NYT Crossword September 30, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Much-used pencil 4 5A Composed 4 9A A bit off 5 14A Isle that's the traditional burial site of Scottish kings 4 15A Mayberry kid on old TV 4 16A Sharp increase 5 17A Market! 9 19A Walked while fraught with worry, say 5 20A Like a moon that is not full but is more than half visible 7 21A Administrative role 5 23A Sign up 6 24A Ticket! 8 27A Nottingham-to-London dir. 3 28A It was you 4 30A Attributed writer of the third Gospel 6 31A Culinary connoisseur 6 33A GPS's guesses 4 34A Planet! 13 38A Desert landform 4 39A San Francisco team, informally 6 40A Best and most awesome, in slang 6 43A Times Sq. squad 4 44A Humanities degs. 3 47A Packet! 8 49A Person's bidding 6 51A Need for a greedy Swede? 5 52A Great flair 7 53A Nail a test 5 55A Locket! 9 57A Pie-in-the-face sound 5 58A Sized up 4 59A Hightailed it 4 60A How a trickster might behave 5 61A Group in a gym routine 4 62A Margarine 4

Down

1D Drawn-out attacks 6 2D Things to be cleansed from the body 6 3D Powerless 6 4D Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years) 5 5D Writing partner 8 6D Many tech start-up ideas 4 7D Trust eroder 3 8D Some concert gear, informally 5 9D Feature 6 10D They might get lit at a birthday celebration 9 11D Be super-successful, in slang 8 12D Scrape (by) 3 13D Give a ring, say 3 18D Surgery recovery period, in brief 6 22D "___ Troyens" (five-hour French opera) 3 24D Collection of dishes? 7 25D Up to snuff 4 26D Treasure map markings 3 29D God whose name has one "I," fittingly 4 31D Offer from many a streaming service 9 32D Start of a counting rhyme 4 34D "Star Trek" helmsman 4 35D Doubtful 8 36D Musical promoters of school spirit 8 37D Impassioned 6 38D Insult 3 41D "Star Trek" engineer 6 42D Trig function that can output every real number 3 44D "Don't freak out, dude" 6 45D Where landlubbers are at home 6 46D It often features panels with speakers 6 48D Targets of some heists 5 50D Was out of other options 5 52D Word found at the start of "Poe, to name one" 4 53D Burro 3 54D Rank below sgt. 3 56D Bread choice 3