Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, September 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 24, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "CRISSCROSSWORDS".
Total Clues
72
Longest
CRISSCROSSWORDS
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
ZA
Featured Clue
"Scrabble's name prior to its acquisition by James Brunot in 1948"
15 Letters
CRISSCROSSWORDS
ALLComplete Solution List
Slang for an Italian dish ... or along with QI, the highest-value two-letter word in Scrabble
2ZA
Make an impression?
4ETCH
Hanger-on
5LEECH
Blunder
3ERR
Recital pieces
5SOLOS
"Same here," more stiffly
5ASDOI
Canapé topping
3ROE
Traction enhancer
5CLEAT
Ships, say
5MAILS
Cheerios grain
3OAT
American architect who invented Scrabble while unemployed during the Great Depression
11ALFREDBUTTS
Hold tightly
5GRASP
Like most manuscript submissions
5TYPED
Many a Scottish native
4GAEL
Circuit in which Martina Navratilova holds the most singles titles, in brief
7WTATOUR
Dish featured in Broadway's "Sweeney Todd"
7MEATPIE
Decline
4WANE
Scrabble's name prior to its acquisition by James Brunot in 1948
15CRISSCROSSWORDS
Ford or Lincoln
4AUTO
Full of vivid detail, as memory
7EIDETIC
Supposed sign of a healthy pooch
7WETNOSE
Onesie fastener
4SNAP
Actress Rene of "Thor"
5RUSSO
Watchdog's warning
5GROWL
Bonus score for a bingo (using all seven of one's tiles) in Scrabble
11FIFTYPOINTS
Actress Sandra or Ruby
3DEE
Dr. Seuss environmentalist
5LORAX
Open, as a toothpaste tube
5UNCAP
Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3
3INF
Cognizant
5AWARE
Home to Oral Roberts University
5TULSA
Verizon competitor, informally
3ATT
Power measures
5WATTS
Witnessed
4SEEN
The two most valuable Scrabble tiles
10BLANKBLANK
Weightless state, for short
5ZEROG
Cheering wildly
5AROAR
Ones who have trouble finishing sentences?
8ESCAPEES
Ring
4TOLL
Chin feature
5CLEFT
Old and trite
5HOARY
Wavelength symbol
6LAMBDA
Genesis twin
4ESAU
____ doctor
4EDIT
Belmont entry
4COLT
Sound during a cat fight
4HISS
Put on sale, perhaps
5RETAG
From one tone to the next adjacent tone, in music
8STEPWISE
Finds repugnant
7DETESTS
Biblical figure with a notoriously bad hair day?
6SAMSON
Gets ready to hit the ice
7LACESUP
Like some garages
6TWOCAR
Crew need
3OAR
Hamburger connection?
3UND
Some scale members
3RES
Vies for a roster spot
8TRIESOUT
Group of seals
3POD
Crow's cry
3CAW
Wish undone
3RUE
Addams family cousin
3ITT
Record held by the Spruce Goose for over 70 years, at 320 feet
8WINGSPAN
Straight-horned antelopes
6ORYXES
Spots for addresses
5PODIA
Kind of cavity
5SINUS
Frère de la mère
5ONCLE
Forgot what you intended to say
9WENTBLANK
Didn't fill in, as a field on an application
9LEFTBLANK
Design problem
4FLAW
Part of the Corn Belt
4IOWA
Row house
4FRAT
Patisserie pastry
4TART
Stun, in a way
4TASE