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USA Today Crossword September 17 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 79 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 79 clues from the USA Today Crossword for September 17 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Group that won Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo"41 AcrossReveal answer → Top of a wave55 AcrossReveal answer → Where MA and PA are310 AcrossReveal answer → Caddie's selection413 AcrossReveal answer → Greeted someone614 AcrossReveal answer → Snooze315 AcrossReveal answer → Cornmeal cakes . . . and a punny name for the starred clues' answers1116 AcrossReveal answer → Not post318 AcrossReveal answer → Pooh's sad friend619 AcrossReveal answer → When you'll show up, for short320 AcrossReveal answer → Hospital scans421 AcrossReveal answer → Like Mars, but not Uranus522 AcrossReveal answer → Old-timey "you"424 AcrossReveal answer → *Furry friend known for its wrinkles726 AcrossReveal answer → *Fluffy toy?729 AcrossReveal answer → Female horses532 AcrossReveal answer → Flutes' neighbors in an orchestra533 AcrossReveal answer → Sn, on the periodic table335 AcrossReveal answer → Matched a face to a name, say436 AcrossReveal answer → Skidded437 AcrossReveal answer → Craeless mistake?438 AcrossReveal answer → Install, like tile339 AcrossReveal answer → *Breed similar to the Akita840 AcrossReveal answer → The mind's "I"343 AcrossReveal answer → Rejections344 AcrossReveal answer → Place for a soak645 AcrossReveal answer → Childbirth support provider549 AcrossReveal answer → "All By Myself" singer Celine451 AcrossReveal answer → Clean air org.353 AcrossReveal answer → Canine behavior experts . . . and what people talking about 26-, 29- and 40-Across might be called1354 AcrossReveal answer → On458 AcrossReveal answer → Church walkway560 AcrossReveal answer → Texter's "However . . ."461 AcrossReveal answer → "Stay in your ___!"462 AcrossReveal answer → Comedian Wanda563 AcrossReveal answer → Pump or platform464 AcrossReveal answer → Common merch table purchases465 AcrossReveal answer → Must566 AcrossReveal answer → Central Perk and Monica's apartment, for "Friends"467 AcrossReveal answer →

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Feel sore41 DownReveal answer → Primary color42 DownReveal answer → Bustling43 DownReveal answer → Just hated84 DownReveal answer → Maximum35 DownReveal answer → Mature, like fruit56 DownReveal answer → Modify47 DownReveal answer → Put in a sword holder78 DownReveal answer → "Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise"39 DownReveal answer → TLC song with the lyric "You can buy all the makeup that MAC can make"810 DownReveal answer → Draped garment411 DownReveal answer → Bonobos, e.g.412 DownReveal answer → "I was wrong! Get over it!"514 DownReveal answer → Kudos517 DownReveal answer → "Not impressed"321 DownReveal answer → Garlicky sauces623 DownReveal answer → He/him/___325 DownReveal answer → Beamed626 DownReveal answer → Tried627 DownReveal answer → "Is it my turn yet?"1028 DownReveal answer → Fountain drink429 DownReveal answer → Move really fast330 DownReveal answer → Call in a card game331 DownReveal answer → Race day accessory334 DownReveal answer → "Dexter: Resurrection" network337 DownReveal answer → "Tsk" relative338 DownReveal answer → Catch440 DownReveal answer → "Knock on wood!"741 DownReveal answer → Zilch442 DownReveal answer → Start showing canines?646 DownReveal answer → Pull from the ground647 DownReveal answer → Big parties648 DownReveal answer → Bounds along550 DownReveal answer → Computer storage devices551 DownReveal answer → Bit of land in the sea552 DownReveal answer → Clean with soap455 DownReveal answer → "Well, hey there!"456 DownReveal answer → "I'm Coming Out" singer Diana457 DownReveal answer → Key next to the space bar358 DownReveal answer → ___ kwon do359 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Thursday, September 17, 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.