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NYT Crossword September 30 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, September 30 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

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

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