NYT Crossword September 29, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Big ones can be difficult to manage 4 5A Urge 4 9A British John 5 14A Nincompoop 4 15A Surrounding glow 4 16A Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It" 5 17A Where some monster home runs land 9 19A Language of the Vikings 5 20A Rich deposits of ore 5 21A Home of the Buckeyes, for short 3 23A Muslim holiday, informally 3 24A Scoped out with intent to rob 5 25A Pretty long time, in an idiom 9 28A Battery fill 4 29A Capital of Yemen 5 30A Copied 4 31A "You ___!" ("Absolutely!") 3 32A Terse 4 33A "I ___ U" (candy heart message) 3 35A Another plateful from the buffet, say 13 40A Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief 3 41A Board appointee, for short 4 42A Work unit 3 44A Chief god of Valhalla 4 47A European viper 5 49A Greek goddess of the earth 4 50A Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B. 9 52A Storage units 5 53A Dad on "Black-ish" 3 54A Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" 3 55A Indie rock singer ___ O 5 56A Couch 5 58A Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do? 9 62A Unconcealed 5 63A Toll unit on some roads 4 64A Tour de France entry 4 65A "Cooties" 5 66A Hitch up on a farm 4 67A Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's 4

Down

1D Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov 3 2D Reach great heights in life 8 3D Like black and white 8 4D Numbered in a tournament bracket 6 5D Always at the pharmacy? 4 6D Regret 3 7D Middle-earth foe 3 8D ___ Territory, 1861-89 6 9D Ho-hum feeling 5 10D British john 3 11D Ripped to pieces 6 12D Like not-work-from-home days 6 13D Had to have 6 18D Visibly embarrassed, say 3 22D Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts 7 24D What can travel a fare distance? 3 25D Brain-busting 4 26D Just between us 7 27D Blue race in "Avatar" 4 29D Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet 7 32D Hotel request 3 34D Scanned lines, for short 3 36D "If you ___ stand the heat ..." 4 37D Crossed (out) 4 38D Made nice? 8 39D Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot" 8 43D Pit stop refill 3 44D Subject of a saying about new tricks 6 45D Infer (from) 6 46D Perhaps not at all 6 48D Spinner of tunes 6 49D Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video 6 51D Courier and Century Gothic, for two 5 52D "Nuts!" 3 55D Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps 4 57D Pitcher's asset 3 59D Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line 3 60D Sort 3 61D Texting format, for short 3