USA Today Crossword September 20 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on September 20 2026.
- 74
- Total Clues
- 38
- Total Across
- 36
- Total Down
Clues Across (38 total)
(1)
"Right now, please!"
The answer is: asap
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Island strings, for short
The answer is: uke
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Engrave in glass
The answer is: etch
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Conga formation
The answer is: line
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(13)
"The end is ___"
The answer is: nigh
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Spiced latte choice
The answer is: chai
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Spot to boogie
The answer is: dancefloor
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___ browns
The answer is: hash
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"Yours truly is fully committed!"
The answer is: imallin
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(21)
Country inside South Africa
The answer is: lesotho
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(23)
___-country (music genre)
The answer is: alt
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(24)
Snuck a quick look
The answer is: peeked
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(25)
Makeup for a model?
The answer is: balsa
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(28)
Ballpark snacks that usually require a lot of napkins
The answer is: chilidogs
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Flames that have since fizzled
The answer is: exes
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(32)
___ rather than later
The answer is: sooner
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Time period worthy of a name
The answer is: era
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Like an awesome party
The answer is: lit
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"I Think You Should Leave" star Robinson
The answer is: tim
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World Series mo.
The answer is: oct
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Lose to gravity
The answer is: sag
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(38)
The "L" of UCLA
The answer is: los
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(39)
"No, actually . . ."
The answer is: imeant
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Bread for a gyro
The answer is: pita
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"Good decision!"
The answer is: smartmove
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(44)
Lavishes affection
The answer is: dotes
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(45)
"Only Murders in the Building" star Gomez
The answer is: selena
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(46)
Frame, for short
The answer is: bod
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(47)
Quebec's time zone
The answer is: eastern
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"How adorbs!"
The answer is: toocute
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Water at a taqueria
The answer is: agua
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"Oh, I didn't want it anyway" attitude
The answer is: sourgrapes
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(56)
Final Four matchup
The answer is: semi
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(57)
"This is so much fun!"
The answer is: whee
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(58)
Put your foot down
The answer is: step
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(59)
Idyllic locale
The answer is: eden
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(60)
"You there!"
The answer is: hey
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One of 11 for "Hamilton"
The answer is: tony
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Clues Down (36 total)
(1)
Discount grocery chain
The answer is: aldi
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(2)
Thailand, once
The answer is: siam
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"___ Karenina" (Tolstoy novel)
The answer is: anna
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H.S. course you wouldn't say is no sweat
The answer is: peclass
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(5)
Not qualified
The answer is: unfit
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Oven that turns clay into ceramics
The answer is: kiln
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A big one might be fragile
The answer is: ego
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Reverberated
The answer is: echoed
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"Enough!"
The answer is: thatdoesit
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Dough or lettuce
The answer is: cash
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(11)
___! Cherry-O
The answer is: hiho
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Result of a gorgeous drive
The answer is: holeinone
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"___ Enchanted" (Anne Hathaway film)
The answer is: ella
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Put back in office
The answer is: reelect
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(22)
Go around
The answer is: skirt
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Soup that might be served with Thai basil and cilantro
The answer is: pho
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___ and whistles
The answer is: bells
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It's a given
The answer is: axiom
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"So, hypothetically . . ."
The answer is: letsassume
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"You've gotta be kidding me!"
The answer is: comeonnow
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(29)
Feature of many fireplaces
The answer is: grate
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(30)
Sprawling stories
The answer is: sagas
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Gets ready to bubble
The answer is: simmers
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(35)
Spine feature
The answer is: title
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(40)
"Selma" director DuVernay
The answer is: ava
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(41)
"Office Ladies," for one
The answer is: podcast
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(43)
Hold on to
The answer is: retain
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(44)
It's always stuck in a jamb (dad joke)
The answer is: door
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(46)
Two more than a birdie
The answer is: bogey
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(47)
Mitigate
The answer is: ease
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(48)
Like some cheese
The answer is: aged
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(49)
It has bark but no bite
The answer is: tree
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(50)
Until
The answer is: upto
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(51)
What you are for seven years of your life
The answer is: teen
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(52)
One of seven for Simone Biles
The answer is: espy
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(55)
"Not sure . . ."
The answer is: uhh
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