USA Today Crossword September 20, 2026 Answers

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Sunday puzzle · 74 clues — every Across and Down answer for the September 20, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1"Right now, please!"ASAP 5Island strings, for shortUKE 8Engrave in glassETCH 12Conga formationLINE 13"The end is ___"NIGH 15Spiced latte choiceCHAI 16Spot to boogieDANCEFLOOR 19___ brownsHASH 20"Yours truly is fully committed!"IMALLIN 21Country inside South AfricaLESOTHO 23___-country (music genre)ALT 24Snuck a quick lookPEEKED 25Makeup for a model?BALSA 28Ballpark snacks that usually require a lot of napkinsCHILIDOGS 31Flames that have since fizzledEXES 32___ rather than laterSOONER 33Time period worthy of a nameERA 34Like an awesome partyLIT 35"I Think You Should Leave" star RobinsonTIM 36World Series mo.OCT 37Lose to gravitySAG 38The "L" of UCLALOS 39"No, actually . . ."IMEANT 41Bread for a gyroPITA 42"Good decision!"SMARTMOVE 44Lavishes affectionDOTES 45"Only Murders in the Building" star GomezSELENA 46Frame, for shortBOD 47Quebec's time zoneEASTERN 49"How adorbs!"TOOCUTE 53Water at a taqueriaAGUA 54"Oh, I didn't want it anyway" attitudeSOURGRAPES 56Final Four matchupSEMI 57"This is so much fun!"WHEE 58Put your foot downSTEP 59Idyllic localeEDEN 60"You there!"HEY 61One of 11 for "Hamilton"TONY

Down

1Discount grocery chainALDI 2Thailand, onceSIAM 3"___ Karenina" (Tolstoy novel)ANNA 4H.S. course you wouldn't say is no sweatPECLASS 5Not qualifiedUNFIT 6Oven that turns clay into ceramicsKILN 7A big one might be fragileEGO 8ReverberatedECHOED 9"Enough!"THATDOESIT 10Dough or lettuceCASH 11___! Cherry-OHIHO 14Result of a gorgeous driveHOLEINONE 17"___ Enchanted" (Anne Hathaway film)ELLA 18Put back in officeREELECT 22Go aroundSKIRT 24Soup that might be served with Thai basil and cilantroPHO 25___ and whistlesBELLS 26It's a givenAXIOM 27"So, hypothetically . . ."LETSASSUME 28"You've gotta be kidding me!"COMEONNOW 29Feature of many fireplacesGRATE 30Sprawling storiesSAGAS 32Gets ready to bubbleSIMMERS 35Spine featureTITLE 40"Selma" director DuVernayAVA 41"Office Ladies," for onePODCAST 43Hold on toRETAIN 44It's always stuck in a jamb (dad joke)DOOR 46Two more than a birdieBOGEY 47MitigateEASE 48Like some cheeseAGED 49It has bark but no biteTREE 50UntilUPTO 51What you are for seven years of your lifeTEEN 52One of seven for Simone BilesESPY 55"Not sure . . ."UHH

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on September 20, 2026, a Sunday, in Across and Down order. Tap any clue to open its solution page with the answer, its letter count, and every other date it has appeared. Looking for a different day? Head to the full archive or use the search bar at the top of the page.