New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/22/2026. The September 22 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Makes a sullen facePOUTS
- 6a Beetle amulet in ancient EgyptSCARAB
- 12a Sudden and unexpectedABRUPT
- 14a Was overprotective, in a wayHOVERED
- 16a ___ algebraLINEAR
- 17a Still in its packagingUNOPENED
- 19a 50/52-Across musicianSTEVIEWONDER
- 21a #1 hit from 50/52-Across (“You can feel it all over”)SIRDUKE
- 24a Like a scratchy voiceRASPY
- 25a Best possibleIDEAL
- 26a Billionaires’ boatsYACHTS
- 30a Resident of Africa’s fourth-largest countryLIBYAN
- 32a Secrecy contracts, in briefNDAS
- 33a Name that’s a body part backwardRAE
- 36a ObligationONUS
- 37a #1 hit from 50/52-Across (“Why did those days ever have to go?”)IWISH
- 39a Greek “I”IOTA
- 40a PerchedSAT
- 41a Fraudulent offerSCAM
- 42a Not sinkingAFLOAT
- 44a Like pagodas and some cakesTIERED
- 46a “Clemency” star WoodardALFRE
- 47a ___ point (center)FOCAL
- 50a With 52-Across, double album released on September 28, 1976, that spent 13 straight weeks at #1SONGSIN
- 52a See 50-AcrossTHEKEYOFLIFE
- 56a Spy’s identifierCODENAME
- 57a Bloc party?NATION
- 61a Whistlers in the kitchenKETTLES
- 62a ___ KremeKRISPY
- 63a Doughnut quantitiesDOZENS
- 64a Work ___ETHIC
- Down
- 1d BuddyPAL
- 2d ___-Wan KenobiOBI
- 3d Vase with a baseURN
- 4d Popular times for tacosTUESDAYS
- 5d Pancake-flipping toolSPATULA
- 6d Feng ___SHUI
- 7d Scoop holderCONE
- 8d Declare definitivelyAVOW
- 9d Segments of news showsREPORTS
- 10d Venues for concerts and competitionsARENAS
- 11d Road curvesBENDS
- 13d “Star ___ II: The Wrath of Khan”TREK
- 15d ProfoundDEEP
- 18d Like some humor and runsDRY
- 20d “Oy ___!”VEY
- 21d Grain storage structuresSILOS
- 22d Broadway star MenzelIDINA
- 23d Argue againstREBUT
- 27d “Demon Slayer” or “Attack on Titan”ANIME
- 28d Contents of plastic sleeves or jewel cases, informallyCDS
- 29d “lol”HAHA
- 31d “Love it!”NICE
- 33d They might be thatchedROOFS
- 34d Pioneer in arcade gamesATARI
- 35d DevouredEATEN
- 38d “This means ___!”WAR
- 39d Cry in response to a doorbellILLGETIT
- 41d Feature of “rendezvous” and “laissez-faire”SILENTZ
- 43d Celebratory hooplaFANFARE
- 44d Start likingTAKETO
- 45d Broadband connection type, in briefDSL
- 47d Government agcy. founded to enforce antitrust lawsFTC
- 48d “I see”OHOK
- 49d Formally yieldedCEDED
- 51d Pig’s cryOINK
- 53d Ivy League school in New HavenYALE
- 54d Sign of things to comeOMEN
- 55d ___ up (come clean)FESS
- 58d “… or thereabouts”ISH
- 59d Nail polish brandOPI
- 60d It has M.S.G. in itNYC