NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 22, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 22, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Erik AgardEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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The Grid

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Across 31

  1. 1Makes a sullen face ↗POUTS
  2. 6Beetle amulet in ancient Egypt ↗SCARAB
  3. 12Sudden and unexpected ↗ABRUPT
  4. 14Was overprotective, in a way ↗HOVERED
  5. 16___ algebra ↗LINEAR
  6. 17Still in its packaging ↗UNOPENED
  7. 1950/52-Across musician ↗STEVIEWONDER
  8. 21#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("You can feel it all over") ↗SIRDUKE
  9. 24Like a scratchy voice ↗RASPY
  10. 25Best possible ↗IDEAL
  11. 26Billionaires' boats ↗YACHTS
  12. 30Resident of Africa's fourth-largest country ↗LIBYAN
  13. 32Secrecy contracts, in brief ↗NDAS
  14. 33Name that's a body part backward ↗RAE
  15. 36Obligation ↗ONUS
  16. 37#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("Why did those days ever have to go?") ↗IWISH
  17. 39Greek "I" ↗IOTA
  18. 40Perched ↗SAT
  19. 41Fraudulent offer ↗SCAM
  20. 42Not sinking ↗AFLOAT
  21. 44Like pagodas and some cakes ↗TIERED
  22. 46"Clemency" star Woodard ↗ALFRE
  23. 47___ point (center) ↗FOCAL
  24. 50With 52-Across, double album released on September 28, 1976, that spent 13 straight weeks at #1 ↗SONGSIN
  25. 52See 50-Across ↗THEKEYOFLIFE
  26. 56Spy's identifier ↗CODENAME
  27. 57Bloc party? ↗NATION
  28. 61Whistlers in the kitchen ↗KETTLES
  29. 62___ Kreme ↗KRISPY
  30. 63Doughnut quantities ↗DOZENS
  31. 64Work ___ ↗ETHIC

Down 41

  1. 1Buddy ↗PAL
  2. 2___-Wan Kenobi ↗OBI
  3. 3Vase with a base ↗URN
  4. 4Popular times for tacos ↗TUESDAYS
  5. 5Pancake-flipping tool ↗SPATULA
  6. 6Feng ___ ↗SHUI
  7. 7Scoop holder ↗CONE
  8. 8Declare definitively ↗AVOW
  9. 9Segments of news shows ↗REPORTS
  10. 10Venues for concerts and competitions ↗ARENAS
  11. 11Road curves ↗BENDS
  12. 13"Star ___ II: The Wrath of Khan" ↗TREK
  13. 15Profound ↗DEEP
  14. 18Like some humor and runs ↗DRY
  15. 20"Oy ___!" ↗VEY
  16. 21Grain storage structures ↗SILOS
  17. 22Broadway star Menzel ↗IDINA
  18. 23Argue against ↗REBUT
  19. 27"Demon Slayer" or "Attack on Titan" ↗ANIME
  20. 28Contents of plastic sleeves or jewel cases, informally ↗CDS
  21. 29"lol" ↗HAHA
  22. 31"Love it!" ↗NICE
  23. 33They might be thatched ↗ROOFS
  24. 34Pioneer in arcade games ↗ATARI
  25. 35Devoured ↗EATEN
  26. 38"This means ___!" ↗WAR
  27. 39Cry in response to a doorbell ↗ILLGETIT
  28. 41Feature of "rendezvous" and "laissez-faire" ↗SILENTZ
  29. 43Celebratory hoopla ↗FANFARE
  30. 44Start liking ↗TAKETO
  31. 45Broadband connection type, in brief ↗DSL
  32. 47Government agcy. founded to enforce antitrust laws ↗FTC
  33. 48"I see" ↗OHOK
  34. 49Formally yielded ↗CEDED
  35. 51Pig's cry ↗OINK
  36. 53Ivy League school in New Haven ↗YALE
  37. 54Sign of things to come ↗OMEN
  38. 55___ up (come clean) ↗FESS
  39. 58"... or thereabouts" ↗ISH
  40. 59Nail polish brand ↗OPI
  41. 60It has M.S.G. in it ↗NYC