New York Times Crossword Answers

Tuesday, September 29 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

78 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 29 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Big ones can be difficult to manage4 letters 5Urge4 letters 9British John5 letters 14Nincompoop4 letters 15Surrounding glow4 letters 16Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It"5 letters 17Where some monster home runs land9 letters 19Language of the Vikings5 letters 20Rich deposits of ore5 letters 21Home of the Buckeyes, for short3 letters 23Muslim holiday, informally3 letters 24Scoped out with intent to rob5 letters 25Pretty long time, in an idiom9 letters 28Battery fill4 letters 29Capital of Yemen5 letters 30Copied4 letters 31"You ___!" ("Absolutely!")3 letters 32Terse4 letters 33"I ___ U" (candy heart message)3 letters 35Another plateful from the buffet, say13 letters 40Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief3 letters 41Board appointee, for short4 letters 42Work unit3 letters 44Chief god of Valhalla4 letters 47European viper5 letters 49Greek goddess of the earth4 letters 50Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B.9 letters 52Storage units5 letters 53Dad on "Black-ish"3 letters 54Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"3 letters 55Indie rock singer ___ O5 letters 56Couch5 letters 58Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do?9 letters 62Unconcealed5 letters 63Toll unit on some roads4 letters 64Tour de France entry4 letters 65"Cooties"5 letters 66Hitch up on a farm4 letters 67Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's4 letters

Down

1Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov3 letters 2Reach great heights in life8 letters 3Like black and white8 letters 4Numbered in a tournament bracket6 letters 5Always at the pharmacy?4 letters 6Regret3 letters 7Middle-earth foe3 letters 8___ Territory, 1861-896 letters 9Ho-hum feeling5 letters 10British john3 letters 11Ripped to pieces6 letters 12Like not-work-from-home days6 letters 13Had to have6 letters 18Visibly embarrassed, say3 letters 22Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts7 letters 24What can travel a fare distance?3 letters 25Brain-busting4 letters 26Just between us7 letters 27Blue race in "Avatar"4 letters 29Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet7 letters 32Hotel request3 letters 34Scanned lines, for short3 letters 36"If you ___ stand the heat ..."4 letters 37Crossed (out)4 letters 38Made nice?8 letters 39Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot"8 letters 43Pit stop refill3 letters 44Subject of a saying about new tricks6 letters 45Infer (from)6 letters 46Perhaps not at all6 letters 48Spinner of tunes6 letters 49Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video6 letters 51Courier and Century Gothic, for two5 letters 52"Nuts!"3 letters 55Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps4 letters 57Pitcher's asset3 letters 59Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line3 letters 60Sort3 letters 61Texting format, for short3 letters

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