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NYT Crossword September 22 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, September 22 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

1Makes a sullen face5 lettersSee answer ›6Beetle amulet in ancient Egypt6 lettersSee answer ›12Sudden and unexpected6 lettersSee answer ›14Was overprotective, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›16___ algebra6 lettersSee answer ›17Still in its packaging8 lettersSee answer ›1950/52-Across musician12 lettersSee answer ›21#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("You can feel it all over")7 lettersSee answer ›24Like a scratchy voice5 lettersSee answer ›25Best possible5 lettersSee answer ›26Billionaires' boats6 lettersSee answer ›30Resident of Africa's fourth-largest country6 lettersSee answer ›32Secrecy contracts, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›33Name that's a body part backward3 lettersSee answer ›36Obligation4 lettersSee answer ›37#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("Why did those days ever have to go?")5 lettersSee answer ›39Greek "I"4 lettersSee answer ›40Perched3 lettersSee answer ›41Fraudulent offer4 lettersSee answer ›42Not sinking6 lettersSee answer ›44Like pagodas and some cakes6 lettersSee answer ›46"Clemency" star Woodard5 lettersSee answer ›47___ point (center)5 lettersSee answer ›50With 52-Across, double album released on September 28, 1976, that spent 13 straight weeks at #17 lettersSee answer ›52See 50-Across12 lettersSee answer ›56Spy's identifier8 lettersSee answer ›57Bloc party?6 lettersSee answer ›61Whistlers in the kitchen7 lettersSee answer ›62___ Kreme6 lettersSee answer ›63Doughnut quantities6 lettersSee answer ›64Work ___5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Buddy3 lettersSee answer ›2___-Wan Kenobi3 lettersSee answer ›3Vase with a base3 lettersSee answer ›4Popular times for tacos8 lettersSee answer ›5Pancake-flipping tool7 lettersSee answer ›6Feng ___4 lettersSee answer ›7Scoop holder4 lettersSee answer ›8Declare definitively4 lettersSee answer ›9Segments of news shows7 lettersSee answer ›10Venues for concerts and competitions6 lettersSee answer ›11Road curves5 lettersSee answer ›13"Star ___ II: The Wrath of Khan"4 lettersSee answer ›15Profound4 lettersSee answer ›18Like some humor and runs3 lettersSee answer ›20"Oy ___!"3 lettersSee answer ›21Grain storage structures5 lettersSee answer ›22Broadway star Menzel5 lettersSee answer ›23Argue against5 lettersSee answer ›27"Demon Slayer" or "Attack on Titan"5 lettersSee answer ›28Contents of plastic sleeves or jewel cases, informally3 lettersSee answer ›29"lol"4 lettersSee answer ›31"Love it!"4 lettersSee answer ›33They might be thatched5 lettersSee answer ›34Pioneer in arcade games5 lettersSee answer ›35Devoured5 lettersSee answer ›38"This means ___!"3 lettersSee answer ›39Cry in response to a doorbell8 lettersSee answer ›41Feature of "rendezvous" and "laissez-faire"7 lettersSee answer ›43Celebratory hoopla7 lettersSee answer ›44Start liking6 lettersSee answer ›45Broadband connection type, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›47Government agcy. founded to enforce antitrust laws3 lettersSee answer ›48"I see"4 lettersSee answer ›49Formally yielded5 lettersSee answer ›51Pig's cry4 lettersSee answer ›53Ivy League school in New Haven4 lettersSee answer ›54Sign of things to come4 lettersSee answer ›55___ up (come clean)4 lettersSee answer ›58"... or thereabouts"3 lettersSee answer ›59Nail polish brand3 lettersSee answer ›60It has M.S.G. in it3 lettersSee answer ›