The full solution for the NY Times September 28 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Helen Chen and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Widespread disorder HAVOC
- 6A Like the exteriors of armadillos SCALY
- 11A Fall behind in payments OWE
- 14A Boxing locale ARENA
- 15A Classic radio song OLDIE
- 16A Dessert with a crust PIE
- 17A Solid baseball hit LINER
- 18A Complete shocker BOMBSHELL
- 20A Bicycle built for two TANDEM
- 22A Round Table title SIR
- 23A “___ time will tell” ONLY
- 24A Prefix with physics or thermal GEO
- 25A Make into law ENACT
- 27A Alternative to French fries TATERTOTS
- 31A Skill needed to solve sudoku LOGIC
- 35A Suffix with fail or forfeit URE
- 36A Apple platform IOS
- 37A “Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___” BANANA
- 38A With 41-Across, ball hit out of the park by the very first batter for either side ? or a hint to the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across LEADOFF
- 41A See 38-Across HOMERUN
- 42A Coconut Girl Scout cookies SAMOAS
- 43A “La Cage ___ Folles” AUX
- 44A Frat member BRO
- 45A Liability’s opposite ASSET
- 46A Detonation region BLASTZONE
- 49A “___ I compare thee to a summer’s day?”: Shak. SHALL
- 51A Before, poetically ERE
- 52A What’s more ALSO
- 55A Spoil ROT
- 56A Performs a stylish ballroom dance TANGOS
- 60A Tropical tree whose product is sometimes used as a meat substitute JACKFRUIT
- 63A San Francisco ballplayer GIANT
- 64A Actress de Armas ANA
- 65A “Take a look!” GOSEE
- 66A Helper for computer problems, informally ITGUY
- 67A Kylo ___ of “Star Wars” REN
- 68A Stockholm native SWEDE
- 69A Pursue CHASE
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D “Stop!” HALT
- 2D Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro,” e.g. ARIA
- 3D Kind of diagram with overlapping circles VENN
- 4D Antsy ONEDGE
- 5D One’s employment pursuit CAREER
- 6D Bawl SOB
- 7D Places to hang clothes CLOSETS
- 8D Forum overseers ADMINS
- 9D The Scales, zodiacally LIBRA
- 10D “Definitely!” YES
- 11D Certain golf or tennis tournament OPEN
- 12D Funny Ferrell or Rogers WILL
- 13D Slippery EELY
- 19D Scorcher HOTONE
- 21D Recurring thematic elements MOTIFS
- 26D Happy as a ___ CLAM
- 27D City NE of Oklahoma City TULSA
- 28D Fields AREAS
- 29D The N.H.L. has 32 TEAMS
- 30D Cartoon brawl sound effect OOF
- 32D Actress Greta of “Queen Christina” GARBO
- 33D Store, as ashes INURN
- 34D Dugout, e.g. CANOE
- 37D Complete series, maybe BOXSET
- 39D Gets by DOESOK
- 40D Solemn vow OATH
- 41D ___ Guofeng, successor of Mao Zedong HUA
- 43D Like the score going into extra innings ALLTIED
- 46D Top to accompany a skirt BLOUSE
- 47D Like the fate of Ophelia TRAGIC
- 48D Peak ZENITH
- 50D See 37-Across ARROW
- 52D Cracked slightly, as a door AJAR
- 53D Word following bike or memory LANE
- 54D Look at carefully SCAN
- 57D “Shallow” singer Lady ___ GAGA
- 58D Burden ONUS
- 59D Ailment that aptly rhymes with “eye” STYE
- 61D N.F.L. three-pointers: Abbr. FGS
- 62D Top to accompany shorts TEE
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