xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Advertisements

New York Times Crossword September 23 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 23 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.

Also solved on September 23
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword   Evening Standard Crossword   LA Times Crossword   NYT Midi Crossword   NYT Mini Crossword   Newsday Crossword   The Guardian Crossword   The Independent Crossword   The Sun Crossword   Thomas Joseph Crossword   USA Today Crossword   USA Today Quick Cross Crossword  

Across

Click a clue to reveal the answer
ClueLetters#Answer
Meh41 AcrossReveal answer → Labors like the Seven Dwarfs55 AcrossReveal answer → Looped in via email410 AcrossReveal answer → Covid-19, colloquially414 AcrossReveal answer → Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998515 AcrossReveal answer → Mauna Loa output416 AcrossReveal answer → Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings417 AcrossReveal answer → Start of a counting rhyme518 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly419 AcrossReveal answer → Honorable conduct on the field1320 AcrossReveal answer → Recluses723 AcrossReveal answer → On-schedule624 AcrossReveal answer → Musician's gift327 AcrossReveal answer → Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head428 AcrossReveal answer → Fish eggs330 AcrossReveal answer → Kid around431 AcrossReveal answer → When hunting restrictions are lifted1034 AcrossReveal answer → Epic poem originally passed down orally537 AcrossReveal answer → CPR expert339 AcrossReveal answer → Pretense540 AcrossReveal answer → Carnival diversion requiring precision1041 AcrossReveal answer → One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle444 AcrossReveal answer → Bikini season, in Bordeaux345 AcrossReveal answer → "Hmm ... I pass"446 AcrossReveal answer → Word before data or deal347 AcrossReveal answer → Peak in the Alaska Range649 AcrossReveal answer → Slender e-cig751 AcrossReveal answer → "You're free to criticize it" ... or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across?1355 AcrossReveal answer → Genderqueer identity, informally458 AcrossReveal answer → Windowside perches560 AcrossReveal answer → "Back in my day ..."461 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument also called the "sprightly companion"462 AcrossReveal answer → Greek salad morsel563 AcrossReveal answer → Gave the green light464 AcrossReveal answer → Catches red-handed465 AcrossReveal answer → "Duly ___"566 AcrossReveal answer → They go for bucks467 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

Click a clue to reveal the answer
ClueLetters#Answer
Brazen51 DownReveal answer → Jeweler's magnifying glass52 DownReveal answer → "Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna53 DownReveal answer → Music genre named for its voluminous dos94 DownReveal answer → Distinguished conductor75 DownReveal answer → Agenda topics56 DownReveal answer → Nickname for grandma47 DownReveal answer → Environmental activist Brockovich48 DownReveal answer → Naps, in Nicaragua79 DownReveal answer → ___ to fame510 DownReveal answer → One preferring purrs to pooches911 DownReveal answer → Actress Mendes312 DownReveal answer → "Old man"313 DownReveal answer → Spanish aunt321 DownReveal answer → 720p+ resolution, informally522 DownReveal answer → Bonkers525 DownReveal answer → Gossip, from the Yiddish526 DownReveal answer → It's kept by a metronome528 DownReveal answer → Not fooled by429 DownReveal answer → Meshed (with)531 DownReveal answer → Thrill532 DownReveal answer → Jay's reticent partner of filmdom933 DownReveal answer → Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally435 DownReveal answer → "Is everything cool between us?"936 DownReveal answer → Nonmedical childbirth assistant538 DownReveal answer → "Them's fightin' words!"742 DownReveal answer → Talked up743 DownReveal answer → Arbor Day mo.348 DownReveal answer → "Now I remember"550 DownReveal answer → Part of a heart or faucet551 DownReveal answer → Japanese bread crumbs552 DownReveal answer → Host with a mic553 DownReveal answer → More than wants554 DownReveal answer → Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph456 DownReveal answer → Dart (about)457 DownReveal answer → Seemingly for-EH-ver358 DownReveal answer → Thunder setting, in brief359 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, September 23, 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.