Crossword Answers for September 23, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

37 Across · 37 Down


Across
1A M Crossword Clue
BLAH
5A Labors like the Seven Crossword Clue
MINES
10A Looped in via Crossword Clue
CCED
14A Covid-19, Crossword Clue
RONA
15A Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 Crossword Clue
ATARI
16A Mauna Loa Crossword Clue
LAVA
17A Car with a logo similar to the Olympic Crossword Clue
AUDI
18A Start of a counting Crossword Clue
EENIE
19A S Crossword Clue
ATAD
20A Honorable conduct on the Crossword Clue
SPORTSMANSHIP
23A R Crossword Clue
HERMITS
24A On- Crossword Clue
TIMELY
27A Musician’s Crossword Clue
EAR
28A Super Mario character with a mushroom for a Crossword Clue
TOAD
30A Fish Crossword Clue
ROE
31A Kid Crossword Clue
JEST
34A When hunting restrictions are Crossword Clue
OPENSEASON
37A Epic poem originally passed down Crossword Clue
ILIAD
39A CPR Crossword Clue
EMT
40A P Crossword Clue
FRONT
41A Carnival diversion requiring Crossword Clue
BALLOONPOP
44A One-named singer who lives in an Irish Crossword Clue
ENYA
45A Bikini season, in Crossword Clue
ETE
46A “Hmm … I pass” Crossword Clue
UHNO
47A Word before data or Crossword Clue
RAW
49A Peak in the Alaska Crossword Clue
DENALI
51A Slender e- Crossword Clue
VAPEPEN
55A “You’re free to criticize it” … or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across? Crossword Clue
THATSFAIRGAME
58A Genderqueer identity, Crossword Clue
ENBY
60A Windowside Crossword Clue
SILLS
61A “Back in my day …” Crossword Clue
ONCE
62A Instrument also called the “sprightly companion” Crossword Clue
OBOE
63A Greek salad Crossword Clue
OLIVE
64A Gave the green Crossword Clue
OKED
65A Catches red- Crossword Clue
NABS
66A “Duly ___” Crossword Clue
NOTED
67A They go for Crossword Clue
DOES
Down
1D B Crossword Clue
BRASH
2D Jeweler’s magnifying Crossword Clue
LOUPE
3D “Star Wars” series starring Diego Crossword Clue
ANDOR
4D Music genre named for its voluminous Crossword Clue
HAIRMETAL
5D Distinguished Crossword Clue
MAESTRO
6D Agenda Crossword Clue
ITEMS
7D Nickname for Crossword Clue
NANA
8D Environmental activist Crossword Clue
ERIN
9D Naps, in Crossword Clue
SIESTAS
10D ___ to Crossword Clue
CLAIM
11D One preferring purrs to Crossword Clue
CATPERSON
12D Actress Crossword Clue
EVA
13D “Old man” Crossword Clue
DAD
21D Spanish Crossword Clue
TIA
22D 720p+ resolution, Crossword Clue
HIDEF
25D B Crossword Clue
LOONY
26D Gossip, from the Crossword Clue
YENTA
28D It’s kept by a Crossword Clue
TEMPO
29D Not fooled Crossword Clue
ONTO
31D Meshed (with) Crossword Clue
JIBED
32D T Crossword Clue
ELATE
33D Jay’s reticent partner of Crossword Clue
SILENTBOB
35D Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, Crossword Clue
PENN
36D “Is everything cool between us?” Crossword Clue
AREWEGOOD
38D Nonmedical childbirth Crossword Clue
DOULA
42D “Them’s fightin’ words!” Crossword Clue
OHITSON
43D Talked Crossword Clue
PRAISED
48D Arbor Day mo. Crossword Clue
APR
50D “Now I remember” Crossword Clue
AHYES
51D Part of a heart or Crossword Clue
VALVE
52D Japanese bread Crossword Clue
PANKO
53D Host with a Crossword Clue
EMCEE
54D More than Crossword Clue
NEEDS
56D Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood Crossword Clue
SILO
57D Dart (about) Crossword Clue
FLIT
58D Seemingly for-EH- Crossword Clue
EON
59D Thunder setting, in Crossword Clue
NBA

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September 23, 2026

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