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NYT Crossword Answers Sep 21, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 21, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Alexander LiebeskindEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Where Mongolia is ↗ASIA
  2. 5Scaredy-cat ↗WIMP
  3. 9Leafs (through) ↗PAGES
  4. 14Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize ↗DAMN
  5. 15Berry at a smoothie shop ↗ACAI
  6. 16Company behind the game Pong ↗ATARI
  7. 17Mentally pooped ↗TOOTIREDTOTHINK
  8. 201960s service site, informally ↗NAM
  9. 21Common injury site for a basketball player, informally ↗ACL
  10. 22Thick, as plant growth ↗LUSH
  11. 23Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam ↗TEACHTOTHETEST
  12. 28Commercial that may come with a jingle ↗RADIOAD
  13. 29Took a chair ↗SAT
  14. 30Eager ↗AVID
  15. 31Hair parter ↗COMB
  16. 34Continue a subscription ↗RENEW
  17. 38Barely passing grade ↗DEE
  18. 39Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across ↗FORTIES
  19. 41Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate ↗AGE
  20. 42Sometimes-floral organic compound ↗ESTER
  21. 44Draped Indian garment ↗SARI
  22. 45___-X (computer command to cut text) ↗CTRL
  23. 46Crosses (out) ↗XES
  24. 48Conjures up, say ↗CREATES
  25. 50"If I'm being honest ..." ↗TOTELLTHETRUTH
  26. 54Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna ↗SEAR
  27. 55Opposite of 'neath ↗OER
  28. 56Fools' mo. ↗APR
  29. 57"A fight requires more than one person" ↗TAKESTWOTOTANGO
  30. 63"I'm available to help" ↗USEME
  31. 64Modern note-taking aid ↗IPAD
  32. 65Plant in a marsh ↗REED
  33. 66Spanish babies ↗NENES
  34. 67What a paper airplane icon may indicate ↗SEND
  35. 68Thing in a grove ↗TREE

Down 41

  1. 1Big letters in home security ↗ADT
  2. 2___ Paulo, Brazil ↗SAO
  3. 3Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks" ↗IMONADIET
  4. 4Relief for an upset stomach ↗ANTACID
  5. 5Simple two-player card game ↗WAR
  6. 6Drink cooler ↗ICE
  7. 7Angry with ↗MADAT
  8. 8Throw from a mound ↗PITCH
  9. 9Butter square ↗PAT
  10. 10Any Olympian ↗ATHLETE
  11. 11First name of Julius Caesar ↗GAIUS
  12. 12Artist Max ↗ERNST
  13. 13Worshiper in a turban ↗SIKH
  14. 18Texter's qualifier ↗IMHO
  15. 19Cries in a fútbol stadium ↗OLES
  16. 23Barter ↗TRADE
  17. 24Roof overhangs ↗EAVES
  18. 25It may have a hard or soft shell ↗TACO
  19. 26Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons ↗ODORS
  20. 27Paves the way? ↗TARS
  21. 32N.Y.C. subway letters ↗MTA
  22. 33Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper ↗BIRCH
  23. 35Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery ↗NATTURNER
  24. 36Spearfishing bird ↗EGRET
  25. 37People of SW Britain ↗WELSH
  26. 39Without charge ↗FREE
  27. 40The Emerald Isle ↗EIRE
  28. 43Like skydiving or cliff-diving ↗EXTREME
  29. 45Dashboard or bumper ↗CARPART
  30. 47Place to put a coin ↗SLOT
  31. 49Coup d'___ ↗ETAT
  32. 50Joke with ↗TEASE
  33. 51Like some wine barrels ↗OAKEN
  34. 52___ and Clark ↗LEWIS
  35. 53Familiar narrative device ↗TROPE
  36. 54Leave dumbfounded ↗STUN
  37. 58French possessive ↗SES
  38. 59Catch some rays ↗TAN
  39. 60Bizarre ↗ODD
  40. 61"Golly!" ↗GEE
  41. 62Poetic tribute ↗ODE