NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 24, 2026
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Clues71
Across34
Down37
ConstructorJeff Stillman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Slang for an Italian dish … or along with QI, the highest-value two-letter word in Scrabble (2)
Starts with Z, ends with AZA→
3A
Make an impression (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
7A
Hanger-on (5)
Starts with L, ends with HLEECH→
12A
Blunder (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
14A
Recital pieces (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOLOS→
16A
"Same here," more stiffly (5)
Starts with A, ends with IASDOI→
17A
Canapé topping (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
18A
Traction enhancer (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCLEAT→
19A
Ships, say (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMAILS→
20A
Cheerios grain (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
21A
American architect who invented Scrabble while unemployed during the Great Depression (11)
Starts with A, ends with SALFREDBUTTS→
23A
Hold tightly (5)
Starts with G, ends with PGRASP→
25A
Like most manuscript submissions (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTYPED→
26A
Many a Scottish native (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGAEL→
28A
Circuit in which Martina Navratilova holds the most singles titles, in brief (7)
Starts with W, ends with RWTATOUR→
33A
Dish featured in Broadway's "Sweeney Todd" (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMEATPIE→
36A
Decline (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWANE→
37A
Scrabble's name prior to its acquisition by James Brunot in 1948 (15)
Starts with C, ends with SCRISSCROSSWORDS→
41A
Ford or Lincoln (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAUTO→
42A
Full of vivid detail, as memory (7)
Starts with E, ends with CEIDETIC→
43A
Supposed sign of a healthy pooch (7)
Starts with W, ends with EWETNOSE→
45A
Onesie fastener (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAP→
47A
Actress Rene of "Thor" (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORUSSO→
50A
Watchdog's warning (5)
Starts with G, ends with LGROWL→
53A
Bonus score for a bingo (using all seven of one's tiles) in Scrabble (11)
Starts with F, ends with SFIFTYPOINTS→
58A
Actress Sandra or Ruby (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
59A
Dr. Seuss' environmentalist (5)
Starts with L, ends with XLORAX→
60A
Open, as a toothpaste tube (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUNCAP→
61A
Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3 (3)
Starts with I, ends with FINF→
62A
Cognizant (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAWARE→
63A
Home to Oral Roberts University (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATULSA→
64A
Verizon competitor, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with TATT→
65A
Power measures (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWATTS→
66A
Witnessed (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSEEN→
Down
1D
Weightless state, for short (5)
Starts with Z, ends with GZEROG→
2D
Cheering wildly (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
3D
Ones who have trouble finishing sentences? (8)
Starts with E, ends with SESCAPEES→
5D
Chin feature (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCLEFT→
6D
Old and trite (5)
Starts with H, ends with YHOARY→
7D
Wavelength symbol (6)
Starts with L, ends with ALAMBDA→
8D
Genesis twin (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
9D
Doctor (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
10D
Belmont entry (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOLT→
11D
Sound during a cat fight (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHISS→
13D
Put on sale, perhaps (5)
Starts with R, ends with GRETAG→
15D
From one tone to the next adjacent tone, in music (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESTEPWISE→
22D
Finds repugnant (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDETESTS→
24D
Biblical figure with a notoriously bad hair day? (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSAMSON→
27D
Gets ready to hit the ice (7)
Starts with L, ends with PLACESUP→
29D
Like some garages (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTWOCAR→
30D
Crew need (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
31D
Hamburger connection? (3)
Starts with U, ends with DUND→
32D
Some scale members (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRES→
34D
Vies for a roster spot (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTRIESOUT→
35D
Group of seals (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
37D
Crow's cry (3)
Starts with C, ends with WCAW→
38D
Wish undone (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERUE→
39D
Addams Family cousin (3)
Starts with I, ends with TITT→
40D
Record held by the Spruce Goose for over 70 years, at 320 feet (8)
Starts with W, ends with NWINGSPAN→
44D
Straight-horned antelopes (6)
Starts with O, ends with SORYXES→
46D
Spots for addresses (5)
Starts with P, ends with APODIA→
48D
Kind of cavity (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSINUS→
49D
Frère de la mère (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONCLE→
51D
Forgot what you intended to say (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWENT→
52D
Didn't fill in, as a field on an application (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEFT→
53D
Design problem (4)
Starts with F, ends with WFLAW→
54D
Part of the Corn Belt (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOWA→
55D
Row house? (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFRAT→
56D
Patisserie pastry (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTART→
57D
Stun, in a way (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETASE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
Fill the grid so that every Across and Down answer matches its clue. Numbered squares mark where answers begin. Theme answers, usually the longest entries, share a twist that the puzzle's title or a revealer clue explains. Thursday puzzles are known for rebus squares and other tricks that bend the normal rules.
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 24, 2026?+
71 clues: 34 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeff Stillman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Slang for an Italian dish … or along with QI, the highest-value two-letter word in Scrabble (ZA); Make an impression (ETCH); Hanger-on (LEECH).
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