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New York Times Crossword September 21 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Where Mongolia is41 AcrossReveal answer → Scaredy-cat45 AcrossReveal answer → Leafs (through)59 AcrossReveal answer → Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize414 AcrossReveal answer → Berry at a smoothie shop415 AcrossReveal answer → Company behind the game Pong516 AcrossReveal answer → Mentally pooped1517 AcrossReveal answer → 1960s service site, informally320 AcrossReveal answer → Common injury site for a basketball player, informally321 AcrossReveal answer → Thick, as plant growth422 AcrossReveal answer → Deliberately give instruction in a way that targets an exam1423 AcrossReveal answer → Commercial that may come with a jingle728 AcrossReveal answer → Took a chair329 AcrossReveal answer → Eager430 AcrossReveal answer → Hair parter431 AcrossReveal answer → Continue a subscription534 AcrossReveal answer → Barely passing grade338 AcrossReveal answer → Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across739 AcrossReveal answer → Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate341 AcrossReveal answer → Sometimes-floral organic compound542 AcrossReveal answer → Draped Indian garment444 AcrossReveal answer → ___-X (computer command to cut text)445 AcrossReveal answer → Crosses (out)346 AcrossReveal answer → Conjures up, say748 AcrossReveal answer → "If I'm being honest ..."1450 AcrossReveal answer → Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna454 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of 'neath355 AcrossReveal answer → Fools' mo.356 AcrossReveal answer → "A fight requires more than one person"1557 AcrossReveal answer → "I'm available to help"563 AcrossReveal answer → Modern note-taking aid464 AcrossReveal answer → Plant in a marsh465 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish babies566 AcrossReveal answer → What a paper airplane icon may indicate467 AcrossReveal answer → Thing in a grove468 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Big letters in home security31 DownReveal answer → ___ Paulo, Brazil32 DownReveal answer → Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks"93 DownReveal answer → Relief for an upset stomach74 DownReveal answer → Simple two-player card game35 DownReveal answer → Drink cooler36 DownReveal answer → Angry with57 DownReveal answer → Throw from a mound58 DownReveal answer → Butter square39 DownReveal answer → Any Olympian710 DownReveal answer → First name of Julius Caesar511 DownReveal answer → Artist Max512 DownReveal answer → Worshiper in a turban413 DownReveal answer → Texter's qualifier418 DownReveal answer → Cries in a fútbol stadium419 DownReveal answer → Barter523 DownReveal answer → Roof overhangs524 DownReveal answer → It may have a hard or soft shell425 DownReveal answer → Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons526 DownReveal answer → Paves the way?427 DownReveal answer → N.Y.C. subway letters332 DownReveal answer → Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper533 DownReveal answer → Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery935 DownReveal answer → Spearfishing bird536 DownReveal answer → People of SW Britain537 DownReveal answer → Without charge439 DownReveal answer → The Emerald Isle440 DownReveal answer → Like skydiving or cliff-diving743 DownReveal answer → Dashboard or bumper745 DownReveal answer → Place to put a coin447 DownReveal answer → Coup d'___449 DownReveal answer → Joke with550 DownReveal answer → Like some wine barrels551 DownReveal answer → ___ and Clark552 DownReveal answer → Familiar narrative device553 DownReveal answer → Leave dumbfounded454 DownReveal answer → French possessive358 DownReveal answer → Catch some rays359 DownReveal answer → Bizarre360 DownReveal answer → "Golly!"361 DownReveal answer → Poetic tribute362 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, September 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.