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USA Today Crossword September 18 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the USA Today Crossword for September 18 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
Send by truck, ironically41 AcrossReveal answer → "Like that'll ever happen!"35 AcrossReveal answer → Not straight58 AcrossReveal answer → Assistant413 AcrossReveal answer → ___ gov'nor (punny name for a plant shop)414 AcrossReveal answer → ___ off (deter)516 AcrossReveal answer → Sushi protein made with Sriracha or chili oil917 AcrossReveal answer → Danger519 AcrossReveal answer → Gave an address520 AcrossReveal answer → Yankees' crosstown rivals421 AcrossReveal answer → Place to hang art423 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Kippur324 AcrossReveal answer → Low-pH625 AcrossReveal answer → "There's a red light ahead!"427 AcrossReveal answer → Like tissue paper428 AcrossReveal answer → One might be used to test the temperature of bathwater329 AcrossReveal answer → Species of the insurance spokesbird that's about 10x heavier than the Aflac duck331 AcrossReveal answer → "Don't leave without me!"632 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of tennis gear634 AcrossReveal answer → Singer who said "musicians are the architects of heaven"1336 AcrossReveal answer → Tasty bit638 AcrossReveal answer → Completely out of energy639 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago airport code340 AcrossReveal answer → NBA Hall of Famer Duncan341 AcrossReveal answer → Crash another streamer's event443 AcrossReveal answer → Excited tail movements444 AcrossReveal answer → Superficial appearance646 AcrossReveal answer → Recede348 AcrossReveal answer → "Next to the plate!"851 AcrossReveal answer → Polite553 AcrossReveal answer → Shakespearean loverboy555 AcrossReveal answer → Winless chess ending956 AcrossReveal answer → Regions558 AcrossReveal answer → Bring onto the team459 AcrossReveal answer → "Now, here's an ___ . . ."460 AcrossReveal answer → Costume ball concealers561 AcrossReveal answer → Himalayan cryptid462 AcrossReveal answer → Where egg mimicry make take place463 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Full of attitude51 DownReveal answer → Aquatic African mammal52 DownReveal answer → Saying that's hard to translate53 DownReveal answer → Quick kiss44 DownReveal answer → Bowler or fedora35 DownReveal answer → Lightweight metal86 DownReveal answer → Refined, like a new skill57 DownReveal answer → Egyptian snake38 DownReveal answer → Dishes with gravylike consistencies59 DownReveal answer → Role for Ralph Macchio and Jaden Smith910 DownReveal answer → Sign of bad things to come811 DownReveal answer → "I couldn't have said it better"712 DownReveal answer → Wipe out515 DownReveal answer → "Like that'll happen!"818 DownReveal answer → Sheet with board game results822 DownReveal answer → "The hustle and bustle"826 DownReveal answer → Bills that have to be closed428 DownReveal answer → Spy's communication gadget830 DownReveal answer → Scattergories and Scrabble, for two932 DownReveal answer → Computer lab array333 DownReveal answer → Rep435 DownReveal answer → Island surrounded by a lagoon836 DownReveal answer → With lots of distance between837 DownReveal answer → Take care of the lawn338 DownReveal answer → Like a bog642 DownReveal answer → Filet mignon, e.g.545 DownReveal answer → Rhyming partner of "patootie"547 DownReveal answer → Slip past548 DownReveal answer → Bagel ___549 DownReveal answer → Make goat noises550 DownReveal answer → Casually throw452 DownReveal answer → "Let's do it!"454 DownReveal answer → Sheep with big horns355 DownReveal answer → Floral Polynesian gift357 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Friday, September 18, 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.