NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 27, 2026
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Clues140
Across62
Down78
TitleThe Full 12 Rounds
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Bad association (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTIGMA→
7A
Shoot for dinner? (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSPRIG→
12A
Jeweler's wares (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCUTGEMS→
19A
… in global commerce)(Conflict … (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTETRAD→
20A
Emerge (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARISE→
21A
DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 (7)
Starts with O, ends with AOPHELIA→
22A
Potential benefit (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUPSIDE→
23A
Was almost out of supplies (6)
Starts with R, ends with WRANLOW→
25A
That's saying something! (7)
Starts with O, ends with YORATORY→
26A
Turned into an internet gag (5)
Starts with M, ends with DMEMED→
27A
Japanese graphic novels (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMANGA→
28A
… outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at … (6)
Starts with E, ends with TESPORT→
30A
Dukes, countesses, etc. (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPEERAGE→
32A
Put down in writing (13)
Starts with C, ends with RCOMMITTOPAPER→
37A
Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESADIE→
39A
Baby who's up all night? (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOWLET→
40A
Where many papyrus plants grow (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENILE→
41A
Frenzied locale at a rock concert (7)
Starts with M, ends with TMOSHPIT→
44A
Press a case? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESUE→
45A
"Spring forward" hrs. (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDST→
47A
Test room (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLAB→
48A
Cut back on (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPARE→
49A
53A
Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYENA→
55A
Google's domain (6)
Starts with T, ends with BTHEWEB→
58A
Hindu festival of colors (4)
Starts with H, ends with IHOLI→
59A
Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACURA→
62A
Instant (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
63A
Challenge to a potential investor (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAREYOUIN→
66A
… transport)(Bigwig's … (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOPERS→
68A
Straightaway driving contests (9)
Starts with D, ends with SDRAGRACES→
70A
Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops (9)
Starts with V, ends with AVILLANOVA→
73A
… park an auto)(Narrow space in which to … (6)
Starts with R, ends with NRAGEON→
74A
Marvelous (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSPLENDID→
77A
One in 100: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSEN→
78A
"It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWASNT→
79A
Word with dish or drag (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIN→
80A
Locale for many a commercial logo (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTSHIRT→
82A
German brewery since 1873 (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBECKS→
85A
89A
Cause of some red cheeks (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
90A
Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUSO→
94A
___ Lanka (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
95A
Custom-tailored (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBESPOKE→
98A
One of Cuba's Castros (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAUL→
100A
Lose it (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGOAPE→
102A
Best-case (5)
Starts with I, ends with LIDEAL→
103A
Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions (13)
Starts with J, ends with SJUPITERPROBES→
107A
Good position to be in? (7)
Starts with P, ends with BPLUMJOB→
112A
… clarify or explain)(Seeking to … (6)
Starts with V, ends with EVEINTE→
113A
Hide-outs (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLAIRS→
115A
Itsy-bitsy (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTEENY→
116A
Disk-flipping strategy game (7)
Starts with R, ends with IREVERSI→
119A
Like wheat beers (6)
Starts with Y, ends with YYEASTY→
121A
Certain factory machine (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSORTER→
122A
Chaperones (7)
Starts with E, ends with SESCORTS→
123A
Many a John Williams composition (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEME→
124A
… of hindsight)(With the benefit … (6)
Starts with P, ends with NPECTIN→
125A
Clear coat (7)
Starts with V, ends with HVARNISH→
127A
Deal made on the spot? (6)
Starts with A, ends with EADSALE→
Down
1D
Bewilder (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTUMP→
2D
Conical accommodations (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETEPEE→
3D
Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" (5)
Starts with I, ends with EITSME→
4D
"Jackie Brown" star Pam (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGRIER→
5D
Unruly rush (7)
Starts with M, ends with HMADDASH→
6D
Commercial suffix with Power (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
7D
Singer Bareilles (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASARA→
8D
Have a spring in one's step (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPRANCE→
