NYT Crossword September 23, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Meh 4 5A Labors like the Seven Dwarfs 5 10A Looped in via email 4 14A Covid-19, colloquially 4 15A Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 5 16A Mauna Loa output 4 17A Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings 4 18A Start of a counting rhyme 5 19A Slightly 4 20A Honorable conduct on the field 13 23A Recluses 7 24A On-schedule 6 27A Musician's gift 3 28A Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head 4 30A Fish eggs 3 31A Kid around 4 34A When hunting restrictions are lifted 10 37A Epic poem originally passed down orally 5 39A CPR expert 3 40A Pretense 5 41A Carnival diversion requiring precision 10 44A One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle 4 45A Bikini season, in Bordeaux 3 46A "Hmm ... I pass" 4 47A Word before data or deal 3 49A Peak in the Alaska Range 6 51A Slender e-cig 7 55A "You're free to criticize it" ... or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across? 13 58A Genderqueer identity, informally 4 60A Windowside perches 5 61A "Back in my day ..." 4 62A Instrument also called the "sprightly companion" 4 63A Greek salad morsel 5 64A Gave the green light 4 65A Catches red-handed 4 66A "Duly ___" 5 67A They go for bucks 4

Down

1D Brazen 5 2D Jeweler's magnifying glass 5 3D "Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna 5 4D Music genre named for its voluminous dos 9 5D Distinguished conductor 7 6D Agenda topics 5 7D Nickname for grandma 4 8D Environmental activist Brockovich 4 9D Naps, in Nicaragua 7 10D ___ to fame 5 11D One preferring purrs to pooches 9 12D Actress Mendes 3 13D "Old man" 3 21D Spanish aunt 3 22D 720p+ resolution, informally 5 25D Bonkers 5 26D Gossip, from the Yiddish 5 28D It's kept by a metronome 5 29D Not fooled by 4 31D Meshed (with) 5 32D Thrill 5 33D Jay's reticent partner of filmdom 9 35D Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally 4 36D "Is everything cool between us?" 9 38D Nonmedical childbirth assistant 5 42D "Them's fightin' words!" 7 43D Talked up 7 48D Arbor Day mo. 3 50D "Now I remember" 5 51D Part of a heart or faucet 5 52D Japanese bread crumbs 5 53D Host with a mic 5 54D More than wants 5 56D Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph 4 57D Dart (about) 4 58D Seemingly for-EH-ver 3 59D Thunder setting, in brief 3