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NYT Crossword
Sunday, September 20, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, September 20, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "WHOLETHREEYARDS".

Total Clues

140

Longest

WHOLETHREEYARDS

Avg Length

5.2

Shortest

TWO

Featured Clue

"With 34-Across, full extent of something"

15 Letters

WHOLETHREEYARDS

ALLComplete Solution List

Special-ordered

Sections of a circle's circumference

NASCAR stat that varies widely by venue

Banderas of 2024's "Babygirl"

Coaster feature, maybe

Assembles in proper order

Mar, as a reputation

With 23-Across, March Madness tournament round

Pact that preceded the U.S.M.C.A.

Burnable bog stuff

Burnt chimney stuff

High-speed Olympic sport

One who might have perfect pitch?

With 34-Across, full extent of something

15WHOLETHREEYARDS

Defensive player who keeps an eye on the QB, in football lingo

Red-coated cheese

It's off the wall

"Red" or "1989," to Swifties

Buck ___, first African-American coach in Major League Baseball

Extremely soft, in music: Abbr.

With 62-Across, Beatles classic with the lyric "Will you still need me / Will you still feed me"

Noted exile isle

Energy-efficient bulb, for short

___ orange, tree whose fruit has a brainlike appearance

Native Nebraskans

Author who purportedly drew inspiration from a filing cabinet labeled "O-Z"

With 75-Across, "So very appreciated!"

Narnia or Neverland

Give it a whirl

Violinmaker of Cremona

Letters from your folks?

Follower of John in the New Testament

Chef with "New New Orleans"-style cooking

With 97-Across, Vegas casino machine

15NINEARMEDBANDIT

Culprit, in police lingo

Modern pentathlon equipment

Metaphor for a too-hot room

Actress Christine whose last name sounds like a pair of musical notes

Number written above and to the right of another number ... as seen five times in this puzzle?

Weigh down, and then some

Number with a 120-Across, mathematically

Armand of "American Gangster"

Many mailbox stuffers

Iced tea request

Move fast, as a cloud

Road trip stopovers

Pampering place for a Persian

Watch via Hulu, say

Online forum qualifiers such as /j ("joking") or /s ("sarcastic")

"I'll deal with this right now!"

Keeps hydrated, as vegetables in the produce aisle

Sitcom character from Melmac

Stockholder's setback

Weisshorn or Finsteraarhorn

Not merely enough to go around

Island containing Kiribati's capital

"Don't pay any mind to this"

14ITSFORTHEBIRDS

Feminine pronoun in Florence

Would you look at that!

Wedding reception hiree

Partner of aahs

"So-o-o gross!"

With nary a chance

Ingredient in some hair relaxers

Make a long story short, say

Popular singer of the Hawaiian folk song "Pearly Shells"

Sonicare competitor

Reschedule, so to speak

14TAKEARAINCHECK

Things that drivers sometimes leave behind?

Letters on a lip balm tube

Some old Disney collectibles

Stiller's comedic partner

Incur a cellphone surcharge, perhaps

Electrical impulse transmitters

Priced to be, as bail

Fortified wine from Spain

Home of NoHo and SoHo

"Catch ya in the morn!"

Main squeeze, in newer slang

Lascivious look

Old-timey teacher

Sped or bled ... or led

___ Lilly (Mounjaro maker)

Pointe shoe accessories

Amy who wrote "Saving Fish From Drowning"

Balloon pilot, say

Stick to simple and unprocessed foods, say

State with only three counties: Abbr.

Illegal offerings

High-level H.S. class with derivatives

Star football player?

Kind of insurance for bridges

Surrey's Derby town

Singer/dancer/actress Falana

Org. supporting sobriety checkpoints

Father of five sons in the Bible

Adornment on a boathouse wall

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