New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/26/2026. The September 26 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Prepares, as shumaiSTEAMS
- 7a Paste commonly simulated by a blend of horseradish, mustard and green dyeWASABI
- 13a Rounded, saySHAPELY
- 15a Late hourELEVEN
- 16a Pair’s reassuranceWEREGOOD
- 18a N.F.C. West team, informallyNINERS
- 19a “Go right ahead ?”BEMYGUEST
- 21a Pecan, but not pumpkinTREE
- 22a Selena Gomez or Beyoncé, by birthTEXAN
- 23a Runaround?LAP
- 24a John ___, singer with the hit albums “Perfectly Good Guitar” and “Mystic Pinball”HIATT
- 25a Withdraw (from)WEAN
- 26a Part of an asymmetrical hairstyleSIDEBANGS
- 28a Early giant in punch-card tabulating systemsIBM
- 29a GiggleTEEHEEHEE
- 30a Element of economic globalizationTRADEDEAL
- 31a Desserts that may feature frangipanePEARTARTS
- 32a Part of what makes you youDNA
- 35a Online show piecesWEBISODES
- 36a Result of a shopping spreeHAUL
- 37a Kite featureTALON
- 38a The Marlins, on scoreboardsMIA
- 39a ___-cornerCATTY
- 40a AssertAVOW
- 41a STEM field concernGENDERGAP
- 43a It’s in the eye of the beholderRETINA
- 45a Pull it togetherGETAGRIP
- 47a RangPHONED
- 48a Camp distributionRATIONS
- 49a ToastsSINGES
- 50a Verse from Emily Dickinson or Emma LazarusSESTET
- Down
- 1d Duluth-to-Minneapolis dir.SSW
- 2d Broadcaster with a onetime coat-of-arms logo, informallyTHEBEEB
- 3d Otoscopy, e.g.EAREXAM
- 4d Anthropopithecus, e.g.APEMAN
- 5d Actress Price of the 2000s sitcom “Grounded for Life”MEGYN
- 6d LaborSLOG
- 7d Took a turnWENT
- 8d Subject of the 1996 documentary “When We Were Kings”ALI
- 9d Watch party?SENTINEL
- 10d MeanAVERAGE
- 11d Some Basque headwearBERETS
- 12d Exclave’s spot in an atlas, oftenINSET
- 14d Critical response concerning a piece of fiction?YOULIEDTOME
- 17d Riding free as an employee, in airline lingoDEADHEADING
- 20d Real page-turner?SPEEDREADER
- 22d Lead-in to lightTWI
- 24d Gag reflexes?HAHAS
- 26d ScorchesSEARS
- 27d Roots for vegan burgersBEETS
- 29d Part of a bridal outfitTRAIN
- 30d Signature QB move included as a feature in 2012’s Madden NFL 13 video gameTEBOWING
- 31d Main pack in a bicycle racePELOTON
- 32d A bit corrupt, perhaps?DATAROT
- 33d Evergreen whose cones bear edible seedsNUTPINE
- 34d Olympic gymnast RaismanALY
- 35d Silently greet someoneWAVEHI
- 36d Pudding typically served with “neeps and tatties”HAGGIS
- 37d Highly prized rewards on “Survivor”TARPS
- 39d “This Side Up” containerCRATE
- 41d RovesGADS
- 42d HHHETAS
- 44d Once calledNEE
- 46d Lake Tahoe winter hrs.PST