!" ↗ONIT
  6. 6Keeps hydrated, as vegetables in the produce aisle ↗MISTS
  7. 7Sitcom character from Melmac ↗ALF
  8. 8Aussie animals ↗ROOS
  9. 9Item ↗COUPLE
  10. 10Alfalfa shoot ↗SPROUT
  11. 11Stockholder's setback ↗LOSS
  12. 12Weisshorn or Finsteraarhorn ↗ALP
  13. 13Not merely enough to go around ↗PLENTYMORE
  14. 14Island containing Kiribati's capital ↗TARAWA
  15. 15"Don't pay any mind to this" ↗ITSFORTHEBIRDS
  16. 16Zoom, e.g. ↗MEET
  17. 17Feminine pronoun in Florence ↗ESSA
  18. 19"Would you look at that!" ↗OHWOW
  19. 21Wedding reception hiree ↗CATERER
  20. 26Partner of aahs ↗OOHS
  21. 28"So-o-o gross!" ↗UGH
  22. 32A-one ↗TOPFLIGHT
  23. 36With nary a chance ↗NOHOW
  24. 38Ingredient in some hair relaxers ↗LYE
  25. 39Make a long story short, say ↗EDIT
  26. 40Individually ↗EACH
  27. 41Female rabbit ↗DOE
  28. 42Elbow-bender ↗SOT
  29. 44Popular singer of the Hawaiian folk song "Pearly Shells" ↗DONHO
  30. 48"Sup!" ↗HEY
  31. 49Sonicare competitor ↗ORALB
  32. 50Reschedule, so to speak ↗TAKEARAINCHECK
  33. 51Things that drivers sometimes leave behind? ↗TEES
  34. 53Letters on a lip balm tube ↗SPF
  35. 54Scare stiff ↗SPOOK
  36. 56Some old Disney collectibles ↗CELS
  37. 59Arriving by ↗INAT
  38. 61Tables ↗PUTSASIDE
  39. 65Stiller's comedic partner ↗MEARA
  40. 66Incur a cellphone surcharge, perhaps ↗ROAM
  41. 68Electrical impulse transmitters ↗AXONS
  42. 70Face off ↗DUEL
  43. 73Catchall abbr. ↗ETAL
  44. 74Priced to be, as bail ↗SETAT
  45. 77Fortified wine from Spain ↗MANZANILLA
  46. 79Home of NoHo and SoHo ↗NYC
  47. 80"Catch ya in the morn!" ↗NIGHT
  48. 82Main squeeze, in newer slang ↗BAE
  49. 84Lascivious look ↗LEER
  50. 85Old-timey teacher ↗MARM
  51. 89Sped or bled ... or led ↗RAN
  52. 90___ Lilly (Mounjaro maker) ↗ELI
  53. 91Pointe shoe accessories ↗TOEPADS
  54. 93Amy who wrote "Saving Fish From Drowning" ↗TAN
  55. 95Balloon pilot, say ↗AERONAUT
  56. 99Worth a pick? ↗RIPE
  57. 102Stick to simple and unprocessed foods, say ↗EATRAW
  58. 103State with only three counties: Abbr. ↗DEL
  59. 104Illegal offerings ↗BRIBES
  60. 105High-level H.S. class with derivatives ↗APCALC
  61. 106Star football player? ↗TEXAN
  62. 108Get even for ↗AVENGE
  63. 109Kind of insurance for bridges ↗DENTAL
  64. 110Types in ↗ENTERS
  65. 114Surrey's Derby town ↗EPSOM
  66. 116Singer/dancer/actress Falana ↗LOLA
  67. 117Say for sure ↗AVOW
  68. 118Org. supporting sobriety checkpoints ↗MADD
  69. 119Father of five sons in the Bible ↗ESAU
  70. 121___ buco ↗OSSO
  71. 123Adornment on a boathouse wall ↗OAR
  72. 125Heel, e.g. ↗END