New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/30/2026. The September 30 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Much-used pencilSTUB
- 5a ComposedCALM
- 9a A bit offASKEW
- 14a Isle that’s the traditional burial site of Scottish kingsIONA
- 15a Mayberry kid on old TVOPIE
- 16a Sharp increaseSPIKE
- 17a Market!EXAMPAPER
- 19a Walked while fraught with worry, sayPACED
- 20a Like a moon that is not full but is more than half visibleGIBBOUS
- 21a Administrative roleCLERK
- 23a Sign upENLIST
- 24a Ticket!CHECKBOX
- 27a Nottingham-to-London dir.SSE
- 28a It was youTHOU
- 30a Attributed writer of the third GospelSTLUKE
- 31a Culinary connoisseurFOODIE
- 33a GPS’s guessesETAS
- 34a Planet!SURPRISEPARTY
- 38a Desert landformDUNE
- 39a San Francisco team, informallyNINERS
- 40a Best and most awesome, in slangILLEST
- 43a Times Sq. squadNYPD
- 44a Humanities degs.BAS
- 47a Packet!SUITCASE
- 49a Person’s biddingBEHEST
- 51a Need for a greedy Swede?KRONA
- 52a Great flairPANACHE
- 53a Nail a testACEIT
- 55a Locket!FRONTDOOR
- 57a Pie-in-the-face soundSPLAT
- 58a Sized upEYED
- 59a Hightailed itTORE
- 60a How a trickster might behaveSLYLY
- 61a Group in a gym routineSETS
- 62a MargarineOLEO
- Down
- 1d Drawn-out attacksSIEGES
- 2d Things to be cleansed from the bodyTOXINS
- 3d PowerlessUNABLE
- 4d Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years)BAMBI
- 5d Writing partnerCOAUTHOR
- 6d Many tech start-up ideasAPPS
- 7d Trust eroderLIE
- 8d Some concert gear, informallyMERCH
- 9d FeatureASPECT
- 10d They might get lit at a birthday celebrationSPARKLERS
- 11d Be super-successful, in slangKICKBUTT
- 12d Scrape (by)EKE
- 13d Give a ring, sayWED
- 18d Surgery recovery period, in briefPOSTOP
- 22d “___ Troyens” (five-hour French opera)LES
- 24d Collection of dishes?CUISINE
- 25d Up to snuffOKAY
- 26d Treasure map markingsXES
- 29d God whose name has one “I,” fittinglyODIN
- 31d Offer from many a streaming serviceFREETRIAL
- 32d Start of a counting rhymeEENY
- 34d “Star Trek” helmsmanSULU
- 35d DoubtfulUNLIKELY
- 36d Musical promoters of school spiritPEPBANDS
- 37d ImpassionedARDENT
- 38d InsultDIS
- 41d “Star Trek” engineerSCOTTY
- 42d Trig function that can output every real numberTAN
- 44d “Don’t freak out, dude”BECOOL
- 45d Where landlubbers are at homeASHORE
- 46d It often features panels with speakersSTEREO
- 48d Targets of some heistsSAFES
- 50d Was out of other optionsHADTO
- 52d Word found at the start of “Poe, to name one”POET
- 53d BurroASS
- 54d Rank below sgt.CPL
- 56d Bread choiceRYE