New York Times Crossword Answers

Wednesday, September 30 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

72 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for September 30 2026. In total there are 72 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Much-used pencil4 letters 5Composed4 letters 9A bit off5 letters 14Isle that's the traditional burial site of Scottish kings4 letters 15Mayberry kid on old TV4 letters 16Sharp increase5 letters 17Market!9 letters 19Walked while fraught with worry, say5 letters 20Like a moon that is not full but is more than half visible7 letters 21Administrative role5 letters 23Sign up6 letters 24Ticket!8 letters 27Nottingham-to-London dir.3 letters 28It was you4 letters 30Attributed writer of the third Gospel6 letters 31Culinary connoisseur6 letters 33GPS's guesses4 letters 34Planet!13 letters 38Desert landform4 letters 39San Francisco team, informally6 letters 40Best and most awesome, in slang6 letters 43Times Sq. squad4 letters 44Humanities degs.3 letters 47Packet!8 letters 49Person's bidding6 letters 51Need for a greedy Swede?5 letters 52Great flair7 letters 53Nail a test5 letters 55Locket!9 letters 57Pie-in-the-face sound5 letters 58Sized up4 letters 59Hightailed it4 letters 60How a trickster might behave5 letters 61Group in a gym routine4 letters 62Margarine4 letters

Down

1Drawn-out attacks6 letters 2Things to be cleansed from the body6 letters 3Powerless6 letters 4Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years)5 letters 5Writing partner8 letters 6Many tech start-up ideas4 letters 7Trust eroder3 letters 8Some concert gear, informally5 letters 9Feature6 letters 10They might get lit at a birthday celebration9 letters 11Be super-successful, in slang8 letters 12Scrape (by)3 letters 13Give a ring, say3 letters 18Surgery recovery period, in brief6 letters 22"___ Troyens" (five-hour French opera)3 letters 24Collection of dishes?7 letters 25Up to snuff4 letters 26Treasure map markings3 letters 29God whose name has one "I," fittingly4 letters 31Offer from many a streaming service9 letters 32Start of a counting rhyme4 letters 34"Star Trek" helmsman4 letters 35Doubtful8 letters 36Musical promoters of school spirit8 letters 37Impassioned6 letters 38Insult3 letters 41"Star Trek" engineer6 letters 42Trig function that can output every real number3 letters 44"Don't freak out, dude"6 letters 45Where landlubbers are at home6 letters 46It often features panels with speakers6 letters 48Targets of some heists5 letters 50Was out of other options5 letters 52Word found at the start of "Poe, to name one"4 letters 53Burro3 letters 54Rank below sgt.3 letters 56Bread choice3 letters

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