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NYT Crossword September 20 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, September 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

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

Down

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