NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 26, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 26, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Brian CallahanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1564 clues

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The Grid

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Across 31

  1. 1Prepares, as shumai ↗STEAMS
  2. 7Paste commonly simulated by a blend of horseradish, mustard and green dye ↗WASABI
  3. 13Rounded, say ↗SHAPELY
  4. 15Late hour ↗ELEVEN
  5. 16Pair's reassurance ↗WEREGOOD
  6. 18N.F.C. West team, informally ↗NINERS
  7. 19"Go right ahead …" ↗BEMYGUEST
  8. 21Pecan, but not pumpkin ↗TREE
  9. 22Selena Gomez or Beyoncé, by birth ↗TEXAN
  10. 23Runaround? ↗LAP
  11. 24John ___, singer with the hit albums "Perfectly Good Guitar" and "Mystic Pinball" ↗HIATT
  12. 25Withdraw (from) ↗WEAN
  13. 26Part of an asymmetrical hairstyle ↗SIDEBANGS
  14. 28Early giant in punch-card tabulating systems ↗IBM
  15. 29Giggle ↗TEEHEEHEE
  16. 30Element of economic globalization ↗TRADEDEAL
  17. 31Desserts that may feature frangipane ↗PEARTARTS
  18. 32Part of what makes you you ↗DNA
  19. 35Online show pieces ↗WEBISODES
  20. 36Result of a shopping spree ↗HAUL
  21. 37Kite feature ↗TALON
  22. 38The Marlins, on scoreboards ↗MIA
  23. 39___-corner ↗CATTY
  24. 40Assert ↗AVOW
  25. 41STEM field concern ↗GENDERGAP
  26. 43It's in the eye of the beholder ↗RETINA
  27. 45Pull it together ↗GETAGRIP
  28. 47Rang ↗PHONED
  29. 48Camp distribution ↗RATIONS
  30. 49Toasts ↗SINGES
  31. 50Verse from Emily Dickinson or Emma Lazarus ↗SESTET

Down 33

  1. 1Duluth-to-Minneapolis dir. ↗SSW
  2. 2Broadcaster with a onetime coat-of-arms logo, informally ↗THEBEEB
  3. 3Otoscopy, e.g. ↗EAREXAM
  4. 4Anthropopithecus, e.g. ↗APEMAN
  5. 5Actress Price of the 2000s sitcom "Grounded for Life" ↗MEGYN
  6. 6Labor ↗SLOG
  7. 7Took a turn ↗WENT
  8. 8Subject of the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings" ↗ALI
  9. 9Watch party? ↗SENTINEL
  10. 10Mean ↗AVERAGE
  11. 11Some Basque headwear ↗BERETS
  12. 12Exclave's spot in an atlas, often ↗INSET
  13. 14Critical response concerning a piece of fiction? ↗YOULIEDTOME
  14. 17Riding free as an employee, in airline lingo ↗DEADHEADING
  15. 20Real page-turner? ↗SPEEDREADER
  16. 22Lead-in to light ↗TWI
  17. 24Gag reflexes? ↗HAHAS
  18. 26Scorches ↗SEARS
  19. 27Roots for vegan burgers ↗BEETS
  20. 29Part of a bridal outfit ↗TRAIN
  21. 30Signature QB move included as a feature in 2012's Madden NFL 13 video game ↗TEBOWING
  22. 31Main pack in a bicycle race ↗PELOTON
  23. 32A bit corrupt, perhaps? ↗DATAROT
  24. 33Evergreen whose cones bear edible seeds ↗NUTPINE
  25. 34Olympic gymnast Raisman ↗ALY
  26. 35Silently greet someone ↗WAVEHI
  27. 36Pudding typically served with "neeps and tatties" ↗HAGGIS
  28. 37Highly prized rewards on "Survivor" ↗TARPS
  29. 39"This Side Up" container ↗CRATE
  30. 41Roves ↗GADS
  31. 42HHH ↗ETAS
  32. 44Once called ↗NEE
  33. 46Lake Tahoe winter hrs. ↗PST