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NYT Crossword — September 29, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1Big ones can be difficult to manage

15Surrounding glow

16Who "wants to be defeated" in "Beat It"

17Where some monster home runs land

19Language of the Vikings

20Rich deposits of ore

21Home of the Buckeyes, for short

23Muslim holiday, informally

24Scoped out with intent to rob

25Pretty long time, in an idiom

29Capital of Yemen

31"You ___!" ("Absolutely!")

33"I ___ U" (candy heart message)

35Another plateful from the buffet, say

40Deposit/withdrawal site, in brief

41Board appointee, for short

44Chief god of Valhalla

47European viper

49Greek goddess of the earth

50Position of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B.

52Storage units

53Dad on "Black-ish"

54Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"

55Indie rock singer ___ O

58Wedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do?

63Toll unit on some roads

64Tour de France entry

66Hitch up on a farm

67Ice cream brand that's a cousin of Dreyer's

Down

39 clues

1Address ending that's not .com, .org or .gov

2Reach great heights in life

3Like black and white

4Numbered in a tournament bracket

5Always at the pharmacy?

7Middle-earth foe

8___ Territory, 1861-89

9Ho-hum feeling

11Ripped to pieces

12Like not-work-from-home days

18Visibly embarrassed, say

22Like subcompacts vis-à-vis compacts

24What can travel a fare distance?

25Brain-busting

26Just between us

27Blue race in "Avatar"

29Raisin brand whose containers feature a girl in a red bonnet

32Hotel request

34Scanned lines, for short

36"If you ___ stand the heat ..."

37Crossed (out)

39Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot"

43Pit stop refill

44Subject of a saying about new tricks

46Perhaps not at all

48Spinner of tunes

49Move like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video

51Courier and Century Gothic, for two

55Achy joint for a floor installer, perhaps

57Pitcher's asset

59Kitchen brand that could be an unsuccessful tic-tac-toe line

61Texting format, for short

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 29, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorHanh Huynh

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

35AAnother plateful from the buffet, say13 ltrs 17AWhere some monster home runs land9 ltrs 25APretty long time, in an idiom9 ltrs 50APosition of Rickey Henderson in M.L.B.9 ltrs 58AWedding officiant's directive ... or what both halves of 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across do?9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.