NYT Crossword September 24, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Slang for an Italian dish … or along with QI, the highest-value two-letter word in Scrabble 2 3A Make an impression 4 7A Hanger-on 5 12A Blunder 3 14A Recital pieces 5 16A "Same here," more stiffly 5 17A Canapé topping 3 18A Traction enhancer 5 19A Ships, say 5 20A Cheerios grain 3 21A American architect who invented Scrabble while unemployed during the Great Depression 11 23A Hold tightly 5 25A Like most manuscript submissions 5 26A Many a Scottish native 4 28A Circuit in which Martina Navratilova holds the most singles titles, in brief 7 33A Dish featured in Broadway's "Sweeney Todd" 7 36A Decline 4 37A Scrabble's name prior to its acquisition by James Brunot in 1948 15 41A Ford or Lincoln 4 42A Full of vivid detail, as memory 7 43A Supposed sign of a healthy pooch 7 45A Onesie fastener 4 47A Actress Rene of "Thor" 5 50A Watchdog's warning 5 53A Bonus score for a bingo (using all seven of one's tiles) in Scrabble 11 58A Actress Sandra or Ruby 3 59A Dr. Seuss' environmentalist 5 60A Open, as a toothpaste tube 5 61A Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3 3 62A Cognizant 5 63A Home to Oral Roberts University 5 64A Verizon competitor, informally 3 65A Power measures 5 66A Witnessed 4

Down

1D Weightless state, for short 5 2D Cheering wildly 5 3D Ones who have trouble finishing sentences? 8 4D Ring 4 5D Chin feature 5 6D Old and trite 5 7D Wavelength symbol 6 8D Genesis twin 4 9D Doctor 4 10D Belmont entry 4 11D Sound during a cat fight 4 13D Put on sale, perhaps 5 15D From one tone to the next adjacent tone, in music 8 22D Finds repugnant 7 24D Biblical figure with a notoriously bad hair day? 6 27D Gets ready to hit the ice 7 29D Like some garages 6 30D Crew need 3 31D Hamburger connection? 3 32D Some scale members 3 34D Vies for a roster spot 8 35D Group of seals 3 37D Crow's cry 3 38D Wish undone 3 39D Addams Family cousin 3 40D Record held by the Spruce Goose for over 70 years, at 320 feet 8 44D Straight-horned antelopes 6 46D Spots for addresses 5 48D Kind of cavity 5 49D Frère de la mère 5 51D Forgot what you intended to say 4 52D Didn't fill in, as a field on an application 4 53D Design problem 4 54D Part of the Corn Belt 4 55D Row house? 4 56D Patisserie pastry 4 57D Stun, in a way 4