NYT Crossword September 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Special-ordered 6 7A Sections of a circle's circumference 4 11A NASCAR stat that varies widely by venue 7 18A Banderas of 2024's "Babygirl" 7 20A Coaster feature, maybe 4 21A Assembles in proper order 8 22A Mar, as a reputation 7 23A See 25-Across 4 24A Maligns 8 25A With 23-Across, March Madness tournament round 8 27A Mouths (off) 6 29A Pact that preceded the U.S.M.C.A. 5 30A Burnable bog stuff 4 31A Burnt chimney stuff 4 33A High-speed Olympic sport 4 34A See 37-Across 3 35A One who might have perfect pitch? 5 37A With 34-Across, full extent of something 15 43A "Holy moly!" 3 45A Defensive player who keeps an eye on the QB, in football lingo 3 46A Red-coated cheese 4 47A "___ funny!" 3 48A Bigwig 7 52A Own (up) 4 55A It's off the wall! 8 57A "Red" or "1989," to Swifties 3 58A Buck ___, first African American coach in Major League Baseball 5 60A Extremely soft, in music: Abbr. 3 62A See 64-Across 5 63A Chew the fat 3 64A With 62-Across, Beatles classic with the lyric "Will you still need me / Will you still feed me" 10 67A Noted exile isle 4 69A Energy-efficient bulb, for short 3 71A ___ orange, tree whose fruit has a brainlike appearance 5 72A Native Nebraskans 5 75A See 78-Across 3 76A Author who purportedly drew inspiration from a filing cabinet labeled "O-Z" 4 78A With 75-Across, "So very appreciated!" 10 81A Hold up 3 83A Narnia or Neverland 5 86A Give it a whirl 3 87A Violinmaker of Cremona 5 88A Letters from your folks? 3 89A "So cool!" 8 92A Follower of John in the New Testament 4 94A Chef with "New New Orleans"-style cooking 7 96A Greatest guy? 3 97A See 101-Across 4 98A Vent 3 100A Part of SCOTUS 3 101A With 97-Across, Vegas casino machine 15 107A No-cash deal 5 111A Lay off 3 112A Culprit, in police lingo 4 113A Modern pentathlon equipment 4 115A Metaphor for a too-hot room 4 116A Actress Christine whose last name sounds like a pair of musical notes 5 118A Ill will 6 120A Number written above and to the right of another number … as seen five times in this puzzle? 8 122A Weigh down, and then some 8 124A Number with a 120-Across, mathematically 4 126A Armand of "American Gangster" 7 127A Many mailbox stuffers 8 128A Zest 4 129A Iced tea request 7 130A Clumsy 7 131A Move fast, as a cloud 4 132A Road trip stopovers 6

Down

1D Pampering place for a Persian 6 2D Not impressed 6 3D Watch via Hulu, say 6 4D Online forum qualifiers such as /j ("joking") or /s ("sarcastic") 8 5D "I'll deal with this right now!" 4 6D Keeps hydrated, as vegetables in the produce aisle 5 7D Sitcom character from Melmac 3 8D Aussie animals 4 9D Item 6 10D Alfalfa shoot 6 11D Stockholder's setback 4 12D Weisshorn or Finsteraarhorn 3 13D Not merely enough to go around 10 14D Island containing Kiribati's capital 6 15D "Don't pay any mind to this" 14 16D Zoom, e.g. 4 17D Feminine pronoun in Florence 4 19D "Would you look at that!" 5 21D Wedding reception hiree 7 26D Partner of aahs 4 28D "So-o-o gross!" 3 32D A-one 9 36D With nary a chance 5 38D Ingredient in some hair relaxers 3 39D Make a long story short, say 4 40D Individually 4 41D Female rabbit 3 42D Elbow-bender 3 44D Popular singer of the Hawaiian folk song "Pearly Shells" 5 48D "Sup!" 3 49D Sonicare competitor 5 50D Reschedule, so to speak 14 51D Things that drivers sometimes leave behind? 4 53D Letters on a lip balm tube 3 54D Scare stiff 5 56D Some old Disney collectibles 4 59D Arriving by 4 61D Tables 9 65D Stiller's comedic partner 5 66D Incur a cellphone surcharge, perhaps 4 68D Electrical impulse transmitters 5 70D Face off 4 73D Catchall abbr. 4 74D Priced to be, as bail 5 77D Fortified wine from Spain 10 79D Home of NoHo and SoHo 3 80D "Catch ya in the morn!" 5 82D Main squeeze, in newer slang 3 84D Lascivious look 4 85D Old-timey teacher 4 89D Sped or bled ... or led 3 90D ___ Lilly (Mounjaro maker) 3 91D Pointe shoe accessories 7 93D Amy who wrote "Saving Fish From Drowning" 3 95D Balloon pilot, say 8 99D Worth a pick? 4 102D Stick to simple and unprocessed foods, say 6 103D State with only three counties: Abbr. 3 104D Illegal offerings 6 105D High-level H.S. class with derivatives 6 106D Star football player? 5 108D Get even for 6 109D Kind of insurance for bridges 6 110D Types in 6 114D Surrey's Derby town 5 116D Singer/dancer/actress Falana 4 117D Say for sure 4 118D Org. supporting sobriety checkpoints 4 119D Father of five sons in the Bible 4 121D ___ buco 4 123D Adornment on a boathouse wall 3 125D Heel, e.g. 3