The full solution for the NY Times September 23 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Dana Edwards and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Meh BLAH
- 5A Labors like the Seven Dwarfs MINES
- 10A Looped in via email CCED
- 14A Covid-19, colloquially RONA
- 15A Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 ATARI
- 16A Mauna Loa output LAVA
- 17A Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings AUDI
- 18A Start of a counting rhyme EENIE
- 19A Slightly ATAD
- 20A Honorable conduct on the field SPORTSMANSHIP
- 23A Recluses HERMITS
- 24A On-schedule TIMELY
- 27A Musician’s gift EAR
- 28A Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head TOAD
- 30A Fish eggs ROE
- 31A Kid around JEST
- 34A When hunting restrictions are lifted OPENSEASON
- 37A Epic poem originally passed down orally ILIAD
- 39A CPR expert EMT
- 40A Pretense FRONT
- 41A Carnival diversion requiring precision BALLOONPOP
- 44A One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle ENYA
- 45A Bikini season, in Bordeaux ETE
- 46A “Hmm … I pass” UHNO
- 47A Word before data or deal RAW
- 49A Peak in the Alaska Range DENALI
- 51A Slender e-cig VAPEPEN
- 55A “You’re free to criticize it” … or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across? THATSFAIRGAME
- 58A Genderqueer identity, informally ENBY
- 60A Windowside perches SILLS
- 61A “Back in my day …” ONCE
- 62A Instrument also called the “sprightly companion” OBOE
- 63A Greek salad morsel OLIVE
- 64A Gave the green light OKED
- 65A Catches red-handed NABS
- 66A “Duly ___” NOTED
- 67A They go for bucks DOES
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Brazen BRASH
- 2D Jeweler’s magnifying glass LOUPE
- 3D “Star Wars” series starring Diego Luna ANDOR
- 4D Music genre named for its voluminous dos HAIRMETAL
- 5D Distinguished conductor MAESTRO
- 6D Agenda topics ITEMS
- 7D Nickname for grandma NANA
- 8D Environmental activist Brockovich ERIN
- 9D Naps, in Nicaragua SIESTAS
- 10D ___ to fame CLAIM
- 11D One preferring purrs to pooches CATPERSON
- 12D Actress Mendes EVA
- 13D “Old man” DAD
- 21D Spanish aunt TIA
- 22D 720p+ resolution, informally HIDEF
- 25D Bonkers LOONY
- 26D Gossip, from the Yiddish YENTA
- 28D It’s kept by a metronome TEMPO
- 29D Not fooled by ONTO
- 31D Meshed (with) JIBED
- 32D Thrill ELATE
- 33D Jay’s reticent partner of filmdom SILENTBOB
- 35D Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally PENN
- 36D “Is everything cool between us?” AREWEGOOD
- 38D Nonmedical childbirth assistant DOULA
- 42D “Them’s fightin’ words!” OHITSON
- 43D Talked up PRAISED
- 48D Arbor Day mo. APR
- 50D “Now I remember” AHYES
- 51D Part of a heart or faucet VALVE
- 52D Japanese bread crumbs PANKO
- 53D Host with a mic EMCEE
- 54D More than wants NEEDS
- 56D Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph SILO
- 57D Dart (about) FLIT
- 58D Seemingly for-EH-ver EON
- 59D Thunder setting, in brief NBA
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