USA Today Crossword September 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A"Right now, please!"4 5AIsland strings, for short3 8AEngrave in glass4 12AConga formation4 13A"The end is ___"4 15ASpiced latte choice4 16ASpot to boogie10 19A___ browns4 20A"Yours truly is fully committed!"7 21ACountry inside South Africa7 23A___-country (music genre)3 24ASnuck a quick look6 25AMakeup for a model?5 28ABallpark snacks that usually require a lot of napkins9 31AFlames that have since fizzled4 32A___ rather than later6 33ATime period worthy of a name3 34ALike an awesome party3 35A"I Think You Should Leave" star Robinson3 36AWorld Series mo.3 37ALose to gravity3 38AThe "L" of UCLA3 39A"No, actually . . ."6 41ABread for a gyro4 42A"Good decision!"9 44ALavishes affection5 45A"Only Murders in the Building" star Gomez6 46AFrame, for short3 47AQuebec's time zone7 49A"How adorbs!"7 53AWater at a taqueria4 54A"Oh, I didn't want it anyway" attitude10 56AFinal Four matchup4 57A"This is so much fun!"4 58APut your foot down4 59AIdyllic locale4 60A"You there!"3 61AOne of 11 for "Hamilton"4

Down

1DDiscount grocery chain4 2DThailand, once4 3D"___ Karenina" (Tolstoy novel)4 4DH.S. course you wouldn't say is no sweat7 5DNot qualified5 6DOven that turns clay into ceramics4 7DA big one might be fragile3 8DReverberated6 9D"Enough!"10 10DDough or lettuce4 11D___! Cherry-O4 14DResult of a gorgeous drive9 17D"___ Enchanted" (Anne Hathaway film)4 18DPut back in office7 22DGo around5 24DSoup that might be served with Thai basil and cilantro3 25D___ and whistles5 26DIt's a given5 27D"So, hypothetically . . ."10 28D"You've gotta be kidding me!"9 29DFeature of many fireplaces5 30DSprawling stories5 32DGets ready to bubble7 35DSpine feature5 40D"Selma" director DuVernay3 41D"Office Ladies," for one7 43DHold on to6 44DIt's always stuck in a jamb (dad joke)4 46DTwo more than a birdie5 47DMitigate4 48DLike some cheese4 49DIt has bark but no bite4 50DUntil4 51DWhat you are for seven years of your life4 52DOne of seven for Simone Biles4 55D"Not sure . . ."3