Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, September 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, September 27, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "COMMITTOPAPER".
Total Clues
140
Longest
COMMITTOPAPER
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
SUE
Featured Clue
"Put down in writing?"
13 Letters
COMMITTOPAPER
ALLComplete Solution List
Bad association
6STIGMA
Shoot for dinner?
5SPRIG
Jeweler's wares
7CUTGEMS
... in global commerce)(Conflict ...
12TRADEDISPUTE
Emerge
5ARISE
DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946
7OPHELIA
Potential benefit
6UPSIDE
Was almost out of supplies
6RANLOW
That's saying something!
7ORATORY
Turned into an internet gag
5MEMED
Japanese graphic novels
5MANGA
... outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at ...
12PORTAPOTTIES
Dukes, countesses, etc.
7PEERAGE
Put down in writing?
13COMMITTOPAPER
Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"
5SADIE
Baby who's up all night?
5OWLET
Where many papyrus plants grow
4NILE
Frenzied locale at a rock concert
7MOSHPIT
Press a case?
3SUE
Spring forward hrs.
3DST
Test room
3LAB
Cut back on
4PARE
Kind of effect that can manifest as a counterclockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise motion in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares]
8CORIOLIS
Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling
5HYENA
Google's domain
6THEWEB
Hindu festival of colors
4HOLI
Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper
5ACURA
___ instant
3SEC
Challenge to a potential investor
8AREYOUIN
... transport)(Bigwig's ...
12PERSONALLIMO
Straightaway driving contests
9DRAGRACES
Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops
9VILLANOVA
... park an auto)(Narrow space in which to ...
12ONECARGARAGE
Marvelous!
8SPLENDID
One in 100: Abbr.
3SEN
"It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit)
5WASNT
Word with dish or drag
4MAIN
Locale for many a commercial logo
6TSHIRT
German brewery since 1873
5BECKS
Return to an earlier topic of conversation ... or what six answers in this puzzle literally do
8LOOPBACK
Cause of some red cheeks
4ACNE
Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief?
3USO
Bub
3MAC
___ Lanka
3SRI
Custom tailored
7BESPOKE
One of Cuba's Castros
4RAUL
Lose it
5GOAPE
Best case
5IDEAL
Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions
13JUPITERPROBES
Good position to be in?
7PLUMJOB
... clarify or explain)(Seeking to ...
12INTERPRETIVE
Hide-outs.
5LAIRS
Itsy-bitsy
5TEENY
Disk-flipping strategy game
7REVERSI
Like wheat beers
6YEASTY
Certain factory machine
6SORTER
Chaperones
7ESCORTS
Many a John Williams composition
5THEME
... of hindsight)(With the benefit ...
12INRETROSPECT
Clear coat
7VARNISH
Oafs
5ASSES
Deal made on the spot?
6ADSALE
Bewilder
5STUMP
Conical accommodations
5TEPEE
Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?"
5ITSME
"Jackie Brown" star Pam
5GRIER
Unruly rush
7MADDASH
Commercial suffix with Power
3ADE
Singer Bareilles
4SARA
Have a spring in one's step
6PRANCE
One of the Beatles
5RINGO
Faith with five pillars
5ISLAM
Prefix with cache
3GEO
Assumed ownership over
7COOPTED
Pulls out, as weeds
7UPROOTS
Choreographer Twyla
5THARP
Achieve a sunbather's goal
6GETTAN
___ rating (chess stat)
3ELO
Old space station
3MIR
Perhaps
3SAY
Chinese artist Ai ___
6WEIWEI
Triage provider
5MEDIC
The Cardinals, on scoreboards
3STL
Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the '60s
3GAP
___ Rouge
6MOULIN
It's driven into the ground
4PILE
Flair
4ELAN
Redheaded "Queen of Country"
4REBA
Diminutive Spanish suffix
3ITO
Bill of HBO's "Real Time"
5MAHER
Mine craft?
6ORECAR
Do some garment-making
3SEW
Performances for one
4SOLI
Competitor of Bluesky and X
7THREADS
Affliction for some vets, in brief
4PTSD
Greek PPP
4RHOS
Promise of payback
3IOU
Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat"
5SAMIN
Tall tale
4YARN
Sonic euphoria, colloquially
7EARGASM
Scottish hillsides
5BRAES
Far from the target, in a guessing game
4COLD
Illuminated from below
5UPLIT
Univ. course that's in demand?
4ECON
Streisand musical
5YENTL
"That's freaking epic!"
6SOSICK
Rubberneck
4GAWK
___ cava (major blood vessel)
4VENA
Sci-fi pioneer Jules
5VERNE
It gets you a hand
4ANTE
Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow
6SMOREO
Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz
4PAPI
Lefty, to a righty
3LIB
Ni __: Chinese "Hello"
3HAO
___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol"
4BURJ
Heir with much hair in the Bible
4ESAU
Great success
4COUP
Fish hawk
6OSPREY
Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief
3CBD
Play for _____
5KEEPS
Shaders of gray?
7AGEISTS
Cultural group of SW Britain
7CORNISH
__ soda
3SAL
Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year
7PLUTOED
Persist
6LIVEON
Fitting
3APT
Am I crazy?
6ISITME
Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons"
5TERRI
Malaise, with "the"
5BLAHS
Lets up
5EASES
Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak
5MERCS
Volkswagen sedan
5JETTA
Buck enshrined in Cooperstown
5ONEIL
David who fronted Talking Heads
5BYRNE
Some loaves or liquors
4RYES
Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't
3REV
That, in Spanish
3ESA
Forerunner of the DVD player
3VCR
When r u coming?
3ETA
Relaxing getaway
3SPA