New York Times Crossword Answers

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140 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 20 2026. In total there are 140 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Special-ordered6 letters 7Sections of a circle's circumference4 letters 11NASCAR stat that varies widely by venue7 letters 18Banderas of 2024's "Babygirl"7 letters 20Coaster feature, maybe4 letters 21Assembles in proper order8 letters 22Mar, as a reputation7 letters 23See 25-Across4 letters 24Maligns8 letters 25With 23-Across, March Madness tournament round8 letters 27Mouths (off)6 letters 29Pact that preceded the U.S.M.C.A.5 letters 30Burnable bog stuff4 letters 31Burnt chimney stuff4 letters 33High-speed Olympic sport4 letters 34See 37-Across3 letters 35One who might have perfect pitch?5 letters 37With 34-Across, full extent of something15 letters 43"Holy moly!"3 letters 45Defensive player who keeps an eye on the QB, in football lingo3 letters 46Red-coated cheese4 letters 47"___ funny!"3 letters 48Bigwig7 letters 52Own (up)4 letters 55It's off the wall!8 letters 57"Red" or "1989," to Swifties3 letters 58Buck ___, first African American coach in Major League Baseball5 letters 60Extremely soft, in music: Abbr.3 letters 62See 64-Across5 letters 63Chew the fat3 letters 64With 62-Across, Beatles classic with the lyric "Will you still need me / Will you still feed me"10 letters 67Noted exile isle4 letters 69Energy-efficient bulb, for short3 letters 71___ orange, tree whose fruit has a brainlike appearance5 letters 72Native Nebraskans5 letters 75See 78-Across3 letters 76Author who purportedly drew inspiration from a filing cabinet labeled "O-Z"4 letters 78With 75-Across, "So very appreciated!"10 letters 81Hold up3 letters 83Narnia or Neverland5 letters 86Give it a whirl3 letters 87Violinmaker of Cremona5 letters 88Letters from your folks?3 letters 89"So cool!"8 letters 92Follower of John in the New Testament4 letters 94Chef with "New New Orleans"-style cooking7 letters 96Greatest guy?3 letters 97See 101-Across4 letters 98Vent3 letters 100Part of SCOTUS3 letters 101With 97-Across, Vegas casino machine15 letters 107No-cash deal5 letters 111Lay off3 letters 112Culprit, in police lingo4 letters 113Modern pentathlon equipment4 letters 115Metaphor for a too-hot room4 letters 116Actress Christine whose last name sounds like a pair of musical notes5 letters 118Ill will6 letters 120Number written above and to the right of another number … as seen five times in this puzzle?8 letters 122Weigh down, and then some8 letters 124Number with a 120-Across, mathematically4 letters 126Armand of "American Gangster"7 letters 127Many mailbox stuffers8 letters 128Zest4 letters 129Iced tea request7 letters 130Clumsy7 letters 131Move fast, as a cloud4 letters 132Road trip stopovers6 letters

Down

1Pampering place for a Persian6 letters 2Not impressed6 letters 3Watch via Hulu, say6 letters 4Online forum qualifiers such as /j ("joking") or /s ("sarcastic")8 letters 5"I'll deal with this right now!"4 letters 6Keeps hydrated, as vegetables in the produce aisle5 letters 7Sitcom character from Melmac3 letters 8Aussie animals4 letters 9Item6 letters 10Alfalfa shoot6 letters 11Stockholder's setback4 letters 12Weisshorn or Finsteraarhorn3 letters 13Not merely enough to go around10 letters 14Island containing Kiribati's capital6 letters 15"Don't pay any mind to this"14 letters 16Zoom, e.g.4 letters 17Feminine pronoun in Florence4 letters 19"Would you look at that!"5 letters 21Wedding reception hiree7 letters 26Partner of aahs4 letters 28"So-o-o gross!"3 letters 32A-one9 letters 36With nary a chance5 letters 38Ingredient in some hair relaxers3 letters 39Make a long story short, say4 letters 40Individually4 letters 41Female rabbit3 letters 42Elbow-bender3 letters 44Popular singer of the Hawaiian folk song "Pearly Shells"5 letters 48"Sup!"3 letters 49Sonicare competitor5 letters 50Reschedule, so to speak14 letters 51Things that drivers sometimes leave behind?4 letters 53Letters on a lip balm tube3 letters 54Scare stiff5 letters 56Some old Disney collectibles4 letters 59Arriving by4 letters 61Tables9 letters 65Stiller's comedic partner5 letters 66Incur a cellphone surcharge, perhaps4 letters 68Electrical impulse transmitters5 letters 70Face off4 letters 73Catchall abbr.4 letters 74Priced to be, as bail5 letters 77Fortified wine from Spain10 letters 79Home of NoHo and SoHo3 letters 80"Catch ya in the morn!"5 letters 82Main squeeze, in newer slang3 letters 84Lascivious look4 letters 85Old-timey teacher4 letters 89Sped or bled ... or led3 letters 90___ Lilly (Mounjaro maker)3 letters 91Pointe shoe accessories7 letters 93Amy who wrote "Saving Fish From Drowning"3 letters 95Balloon pilot, say8 letters 99Worth a pick?4 letters 102Stick to simple and unprocessed foods, say6 letters 103State with only three counties: Abbr.3 letters 104Illegal offerings6 letters 105High-level H.S. class with derivatives6 letters 106Star football player?5 letters 108Get even for6 letters 109Kind of insurance for bridges6 letters 110Types in6 letters 114Surrey's Derby town5 letters 116Singer/dancer/actress Falana4 letters 117Say for sure4 letters 118Org. supporting sobriety checkpoints4 letters 119Father of five sons in the Bible4 letters 121___ buco4 letters 123Adornment on a boathouse wall3 letters 125Heel, e.g.3 letters

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