Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, September 22, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "STEVIEWONDER".
Total Clues
72
Longest
STEVIEWONDER
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
RAE
Featured Clue
"50/52-Across musician"
12 Letters
STEVIEWONDER
ALLComplete Solution List
Makes a sullen face
5POUTS
Beetle amulet in ancient Egypt
6SCARAB
Sudden and unexpected
6ABRUPT
Was overprotective, in a way
7HOVERED
___ algebra
6LINEAR
Still in its packaging
8UNOPENED
50/52-Across musician
12STEVIEWONDER
#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("You can feel it all over")
7SIRDUKE
Like a scratchy voice
5RASPY
Best possible
5IDEAL
Billionaires' boats
6YACHTS
Resident of Africa's fourth-largest country
6LIBYAN
Secrecy contracts, in brief
4NDAS
Name that's a body part backward
3RAE
Obligation
4ONUS
#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("Why did those days ever have to go?")
5IWISH
Greek {/I/}
4IOTA
Perched
3SAT
Fraudulent offer
4SCAM
Not sinking
6AFLOAT
Like pagodas and some cakes
6TIERED
"Clemency" star Woodard
5ALFRE
Point center?
5FOCAL
With 52-Across, double album released on September 28, 1976, that spent 13 straight weeks at #1
7SONGSIN
See 50-Across
12THEKEYOFLIFE
Spy's identifier
8CODENAME
Bloc party?
6NATION
Whistlers in the kitchen
7KETTLES
___ Kreme
6KRISPY
Doughnut quantities
6DOZENS
Work __
5ETHIC
___ buddy
3PAL
____-Wan Kenobi
3OBI
Vase with a base.
3URN
Popular times for tacos
8TUESDAYS
Pancake-flipping tool
7SPATULA
Feng ____
4SHUI
Scoop holder
4CONE
Declare definitively
4AVOW
Segments of news shows
7REPORTS
Venues for concerts and competitions
6ARENAS
Road curves
5BENDS
"Star ___ II: The Wrath of Khan"
4TREK
Profound
4DEEP
Like some humor and runs
3DRY
Oy ___!
3VEY
Grain storage structures
5SILOS
Broadway star Menzel
5IDINA
Argue against
5REBUT
"Demon Slayer" or "Attack on Titan"
5ANIME
Contents of plastic sleeves or jewel cases, informally
3CDS
LOL!
4HAHA
Love it!
4NICE
They might be thatched
5ROOFS
Pioneer in arcade games
5ATARI
Devoured
5EATEN
This means ___!
3WAR
Cry in response to a doorbell
8ILLGETIT
Feature of "rendezvous" and "laissez-faire"
7SILENTZ
Celebratory hoopla
7FANFARE
Start liking
6TAKETO
Broadband connection type, in brief
3DSL
Government agcy. founded to enforce antitrust laws
3FTC
I see!
4OHOK
Formally yielded
5CEDED
Pig's cry
4OINK
Ivy League school in New Haven
4YALE
Sign of things to come
4OMEN
___ up (come clean)
4FESS
...or thereabouts
3ISH
Nail polish brand
3OPI
It has M.S.G. in it
3NYC