New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/28/2026. The September 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Widespread disorderHAVOC
- 6a Like the exteriors of armadillosSCALY
- 11a Fall behind in paymentsOWE
- 14a Boxing localeARENA
- 15a Classic radio songOLDIE
- 16a Dessert with a crustPIE
- 17a Solid baseball hitLINER
- 18a Complete shockerBOMBSHELL
- 20a Bicycle built for twoTANDEM
- 22a Round Table titleSIR
- 23a “___ time will tell”ONLY
- 24a Prefix with physics or thermalGEO
- 25a Make into lawENACT
- 27a Alternative to French friesTATERTOTS
- 31a Skill needed to solve sudokuLOGIC
- 35a Suffix with fail or forfeitURE
- 36a Apple platformIOS
- 37a “Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___”BANANA
- 38a With 41-Across, ball hit out of the park by the very first batter for either side ? or a hint to the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-AcrossLEADOFF
- 41a See 38-AcrossHOMERUN
- 42a Coconut Girl Scout cookiesSAMOAS
- 43a “La Cage ___ Folles”AUX
- 44a Frat memberBRO
- 45a Liability’s oppositeASSET
- 46a Detonation regionBLASTZONE
- 49a “___ I compare thee to a summer’s day?”: Shak.SHALL
- 51a Before, poeticallyERE
- 52a What’s moreALSO
- 55a SpoilROT
- 56a Performs a stylish ballroom danceTANGOS
- 60a Tropical tree whose product is sometimes used as a meat substituteJACKFRUIT
- 63a San Francisco ballplayerGIANT
- 64a Actress de ArmasANA
- 65a “Take a look!”GOSEE
- 66a Helper for computer problems, informallyITGUY
- 67a Kylo ___ of “Star Wars”REN
- 68a Stockholm nativeSWEDE
- 69a PursueCHASE
- Down
- 1d “Stop!”HALT
- 2d Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro,” e.g.ARIA
- 3d Kind of diagram with overlapping circlesVENN
- 4d AntsyONEDGE
- 5d One’s employment pursuitCAREER
- 6d BawlSOB
- 7d Places to hang clothesCLOSETS
- 8d Forum overseersADMINS
- 9d The Scales, zodiacallyLIBRA
- 10d “Definitely!”YES
- 11d Certain golf or tennis tournamentOPEN
- 12d Funny Ferrell or RogersWILL
- 13d SlipperyEELY
- 19d ScorcherHOTONE
- 21d Recurring thematic elementsMOTIFS
- 26d Happy as a ___CLAM
- 27d City NE of Oklahoma CityTULSA
- 28d FieldsAREAS
- 29d The N.H.L. has 32TEAMS
- 30d Cartoon brawl sound effectOOF
- 32d Actress Greta of “Queen Christina”GARBO
- 33d Store, as ashesINURN
- 34d Dugout, e.g.CANOE
- 37d Complete series, maybeBOXSET
- 39d Gets byDOESOK
- 40d Solemn vowOATH
- 41d ___ Guofeng, successor of Mao ZedongHUA
- 43d Like the score going into extra inningsALLTIED
- 46d Top to accompany a skirtBLOUSE
- 47d Like the fate of OpheliaTRAGIC
- 48d PeakZENITH
- 50d See 37-AcrossARROW
- 52d Cracked slightly, as a doorAJAR
- 53d Word following bike or memoryLANE
- 54d Look at carefullySCAN
- 57d “Shallow” singer Lady ___GAGA
- 58d BurdenONUS
- 59d Ailment that aptly rhymes with “eye”STYE
- 61d N.F.L. three-pointers: Abbr.FGS
- 62d Top to accompany shortsTEE