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NYT Crossword Answers Sep 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dana EdwardsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Meh ↗BLAH
  2. 5Labors like the Seven Dwarfs ↗MINES
  3. 10Looped in via email ↗CCED
  4. 14Covid-19, colloquially ↗RONA
  5. 15Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 ↗ATARI
  6. 16Mauna Loa output ↗LAVA
  7. 17Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings ↗AUDI
  8. 18Start of a counting rhyme ↗EENIE
  9. 19Slightly ↗ATAD
  10. 20Honorable conduct on the field ↗SPORTSMANSHIP
  11. 23Recluses ↗HERMITS
  12. 24On-schedule ↗TIMELY
  13. 27Musician's gift ↗EAR
  14. 28Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head ↗TOAD
  15. 30Fish eggs ↗ROE
  16. 31Kid around ↗JEST
  17. 34When hunting restrictions are lifted ↗OPENSEASON
  18. 37Epic poem originally passed down orally ↗ILIAD
  19. 39CPR expert ↗EMT
  20. 40Pretense ↗FRONT
  21. 41Carnival diversion requiring precision ↗BALLOONPOP
  22. 44One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle ↗ENYA
  23. 45Bikini season, in Bordeaux ↗ETE
  24. 46"Hmm ... I pass" ↗UHNO
  25. 47Word before data or deal ↗RAW
  26. 49Peak in the Alaska Range ↗DENALI
  27. 51Slender e-cig ↗VAPEPEN
  28. 55"You're free to criticize it" ... or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across? ↗THATSFAIRGAME
  29. 58Genderqueer identity, informally ↗ENBY
  30. 60Windowside perches ↗SILLS
  31. 61"Back in my day ..." ↗ONCE
  32. 62Instrument also called the "sprightly companion" ↗OBOE
  33. 63Greek salad morsel ↗OLIVE
  34. 64Gave the green light ↗OKED
  35. 65Catches red-handed ↗NABS
  36. 66"Duly ___" ↗NOTED
  37. 67They go for bucks ↗DOES

Down 37

  1. 1Brazen ↗BRASH
  2. 2Jeweler's magnifying glass ↗LOUPE
  3. 3"Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna ↗ANDOR
  4. 4Music genre named for its voluminous dos ↗HAIRMETAL
  5. 5Distinguished conductor ↗MAESTRO
  6. 6Agenda topics ↗ITEMS
  7. 7Nickname for grandma ↗NANA
  8. 8Environmental activist Brockovich ↗ERIN
  9. 9Naps, in Nicaragua ↗SIESTAS
  10. 10___ to fame ↗CLAIM
  11. 11One preferring purrs to pooches ↗CATPERSON
  12. 12Actress Mendes ↗EVA
  13. 13"Old man" ↗DAD
  14. 21Spanish aunt ↗TIA
  15. 22720p+ resolution, informally ↗HIDEF
  16. 25Bonkers ↗LOONY
  17. 26Gossip, from the Yiddish ↗YENTA
  18. 28It's kept by a metronome ↗TEMPO
  19. 29Not fooled by ↗ONTO
  20. 31Meshed (with) ↗JIBED
  21. 32Thrill ↗ELATE
  22. 33Jay's reticent partner of filmdom ↗SILENTBOB
  23. 35Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally ↗PENN
  24. 36"Is everything cool between us?" ↗AREWEGOOD
  25. 38Nonmedical childbirth assistant ↗DOULA
  26. 42"Them's fightin' words!" ↗OHITSON
  27. 43Talked up ↗PRAISED
  28. 48Arbor Day mo. ↗APR
  29. 50"Now I remember" ↗AHYES
  30. 51Part of a heart or faucet ↗VALVE
  31. 52Japanese bread crumbs ↗PANKO
  32. 53Host with a mic ↗EMCEE
  33. 54More than wants ↗NEEDS
  34. 56Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph ↗SILO
  35. 57Dart (about) ↗FLIT
  36. 58Seemingly for-EH-ver ↗EON
  37. 59Thunder setting, in brief ↗NBA