New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/23/2026. The September 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a MehBLAH
- 5a Labors like the Seven DwarfsMINES
- 10a Looped in via emailCCED
- 14a Covid-19, colloquiallyRONA
- 15a Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998ATARI
- 16a Mauna Loa outputLAVA
- 17a Car with a logo similar to the Olympic ringsAUDI
- 18a Start of a counting rhymeEENIE
- 19a SlightlyATAD
- 20a Honorable conduct on the fieldSPORTSMANSHIP
- 23a ReclusesHERMITS
- 24a On-scheduleTIMELY
- 27a Musician’s giftEAR
- 28a Super Mario character with a mushroom for a headTOAD
- 30a Fish eggsROE
- 31a Kid aroundJEST
- 34a When hunting restrictions are liftedOPENSEASON
- 37a Epic poem originally passed down orallyILIAD
- 39a CPR expertEMT
- 40a PretenseFRONT
- 41a Carnival diversion requiring precisionBALLOONPOP
- 44a One-named singer who lives in an Irish castleENYA
- 45a Bikini season, in BordeauxETE
- 46a “Hmm … I pass”UHNO
- 47a Word before data or dealRAW
- 49a Peak in the Alaska RangeDENALI
- 51a Slender e-cigVAPEPEN
- 55a “You’re free to criticize it” … or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across?THATSFAIRGAME
- 58a Genderqueer identity, informallyENBY
- 60a Windowside perchesSILLS
- 61a “Back in my day …”ONCE
- 62a Instrument also called the “sprightly companion”OBOE
- 63a Greek salad morselOLIVE
- 64a Gave the green lightOKED
- 65a Catches red-handedNABS
- 66a “Duly ___”NOTED
- 67a They go for bucksDOES
- Down
- 1d BrazenBRASH
- 2d Jeweler’s magnifying glassLOUPE
- 3d “Star Wars” series starring Diego LunaANDOR
- 4d Music genre named for its voluminous dosHAIRMETAL
- 5d Distinguished conductorMAESTRO
- 6d Agenda topicsITEMS
- 7d Nickname for grandmaNANA
- 8d Environmental activist BrockovichERIN
- 9d Naps, in NicaraguaSIESTAS
- 10d ___ to fameCLAIM
- 11d One preferring purrs to poochesCATPERSON
- 12d Actress MendesEVA
- 13d “Old man”DAD
- 21d Spanish auntTIA
- 22d 720p+ resolution, informallyHIDEF
- 25d BonkersLOONY
- 26d Gossip, from the YiddishYENTA
- 28d It’s kept by a metronomeTEMPO
- 29d Not fooled byONTO
- 31d Meshed (with)JIBED
- 32d ThrillELATE
- 33d Jay’s reticent partner of filmdomSILENTBOB
- 35d Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informallyPENN
- 36d “Is everything cool between us?”AREWEGOOD
- 38d Nonmedical childbirth assistantDOULA
- 42d “Them’s fightin’ words!”OHITSON
- 43d Talked upPRAISED
- 48d Arbor Day mo.APR
- 50d “Now I remember”AHYES
- 51d Part of a heart or faucetVALVE
- 52d Japanese bread crumbsPANKO
- 53d Host with a micEMCEE
- 54d More than wantsNEEDS
- 56d Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithographSILO
- 57d Dart (about)FLIT
- 58d Seemingly for-EH-verEON
- 59d Thunder setting, in briefNBA