9D
One of the Beatles (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORINGO→
10D
Faith with five pillars (5)
Starts with I, ends with MISLAM→
11D
Prefix with cache (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGEO→
12D
Assumed ownership over (7)
Starts with C, ends with DCOOPTED→
13D
Pulls out, as weeds (7)
Starts with U, ends with SUPROOTS→
14D
Choreographer Twyla (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTHARP→
15D
Achieve a sunbather's goal (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGETTAN→
16D
___ rating (chess stat) (3)
Starts with E, ends with OELO→
17D
Old space station (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMIR→
18D
Perhaps (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
24D
Chinese artist Ai ___ (6)
Starts with W, ends with IWEIWEI→
27D
Triage provider (5)
Starts with M, ends with CMEDIC→
29D
The Cardinals, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSTL→
31D
Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s (3)
Starts with G, ends with PGAP→
33D
"___ Rouge" (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMOULIN→
34D
It's driven into the ground (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPILE→
36D
Redheaded "Queen of Country" (4)
Starts with R, ends with AREBA→
38D
Diminutive Spanish suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
41D
Bill of HBO's "Real Time" (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMAHER→
42D
Mine craft? (6)
Starts with O, ends with RORECAR→
43D
Do some garment-making (3)
Starts with S, ends with WSEW→
44D
Performances for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISOLI→
46D
Competitor of Bluesky and X (7)
Starts with T, ends with STHREADS→
48D
Affliction for some vets, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPTSD→
50D
Greek PPP (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRHOS→
51D
Promise of payback (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
52D
Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSAMIN→
54D
Tall tale (4)
Starts with Y, ends with NYARN→
56D
Sonic euphoria, colloquially (7)
Starts with E, ends with MEARGASM→
57D
Scottish hillsides (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAES→
60D
Far from the target, in a guessing game (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCOLD→
61D
Illuminated from below (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUPLIT→
64D
Univ. course that's in demand? (4)
Starts with E, ends with NECON→
65D
Streisand musical (5)
Starts with Y, ends with LYENTL→
67D
"That's freaking epic!" (6)
Starts with S, ends with KSOSICK→
69D
Rubberneck (4)
Starts with G, ends with KGAWK→
70D
___ cava (major blood vessel) (4)
Starts with V, ends with AVENA→
71D
Sci-fi pioneer Jules (5)
Starts with V, ends with EVERNE→
72D
It gets you a hand (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
74D
Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSMOREO→
75D
Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPAPI→
76D
Lefty, to a righty (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLIB→
81D
"Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHAO→
82D
___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" (4)
Starts with B, ends with JBURJ→
83D
Heir with much hair in the Bible (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
84D
Great success (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCOUP→
86D
Fish hawk (6)
Starts with O, ends with YOSPREY→
87D
Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCBD→
88D
Play for ___ (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKEEPS→
92D
Shaders of gray? (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAGEISTS→
93D
Cultural group of SW Britain (7)
Starts with C, ends with HCORNISH→
96D
___ soda (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
97D
Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year (7)
Starts with P, ends with DPLUTOED→
99D
Persist (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLIVEON→
101D
Fitting (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
102D
"Am I crazy …?" (6)
Starts with I, ends with EISITME→
104D
Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITERRI→
105D
Malaise, with "the" (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLAHS→
106D
Lets up (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEASES→
108D
Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMERCS→
109D
Volkswagen sedan (5)
Starts with J, ends with AJETTA→
110D
Buck enshrined in Cooperstown (5)
Starts with O, ends with LONEIL→
111D
David who fronted Talking Heads (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBYRNE→
114D
Some loaves or liquors (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRYES→
116D
Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't (3)
Starts with R, ends with VREV→
117D
That, in Spanish (3)
Starts with E, ends with AESA→
118D
Forerunner of the DVD player (3)
Starts with V, ends with RVCR→
120D
"when r u coming?" (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
121D
Relaxing getaway (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 27, 2026?+
140 clues: 62 Across and 78 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Wagner and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Bad association (STIGMA); Shoot for dinner? (SPRIG); Jeweler's wares (CUTGEMS).
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