The full solution for the NY Times September 21 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Alexander Liebeskind and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Where Mongolia is ASIA
- 5A Scaredy-cat WIMP
- 9A Leafs (through) PAGES
- 14A Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize DAMN
- 15A Berry at a smoothie shop ACAI
- 16A Company behind the game Pong ATARI
- 17A Mentally pooped TOOTIREDTOTHINK
- 20A 1960s service site, informally NAM
- 21A Common injury site for a basketball player, informally ACL
- 22A Thick, as plant growth LUSH
- 23A Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam TEACHTOTHETEST
- 28A Commercial that may come with a jingle RADIOAD
- 29A Took a chair SAT
- 30A Eager AVID
- 31A Hair parter COMB
- 34A Continue a subscription RENEW
- 38A Barely passing grade DEE
- 39A Decade of W.W. II … or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across FORTIES
- 41A Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate AGE
- 42A Sometimes-floral organic compound ESTER
- 44A Draped Indian garment SARI
- 45A ___-X (computer command to cut text) CTRL
- 46A Crosses (out) XES
- 48A Conjures up, say CREATES
- 50A “If I’m being honest …” TOTELLTHETRUTH
- 54A Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna SEAR
- 55A Opposite of ‘neath OER
- 56A Fools’ mo. APR
- 57A “A fight requires more than one person” TAKESTWOTOTANGO
- 63A “I’m available to help” USEME
- 64A Modern note-taking aid IPAD
- 65A Plant in a marsh REED
- 66A Spanish babies NENES
- 67A What a paper airplane icon may indicate SEND
- 68A Thing in a grove TREE
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Big letters in home security ADT
- 2D ___ Paulo, Brazil SAO
- 3D Comment that might follow “None for me, thanks” IMONADIET
- 4D Relief for an upset stomach ANTACID
- 5D Simple two-player card game WAR
- 6D Drink cooler ICE
- 7D Angry with MADAT
- 8D Throw from a mound PITCH
- 9D Butter square PAT
- 10D Any Olympian ATHLETE
- 11D First name of Julius Caesar GAIUS
- 12D Artist Max ERNST
- 13D Worshiper in a turban SIKH
- 18D Texter’s qualifier IMHO
- 19D Cries in a fútbol stadium OLES
- 23D Barter TRADE
- 24D Roof overhangs EAVES
- 25D It may have a hard or soft shell TACO
- 26D Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons ODORS
- 27D Paves the way? TARS
- 32D N.Y.C. subway letters MTA
- 33D Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper BIRCH
- 35D Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery NATTURNER
- 36D Spearfishing bird EGRET
- 37D People of SW Britain WELSH
- 39D Without charge FREE
- 40D The Emerald Isle EIRE
- 43D Like skydiving or cliff-diving EXTREME
- 45D Dashboard or bumper CARPART
- 47D Place to put a coin SLOT
- 49D Coup d’___ ETAT
- 50D Joke with TEASE
- 51D Like some wine barrels OAKEN
- 52D ___ and Clark LEWIS
- 53D Familiar narrative device TROPE
- 54D Leave dumbfounded STUN
- 58D French possessive SES
- 59D Catch some rays TAN
- 60D Bizarre ODD
- 61D “Golly!” GEE
- 62D Poetic tribute ODE
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