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140 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 27 2026. In total there are 140 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Bad association6 letters 7Shoot for dinner?5 letters 12Jeweler's wares7 letters 19… in global commerce)(Conflict …6 letters 20Emerge5 letters 21DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 19467 letters 22Potential benefit6 letters 23Was almost out of supplies6 letters 25That's saying something!7 letters 26Turned into an internet gag5 letters 27Japanese graphic novels5 letters 28… outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at …6 letters 30Dukes, countesses, etc.7 letters 32Put down in writing13 letters 37Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"5 letters 39Baby who's up all night?5 letters 40Where many papyrus plants grow4 letters 41Frenzied locale at a rock concert7 letters 44Press a case?3 letters 45"Spring forward" hrs.3 letters 47Test room3 letters 48Cut back on4 letters 49Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares]8 letters 53Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling5 letters 55Google's domain6 letters 58Hindu festival of colors4 letters 59Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper5 letters 62Instant3 letters 63Challenge to a potential investor8 letters 66… transport)(Bigwig's …6 letters 68Straightaway driving contests9 letters 70Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops9 letters 73… park an auto)(Narrow space in which to …6 letters 74Marvelous8 letters 77One in 100: Abbr.3 letters 78"It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit)5 letters 79Word with dish or drag4 letters 80Locale for many a commercial logo6 letters 82German brewery since 18735 letters 85Return to an earlier topic of conversation … or what six answers in this puzzle literally do8 letters 89Cause of some red cheeks4 letters 90Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief?3 letters 91Bub3 letters 94___ Lanka3 letters 95Custom-tailored7 letters 98One of Cuba's Castros4 letters 100Lose it5 letters 102Best-case5 letters 103Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions13 letters 107Good position to be in?7 letters 112… clarify or explain)(Seeking to …6 letters 113Hide-outs5 letters 115Itsy-bitsy5 letters 116Disk-flipping strategy game7 letters 119Like wheat beers6 letters 121Certain factory machine6 letters 122Chaperones7 letters 123Many a John Williams composition5 letters 124… of hindsight)(With the benefit …6 letters 125Clear coat7 letters 126Oafs5 letters 127Deal made on the spot?6 letters

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1Bewilder5 letters 2Conical accommodations5 letters 3Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?"5 letters 4"Jackie Brown" star Pam5 letters 5Unruly rush7 letters 6Commercial suffix with Power3 letters 7Singer Bareilles4 letters 8Have a spring in one's step6 letters 9One of the Beatles5 letters 10Faith with five pillars5 letters 11Prefix with cache3 letters 12Assumed ownership over7 letters 13Pulls out, as weeds7 letters 14Choreographer Twyla5 letters 15Achieve a sunbather's goal6 letters 16___ rating (chess stat)3 letters 17Old space station3 letters 18Perhaps3 letters 24Chinese artist Ai ___6 letters 27Triage provider5 letters 29The Cardinals, on scoreboards3 letters 31Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s3 letters 33"___ Rouge"6 letters 34It's driven into the ground4 letters 35Flair4 letters 36Redheaded "Queen of Country"4 letters 38Diminutive Spanish suffix3 letters 41Bill of HBO's "Real Time"5 letters 42Mine craft?6 letters 43Do some garment-making3 letters 44Performances for one4 letters 46Competitor of Bluesky and X7 letters 48Affliction for some vets, in brief4 letters 50Greek PPP4 letters 51Promise of payback3 letters 52Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat"5 letters 54Tall tale4 letters 56Sonic euphoria, colloquially7 letters 57Scottish hillsides5 letters 60Far from the target, in a guessing game4 letters 61Illuminated from below5 letters 64Univ. course that's in demand?4 letters 65Streisand musical5 letters 67"That's freaking epic!"6 letters 69Rubberneck4 letters 70___ cava (major blood vessel)4 letters 71Sci-fi pioneer Jules5 letters 72It gets you a hand4 letters 74Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow6 letters 75Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz4 letters 76Lefty, to a righty3 letters 81"Ni ___" (Chinese "hello")3 letters 82___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol"4 letters 83Heir with much hair in the Bible4 letters 84Great success4 letters 86Fish hawk6 letters 87Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief3 letters 88Play for ___5 letters 92Shaders of gray?7 letters 93Cultural group of SW Britain7 letters 96___ soda3 letters 97Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year7 letters 99Persist6 letters 101Fitting3 letters 102"Am I crazy …?"6 letters 104Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons"5 letters 105Malaise, with "the"5 letters 106Lets up5 letters 108Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak5 letters 109Volkswagen sedan5 letters 110Buck enshrined in Cooperstown5 letters 111David who fronted Talking Heads5 letters 114Some loaves or liquors4 letters 116Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't3 letters 117That, in Spanish3 letters 118Forerunner of the DVD player3 letters 120"when r u coming?"3 letters 121Relaxing getaway3 letters

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