New Yorker Crossword September 30 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the New Yorker Crossword published on September 30 2026.
- 70
- Total Clues
- 35
- Total Across
- 35
- Total Down
Clues Across (35 total)
(1)
Soccer star Wambach with the memoir “Forward”
The answer is: abby
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“For sure,” in a text
The answer is: def
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Didn’t get rid of
The answer is: kept
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“Good luck,” to an actor
The answer is: breakaleg
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(15)
Island home to Waikiki
The answer is: oahu
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(16)
Intense police chase
The answer is: hotpursuit
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(18)
“American Psycho” author ___ Easton Ellis
The answer is: bret
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(19)
Baseball great Mel
The answer is: ott
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(20)
It may be poked into a pincushion
The answer is: needle
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(21)
Coup d’___
The answer is: etat
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(22)
“Gone with the Wind” character who tells Scarlett, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”
The answer is: rhett
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(24)
What an airplane seat belt goes across
The answer is: lap
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(26)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” actress Stephanie
The answer is: hsu
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(27)
“Well, are you ___ now?”
The answer is: happy
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(31)
Rodent subjected to experiments
The answer is: labrat
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(33)
Surveillance of a suspect
The answer is: stakeout
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(36)
Straps for jockeys
The answer is: reins
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(37)
Competition where people come hungry for victory?
The answer is: eatingcontest
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(39)
Be a cast member of
The answer is: actin
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(40)
Sources of affliction
The answer is: scourges
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(41)
Peaks of waves
The answer is: crests
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(43)
“It’s the Hard-Knock Life” musical
The answer is: annie
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(44)
Bottom edge of a skirt
The answer is: hem
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(45)
“Do not insert swab into ___ canal” (cautionary line on Q-tip packaging)
The answer is: ear
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(47)
Late-night coffee order, maybe
The answer is: decaf
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(51)
Carve in glass
The answer is: etch
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(53)
Jotting down
The answer is: noting
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(57)
COVID-vaccine molecule
The answer is: rna
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(58)
___-making challenge (“Survivor” showdown in which flint and kindling are provided)
The answer is: fire
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(59)
Party giveaways
The answer is: goodiebags
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(61)
Squashed circle
The answer is: oval
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(62)
Smidgen
The answer is: teensybit
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(63)
Small part in a saxophone or a clarinet
The answer is: reed
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(64)
___ Paulo (city whose inhabitants are called Paulistanos)
The answer is: sao
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(65)
Takes advantage of
The answer is: uses
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Clues Down (35 total)
(1)
Hate, hate, hate
The answer is: abhor
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(2)
“Too many cooks spoil the ___”
The answer is: broth
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(3)
Midler who played herself in a “Seinfeld” episode
The answer is: bette
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Talk and talk
The answer is: yap
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(5)
Alternative to truth, in a sleepover game
The answer is: dare
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Alternatively
The answer is: else
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Long-running beef
The answer is: feud
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Bryant who won an Oscar for the short film “Dear Basketball”
The answer is: kobe
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(9)
1968 photo that depicts our planet appearing over the lunar horizon
The answer is: earthrise
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(10)
Relatives of turkeys
The answer is: pheasants
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(11)
Makes a repetitive sound of disapproval
The answer is: tuttuts
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(13)
“Roots” protagonist played by LeVar Burton
The answer is: kuntakinte
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(14)
Respiratory organ for a fish
The answer is: gill
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(17)
Bluish-green color
The answer is: teal
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(23)
“In other words . . .”
The answer is: thatis
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(25)
Birds seen in pear trees in some Christmas decorations
The answer is: partridges
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(28)
Ballpoint, e.g.
The answer is: pen
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(29)
Disk-shaped nineties collectibles
The answer is: pogs
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(30)
Drought-tolerant plant with spiky leaves
The answer is: yucca
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(32)
Any of the singers of “Stayin’ Alive”
The answer is: beegee
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(33)
Hush-hush
The answer is: secretive
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(34)
Pop star with the 2025 songs “Sports Car” and “Just Keep Watching”
The answer is: tatemcrae
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(35)
Animated character
The answer is: toon
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(38)
Convent resident
The answer is: nun
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(39)
Strongly desire
The answer is: achefor
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(42)
Did some karaoke
The answer is: sang
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(46)
___ beer (soda from Barq’s or A&W)
The answer is: root
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(48)
Grumpy people . . . or not-necessarily grumpy crustaceans
The answer is: crabs
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(49)
“Rizzoli & Isles” actress Harmon
The answer is: angie
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(50)
Observes Ramadan
The answer is: fasts
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(52)
Grasped
The answer is: held
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(54)
Body parts sometimes called piggies
The answer is: toes
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(55)
“Just an ___” (“I’m spitballing here”)
The answer is: idea
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Baby boy, in Spain
The answer is: nino
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Alma mater for Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings: Abbr.
The answer is: byu
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