NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 23, 2026
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorDana Edwards
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
5A
Labors like the Seven Dwarfs (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMINES→
10A
Looped in via email (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCCED→
14A
Covid-19, colloquially (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARONA→
15A
Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 (5)
Starts with A, ends with IATARI→
16A
Mauna Loa output (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAVA→
17A
Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAUDI→
18A
Start of a counting rhyme (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEENIE→
19A
Slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DATAD→
20A
Honorable conduct on the field (13)
Starts with S, ends with PSPORTSMANSHIP→
23A
Recluses (7)
Starts with H, ends with SHERMITS→
24A
On-schedule (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTIMELY→
27A
Musician's gift (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
28A
Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
30A
Fish eggs (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
31A
Kid around (4)
Starts with J, ends with TJEST→
34A
When hunting restrictions are lifted (10)
Starts with O, ends with NOPENSEASON→
37A
Epic poem originally passed down orally (5)
Starts with I, ends with DILIAD→
39A
CPR expert (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
40A
Pretense (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFRONT→
41A
Carnival diversion requiring precision (10)
Starts with B, ends with PBALLOONPOP→
44A
One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle (4)
Starts with E, ends with AENYA→
45A
Bikini season, in Bordeaux (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
46A
"Hmm ... I pass" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUHNO→
47A
Word before data or deal (3)
Starts with R, ends with WRAW→
49A
Peak in the Alaska Range (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDENALI→
51A
Slender e-cig (7)
Starts with V, ends with NVAPEPEN→
55A
58A
Genderqueer identity, informally (4)
Starts with E, ends with YENBY→
60A
Windowside perches (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSILLS→
61A
"Back in my day ..." (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
62A
Instrument also called the "sprightly companion" (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
63A
Greek salad morsel (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLIVE→
64A
Gave the green light (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOKED→
65A
Catches red-handed (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNABS→
66A
"Duly ___" (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOTED→
67A
They go for bucks (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDOES→
Down
1D
Brazen (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBRASH→
2D
Jeweler's magnifying glass (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOUPE→
3D
"Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANDOR→
4D
Music genre named for its voluminous dos (9)
Starts with H, ends with LHAIRMETAL→
5D
Distinguished conductor (7)
Starts with M, ends with OMAESTRO→
6D
Agenda topics (5)
Starts with I, ends with SITEMS→
7D
Nickname for grandma (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANANA→
8D
Environmental activist Brockovich (4)
Starts with E, ends with NERIN→
9D
Naps, in Nicaragua (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSIESTAS→
10D
___ to fame (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAIM→
11D
One preferring purrs to pooches (9)
Starts with C, ends with NCATPERSON→
12D
Actress Mendes (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
13D
"Old man" (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDAD→
21D
Spanish aunt (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATIA→
22D
720p+ resolution, informally (5)
Starts with H, ends with FHIDEF→
25D
Bonkers (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLOONY→
26D
Gossip, from the Yiddish (5)
Starts with Y, ends with AYENTA→
28D
It's kept by a metronome (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTEMPO→
29D
Not fooled by (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
31D
Meshed (with) (5)
Starts with J, ends with DJIBED→
32D
Thrill (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELATE→
33D
Jay's reticent partner of filmdom (9)
Starts with S, ends with BSILENTBOB→
35D
Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPENN→
36D
"Is everything cool between us?" (9)
Starts with A, ends with DAREWEGOOD→
38D
Nonmedical childbirth assistant (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADOULA→
42D
"Them's fightin' words!" (7)
Starts with O, ends with NOHITSON→
43D
Talked up (7)
Starts with P, ends with DPRAISED→
48D
Arbor Day mo. (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAPR→
50D
"Now I remember" (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAHYES→
51D
Part of a heart or faucet (5)
Starts with V, ends with EVALVE→
52D
Japanese bread crumbs (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPANKO→
53D
Host with a mic (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMCEE→
54D
More than wants (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEEDS→
56D
Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
57D
Dart (about) (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFLIT→
58D
Seemingly for-EH-ver (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
59D
Thunder setting, in brief (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANBA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 23, 2026?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dana Edwards and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Meh (BLAH); Labors like the Seven Dwarfs (MINES); Looped in via email (CCED).
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