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NYT Crossword September 27 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, September 27 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Bad association6 lettersSee answer ›7Shoot for dinner?5 lettersSee answer ›12Jeweler's wares7 lettersSee answer ›19… in global commerce)(Conflict …6 lettersSee answer ›20Emerge5 lettersSee answer ›21DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 19467 lettersSee answer ›22Potential benefit6 lettersSee answer ›23Was almost out of supplies6 lettersSee answer ›25That's saying something!7 lettersSee answer ›26Turned into an internet gag5 lettersSee answer ›27Japanese graphic novels5 lettersSee answer ›28… outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at …6 lettersSee answer ›30Dukes, countesses, etc.7 lettersSee answer ›32Put down in writing13 lettersSee answer ›37Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"5 lettersSee answer ›39Baby who's up all night?5 lettersSee answer ›40Where many papyrus plants grow4 lettersSee answer ›41Frenzied locale at a rock concert7 lettersSee answer ›44Press a case?3 lettersSee answer ›45"Spring forward" hrs.3 lettersSee answer ›47Test room3 lettersSee answer ›48Cut back on4 lettersSee answer ›49Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares]8 lettersSee answer ›53Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling5 lettersSee answer ›55Google's domain6 lettersSee answer ›58Hindu festival of colors4 lettersSee answer ›59Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper5 lettersSee answer ›62Instant3 lettersSee answer ›63Challenge to a potential investor8 lettersSee answer ›66… transport)(Bigwig's …6 lettersSee answer ›68Straightaway driving contests9 lettersSee answer ›70Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops9 lettersSee answer ›73… park an auto)(Narrow space in which to …6 lettersSee answer ›74Marvelous8 lettersSee answer ›77One in 100: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›78"It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit)5 lettersSee answer ›79Word with dish or drag4 lettersSee answer ›80Locale for many a commercial logo6 lettersSee answer ›82German brewery since 18735 lettersSee answer ›85Return to an earlier topic of conversation … or what six answers in this puzzle literally do8 lettersSee answer ›89Cause of some red cheeks4 lettersSee answer ›90Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief?3 lettersSee answer ›91Bub3 lettersSee answer ›94___ Lanka3 lettersSee answer ›95Custom-tailored7 lettersSee answer ›98One of Cuba's Castros4 lettersSee answer ›100Lose it5 lettersSee answer ›102Best-case5 lettersSee answer ›103Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions13 lettersSee answer ›107Good position to be in?7 lettersSee answer ›112… clarify or explain)(Seeking to …6 lettersSee answer ›113Hide-outs5 lettersSee answer ›115Itsy-bitsy5 lettersSee answer ›116Disk-flipping strategy game7 lettersSee answer ›119Like wheat beers6 lettersSee answer ›121Certain factory machine6 lettersSee answer ›122Chaperones7 lettersSee answer ›123Many a John Williams composition5 lettersSee answer ›124… of hindsight)(With the benefit …6 lettersSee answer ›125Clear coat7 lettersSee answer ›126Oafs5 lettersSee answer ›127Deal made on the spot?6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Bewilder5 lettersSee answer ›2Conical accommodations5 lettersSee answer ›3Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?"5 lettersSee answer ›4"Jackie Brown" star Pam5 lettersSee answer ›5Unruly rush7 lettersSee answer ›6Commercial suffix with Power3 lettersSee answer ›7Singer Bareilles4 lettersSee answer ›8Have a spring in one's step6 lettersSee answer ›9One of the Beatles5 lettersSee answer ›10Faith with five pillars5 lettersSee answer ›11Prefix with cache3 lettersSee answer ›12Assumed ownership over7 lettersSee answer ›13Pulls out, as weeds7 lettersSee answer ›14Choreographer Twyla5 lettersSee answer ›15Achieve a sunbather's goal6 lettersSee answer ›16___ rating (chess stat)3 lettersSee answer ›17Old space station3 lettersSee answer ›18Perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›24Chinese artist Ai ___6 lettersSee answer ›27Triage provider5 lettersSee answer ›29The Cardinals, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›31Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s3 lettersSee answer ›33"___ Rouge"6 lettersSee answer ›34It's driven into the ground4 lettersSee answer ›35Flair4 lettersSee answer ›36Redheaded "Queen of Country"4 lettersSee answer ›38Diminutive Spanish suffix3 lettersSee answer ›41Bill of HBO's "Real Time"5 lettersSee answer ›42Mine craft?6 lettersSee answer ›43Do some garment-making3 lettersSee answer ›44Performances for one4 lettersSee answer ›46Competitor of Bluesky and X7 lettersSee answer ›48Affliction for some vets, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›50Greek PPP4 lettersSee answer ›51Promise of payback3 lettersSee answer ›52Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat"5 lettersSee answer ›54Tall tale4 lettersSee answer ›56Sonic euphoria, colloquially7 lettersSee answer ›57Scottish hillsides5 lettersSee answer ›60Far from the target, in a guessing game4 lettersSee answer ›61Illuminated from below5 lettersSee answer ›64Univ. course that's in demand?4 lettersSee answer ›65Streisand musical5 lettersSee answer ›67"That's freaking epic!"6 lettersSee answer ›69Rubberneck4 lettersSee answer ›70___ cava (major blood vessel)4 lettersSee answer ›71Sci-fi pioneer Jules5 lettersSee answer ›72It gets you a hand4 lettersSee answer ›74Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow6 lettersSee answer ›75Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz4 lettersSee answer ›76Lefty, to a righty3 lettersSee answer ›81"Ni ___" (Chinese "hello")3 lettersSee answer ›82___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol"4 lettersSee answer ›83Heir with much hair in the Bible4 lettersSee answer ›84Great success4 lettersSee answer ›86Fish hawk6 lettersSee answer ›87Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›88Play for ___5 lettersSee answer ›92Shaders of gray?7 lettersSee answer ›93Cultural group of SW Britain7 lettersSee answer ›96___ soda3 lettersSee answer ›97Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year7 lettersSee answer ›99Persist6 lettersSee answer ›101Fitting3 lettersSee answer ›102"Am I crazy …?"6 lettersSee answer ›104Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons"5 lettersSee answer ›105Malaise, with "the"5 lettersSee answer ›106Lets up5 lettersSee answer ›108Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak5 lettersSee answer ›109Volkswagen sedan5 lettersSee answer ›110Buck enshrined in Cooperstown5 lettersSee answer ›111David who fronted Talking Heads5 lettersSee answer ›114Some loaves or liquors4 lettersSee answer ›116Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't3 lettersSee answer ›117That, in Spanish3 lettersSee answer ›118Forerunner of the DVD player3 lettersSee answer ›120"when r u coming?"3 lettersSee answer ›121Relaxing getaway3 lettersSee answer ›