New York Times Crossword Answers

Wednesday, September 23 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

74 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 23 2026. In total there are 74 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Meh4 letters 5Labors like the Seven Dwarfs5 letters 10Looped in via email4 letters 14Covid-19, colloquially4 letters 15Brand acquired by Hasbro in 19985 letters 16Mauna Loa output4 letters 17Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings4 letters 18Start of a counting rhyme5 letters 19Slightly4 letters 20Honorable conduct on the field13 letters 23Recluses7 letters 24On-schedule6 letters 27Musician's gift3 letters 28Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head4 letters 30Fish eggs3 letters 31Kid around4 letters 34When hunting restrictions are lifted10 letters 37Epic poem originally passed down orally5 letters 39CPR expert3 letters 40Pretense5 letters 41Carnival diversion requiring precision10 letters 44One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle4 letters 45Bikini season, in Bordeaux3 letters 46"Hmm ... I pass"4 letters 47Word before data or deal3 letters 49Peak in the Alaska Range6 letters 51Slender e-cig7 letters 55"You're free to criticize it" ... or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across?13 letters 58Genderqueer identity, informally4 letters 60Windowside perches5 letters 61"Back in my day ..."4 letters 62Instrument also called the "sprightly companion"4 letters 63Greek salad morsel5 letters 64Gave the green light4 letters 65Catches red-handed4 letters 66"Duly ___"5 letters 67They go for bucks4 letters

Down

1Brazen5 letters 2Jeweler's magnifying glass5 letters 3"Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna5 letters 4Music genre named for its voluminous dos9 letters 5Distinguished conductor7 letters 6Agenda topics5 letters 7Nickname for grandma4 letters 8Environmental activist Brockovich4 letters 9Naps, in Nicaragua7 letters 10___ to fame5 letters 11One preferring purrs to pooches9 letters 12Actress Mendes3 letters 13"Old man"3 letters 21Spanish aunt3 letters 22720p+ resolution, informally5 letters 25Bonkers5 letters 26Gossip, from the Yiddish5 letters 28It's kept by a metronome5 letters 29Not fooled by4 letters 31Meshed (with)5 letters 32Thrill5 letters 33Jay's reticent partner of filmdom9 letters 35Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally4 letters 36"Is everything cool between us?"9 letters 38Nonmedical childbirth assistant5 letters 42"Them's fightin' words!"7 letters 43Talked up7 letters 48Arbor Day mo.3 letters 50"Now I remember"5 letters 51Part of a heart or faucet5 letters 52Japanese bread crumbs5 letters 53Host with a mic5 letters 54More than wants5 letters 56Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph4 letters 57Dart (about)4 letters 58Seemingly for-EH-ver3 letters 59Thunder setting, in brief3 letters

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