New York Times Crossword Answers

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

76 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 21 2026. In total there are 76 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Where Mongolia is4 letters 5Scaredy-cat4 letters 9Leafs (through)5 letters 14Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize4 letters 15Berry at a smoothie shop4 letters 16Company behind the game Pong5 letters 17Mentally pooped15 letters 201960s service site, informally3 letters 21Common injury site for a basketball player, informally3 letters 22Thick, as plant growth4 letters 23Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam14 letters 28Commercial that may come with a jingle7 letters 29Took a chair3 letters 30Eager4 letters 31Hair parter4 letters 34Continue a subscription5 letters 38Barely passing grade3 letters 39Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across7 letters 41Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate3 letters 42Sometimes-floral organic compound5 letters 44Draped Indian garment4 letters 45___-X (computer command to cut text)4 letters 46Crosses (out)3 letters 48Conjures up, say7 letters 50"If I'm being honest ..."14 letters 54Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna4 letters 55Opposite of 'neath3 letters 56Fools' mo.3 letters 57"A fight requires more than one person"15 letters 63"I'm available to help"5 letters 64Modern note-taking aid4 letters 65Plant in a marsh4 letters 66Spanish babies5 letters 67What a paper airplane icon may indicate4 letters 68Thing in a grove4 letters

Down

1Big letters in home security3 letters 2___ Paulo, Brazil3 letters 3Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks"9 letters 4Relief for an upset stomach7 letters 5Simple two-player card game3 letters 6Drink cooler3 letters 7Angry with5 letters 8Throw from a mound5 letters 9Butter square3 letters 10Any Olympian7 letters 11First name of Julius Caesar5 letters 12Artist Max5 letters 13Worshiper in a turban4 letters 18Texter's qualifier4 letters 19Cries in a fútbol stadium4 letters 23Barter5 letters 24Roof overhangs5 letters 25It may have a hard or soft shell4 letters 26Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons5 letters 27Paves the way?4 letters 32N.Y.C. subway letters3 letters 33Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper5 letters 35Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery9 letters 36Spearfishing bird5 letters 37People of SW Britain5 letters 39Without charge4 letters 40The Emerald Isle4 letters 43Like skydiving or cliff-diving7 letters 45Dashboard or bumper7 letters 47Place to put a coin4 letters 49Coup d'___4 letters 50Joke with5 letters 51Like some wine barrels5 letters 52___ and Clark5 letters 53Familiar narrative device5 letters 54Leave dumbfounded4 letters 58French possessive3 letters 59Catch some rays3 letters 60Bizarre3 letters 61"Golly!"3 letters 62Poetic tribute3 letters

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