Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, September 26, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, September 26, 2026 features 64 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.9 letters. The longest answer is "YOULIEDTOME".
Total Clues
64
Longest
YOULIEDTOME
Avg Length
5.9
Shortest
LAP
Featured Clue
"Critical response concerning a piece of fiction?"
11 Letters
YOULIEDTOME
ALLComplete Solution List
Prepares, as shumai
6STEAMS
Paste commonly simulated by a blend of horseradish, mustard and green dye
6WASABI
Rounded, say
7SHAPELY
Late hour
6ELEVEN
Pair's reassurance
8WEREGOOD
N.F.C. West team, informally
6NINERS
Go right ahead!
9BEMYGUEST
Pecan, but not pumpkin
4TREE
Selena Gomez or Beyoncé, by birth
5TEXAN
Runaround ____
3LAP
John ___, singer with the hit albums "Perfectly Good Guitar" and "Mystic Pinball"
5HIATT
Withdraw (from)
4WEAN
Part of an asymmetrical hairstyle
9SIDEBANGS
Early giant in punch-card tabulating systems
3IBM
Giggle
9TEEHEEHEE
Element of economic globalization
9TRADEDEAL
Desserts that may feature frangipane
9PEARTARTS
Part of what makes you you
3DNA
Online show pieces
9WEBISODES
Result of a shopping spree
4HAUL
Kite feature
5TALON
The Marlins, on scoreboards
3mia
Corner
5CATTY
Assert
4AVOW
STEM field concern
9GENDERGAP
It's in the eye of the beholder
6RETINA
Pull it together
8GETAGRIP
Rang
6PHONED
Camp distribution
7RATIONS
Toasts
6SINGES
Verse from Emily Dickinson or Emma Lazarus
6SESTET
Duluth-to-Minneapolis dir.
3SSW
Broadcaster with a onetime coat-of-arms logo, informally
7THEBEEB
Otoscopy, e.g.
7EAREXAM
Anthropopithecus, e.g.
6APEMAN
Actress Price of the 2000s sitcom "Grounded for Life"
5MEGYN
Labor
4SLOG
Took a turn
4WENT
Subject of the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings"
3ALI
Watch party?
8SENTINEL
Mean
7AVERAGE
Some Basque headwear
6BERETS
Exclave's spot in an atlas, often
5INSET
Critical response concerning a piece of fiction?
11YOULIEDTOME
Riding free as an employee, in airline lingo
11DEADHEADING
Real page-turner?
11SPEEDREADER
Lead-in to light
3TWI
Gag reflexes
5HAHAS
Scorches
5SEARS
Roots for vegan burgers
5BEETS
Part of a bridal outfit
5TRAIN
Signature QB move included as a feature in 2012's Madden NFL 13 video game
8TEBOWING
Main pack in a bicycle race
7PELOTON
A bit corrupt, perhaps?
7DATAROT
Evergreen whose cones bear edible seeds
7NUTPINE
Olympic gymnast Raisman
3ALY
Silently greet someone
6WAVEHI
Pudding typically served with "neeps and tatties"
6HAGGIS
Highly prized rewards on "Survivor"
5TARPS
"This Side Up" container
5CRATE
Roves
4GADS
HHH
4ETAS
Once called
3NEE
Lake Tahoe winter hrs.
3PST