NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 29, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorHanh Huynh
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Big ones can be difficult to manage (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
9A
British John (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELTON→
14A
Nincompoop (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOPE→
15A
Surrounding glow (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
16A
Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It" (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOONE→
17A
Where some monster home runs land (9)
Starts with U, ends with KUPPERDECK→
19A
Language of the Vikings (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENORSE→
20A
Rich deposits of ore (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLODES→
21A
Home of the Buckeyes, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with UOSU→
23A
Muslim holiday, informally (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEID→
24A
Scoped out with intent to rob (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCASED→
25A
Pretty long time, in an idiom (9)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTMINUTE→
28A
Battery fill (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
29A
Capital of Yemen (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASANAA→
30A
Copied (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
31A
"You ___!" ("Absolutely!") (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBET→
33A
"I ___ U" (candy heart message) (3)
Starts with L, ends with VLUV→
35A
Another plateful from the buffet, say (13)
Starts with S, ends with GSECONDHELPING→
40A
Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
41A
Board appointee, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEXEC→
42A
Work unit (3)
Starts with E, ends with GERG→
44A
Chief god of Valhalla (4)
Starts with O, ends with NODIN→
47A
European viper (5)
Starts with A, ends with RADDER→
49A
Greek goddess of the earth (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGAEA→
50A
Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B. (9)
Starts with L, ends with DLEFTFIELD→
52A
Storage units (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBYTES→
53A
Dad on "Black-ish" (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDRE→
54A
Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
55A
Indie rock singer ___ O (5)
Starts with K, ends with NKAREN→
58A
Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do? (9)
Starts with J, ends with SJOINHANDS→
62A
Unconcealed (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOVERT→
63A
Toll unit on some roads (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAXLE→
64A
Tour de France entry (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTEAM→
65A
"Cooties" (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGERMS→
66A
Hitch up on a farm (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYOKE→
67A
Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEDYS→
Down
1D
Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
2D
Reach great heights in life (8)
Starts with G, ends with SGOPLACES→
3D
Like black and white (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOPPOSITE→
4D
Numbered in a tournament bracket (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSEEDED→
5D
Always at the pharmacy? (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPADS→
6D
Regret (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERUE→
7D
Middle-earth foe (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
8D
___ Territory, 1861-89 (6)
Starts with D, ends with ADAKOTA→
9D
Ho-hum feeling (5)
Starts with E, ends with IENNUI→
10D
British john (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLOO→
11D
Ripped to pieces (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTOREUP→
12D
Like not-work-from-home days (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONSITE→
13D
Had to have (6)
Starts with N, ends with DNEEDED→
18D
Visibly embarrassed, say (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
22D
Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSMALLER→
24D
What can travel a fare distance? (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCAB→
25D
Brain-busting (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHARD→
26D
Just between us (7)
Starts with O, ends with LONTHEDL→
27D
Blue race in "Avatar" (4)
Starts with N, ends with INAVI→
29D
Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSUNMAID→
32D
Hotel request (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCOT→
34D
Scanned lines, for short (3)
Starts with U, ends with CUPC→
36D
"If you ___ stand the heat ..." (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCANT→
37D
Crossed (out) (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEXED→
38D
Made nice? (8)
Starts with N, ends with DNEATENED→
39D
Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot" (8)
Starts with G, ends with YGREENDAY→
43D
Pit stop refill (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
44D
Subject of a saying about new tricks (6)
Starts with O, ends with GOLDDOG→
45D
Infer (from) (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDERIVE→
46D
Perhaps not at all (6)
Starts with I, ends with RIFEVER→
48D
Spinner of tunes (6)
Starts with D, ends with YDEEJAY→
49D
Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGYRATE→
51D
Courier and Century Gothic, for two (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFONTS→
52D
"Nuts!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with HBAH→
55D
Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
57D
Pitcher's asset (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
59D
Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOXO→
61D
Texting format, for short (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSMS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 29, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Hanh Huynh and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Big ones can be difficult to manage (EGOS); Urge (PROD); British John (ELTON).
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