NYT Special Crossword Clues — 2026-09-23

130 clues from this puzzle. Select a clue to view its answers.

• ___-da (snobbish) Crossword Clue 4 letters
• ___ motel (hush-hush place) Crossword Clue 6 letters
• ___ gold (potato variety) Crossword Clue 5 letters
• ___ ejemplo Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Words filling each blank in the lyric "___ knocked down, but ___ up again" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Word with Second, Sin or sister Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Wide-legged pants popular in the early 2000s Crossword Clue 7 letters
• Where bubble tea is originally from Crossword Clue 6 letters
• When a dessert might be served during algebra class Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Weather-forecasting org. Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Water glider Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Utterance during a deep-tissue massage Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Unit of laundry Crossword Clue 4 letters
• URL starter Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Throws hard, to a Gen Zer Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Take the talons off Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Sushi bar drink Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Suffix with astro- Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Study of government, informally Crossword Clue 7 letters
• Stick around a magic show? Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Sparkly accessory for an angel costume Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Sound from a wheel in need of grease Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Some sports divisions Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Some early PCs Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Sly-sounding predator also called a thresher shark Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Slow Spanish dance Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Sleazy guy, old-style Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Sioux people in South Dakota Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Shape of a heated tent at a winter market, maybe Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Santa's syllables Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Russian woman's name related to Maria Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Rookie, slangily Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Program preventing pop-ups Crossword Clue 7 letters
• Pro ___ (equally divided) Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Principles Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Praiseful poem Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Pork cut Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Poet W.H. ___ Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Partner of cis, in some identities Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Partner of "go" in a dining hall Crossword Clue 4 letters
• PDF of a professor's book, say Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Org. with movie lists Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Org. with health guidelines Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Ones watching hatchlings, perhaps Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Obsolescent music holder with plastic flaps Crossword Clue 8 letters
• Nueva York o Pensilvania Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Not just stand there, but do something Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Nonstandard: Abbr. Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Noggin Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Nobelist Wiesel Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Neither Rep. nor Dem. Crossword Clue 3 letters
• N.Y.C. neighborhood near N.Y.U. Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Morsel for an ant Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Mon. observance in January Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Mens ___, Latin phrase used by Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Low-carb kind of diet Crossword Clue 4 letters
• London clock setting: Abbr. Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Like sandpaper Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Like old-school fashion Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Lasagna ingredient? Crossword Clue 7 letters
• Kravitz who played Catwoman Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Knot again! Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Kind of steak … or bit of bacon Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Keep it ___ Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Item in the hand of a handyperson Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Italian city between Verona and Venice Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Inundates with unwanted emails Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Intl. commerce group Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Insect in a nest Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Inits. before Q+ Crossword Clue 4 letters
• In 2011: "___ Is Said to Be Close to Acquiring a Television Show" Crossword Clue 7 letters
• In 1991, in the Ideas & Trends section: "Is ___ Closer Than You Think?" Crossword Clue 17 letters
• In 1981: Product that spawned "waves of people ... with little foam-rubber circles on their ears" Crossword Clue 11 letters
• In 1972: Median monthly rent of a Brooklyn apartment, prompting the claim "Brooklyn is the place" for affordable living Crossword Clue 17 letters
• In 1963, on the introduction of ZIP codes: "Starting today, more of our lives will be ___" Crossword Clue 12 letters
• In 1959: Bride married three years earlier in "the wedding of the century" Crossword Clue 10 letters
• In 1957: "An educated, dedicated fanatic," per an embedded reporter who arranged a secret meeting in the Caribbean Crossword Clue 11 letters
• In 1934, a local headline: "City Bars Snow Workers Under 30 as ___" Crossword Clue 7 letters
• In 1920, an editorial: "A Severe Strain on ___," criticizing Robert Goddard for suggesting that rockets could function in space Crossword Clue 9 letters
• In 1911, in an interview: How Thomas Edison described Marie Curie's discovery of radium, claiming it to be "quite a different thing from inventing" Crossword Clue 10 letters
• In 1910: Garments dubbed "the last freak in a cycle of freakish fashions," and lambasted for restricting mobility Crossword Clue 12 letters
• In 1877: One early use suggested by Alexander Graham Bell for his telephone, whose "possibilities may be enlarged upon indefinitely" Crossword Clue 9 letters
• Home of Arches National Park Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Holiday song Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Highly devoted group Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Halves of diameters Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Go through repeatedly Crossword Clue 7 letters
• Give temporarily Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Follower of ear or Erie Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Flapper's fluffy accessory Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Ending with Manhattan Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Endangered marine ecosystem Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Electric car from Hyundai Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Dutch airline whose name is three consecutive letters in the alphabet Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Division, e.g. Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Disney deer Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Dig around like a pig Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Defeat mercilessly, in modern lingo Crossword Clue 4 letters
• De'___ (coffee maker brand) Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Dating profile info Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Cybunny or Chia, online Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Cry upon cracking the code Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Cop show that co-starred LL Cool J, familiarly Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Coastal Indian state Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Channel whose second letter stands for "News" Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Central positions Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Cause discussed at Seneca Falls Crossword Clue 8 letters
• Cancel Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Big name in cheddar cheese Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Big klutz Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Big Bird's buddy Crossword Clue 4 letters
• Beach volleyball Olympian Kerri ___ Jennings Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Bad "Wheel of Fortune" buy for ACOUSTIC GUITAR Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Apt letters missing from the TV series "Neig_ _ _rs" Crossword Clue 3 letters
• Apply, as force Crossword Clue 5 letters
• Adding insult to injury, with "on" Crossword Clue 6 letters
• Ad agency awards Crossword Clue 5 letters
• "X-Men" villain who bends metal with his mind Crossword Clue 7 letters
• "Wowww, fancy!" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Whoops, slipped my mind!" Crossword Clue 9 letters
• "The L Word" co-creator Chaiken Crossword Clue 5 letters
• "Please, crank up the heat!" Crossword Clue 3 letters
• "Mind. Blown." Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Life is like ___ of chocolates …" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Just being honest with ya ..." Crossword Clue 9 letters
• "I'm buying" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Either you ___" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Dude, that's dope!" Crossword Clue 4 letters
• "Criminal Minds" actress Tyler Crossword Clue 5 letters
• "Credit card only" Crossword Clue 6 letters