USA Today Crossword September 26, 2026 Answers

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Saturday puzzle · 79 clues — every Across and Down answer for the September 26, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1Scratchy voiceRASP 5Core musclesABS 8TaxiCAB 11Seller of KALLAX shelving unitsIKEA 12"Fullmetal Alchemist," e.g.MANGA 15Stellar outburstNOVA 16*"Home already?"BACKSOSOON 18Foreboding signOMEN 19"___ complicated"ITS 20Small marginWHISKER 22Almost thereCLOSE 25"if u ask me"IMO 26"Mayor of Kingstown" actor GillenAIDAN 28*"That's ridiculous"DONTMAKEMELAUGH 31"The Faculty" star DuVallCLEA 32Basic principlesTENETS 33Unagi nigiri fishEEL 34Utah Jazz org.NBA 36PossessesHAS 38Comedian SamanthaBEE 41Naval fleetARMADA 45Makes a selectionOPTS 49*Dialect influenced by both British and North American conventionsCANADIANENGLISH 52Bond portrayer after BrosnanCRAIG 53"Uh-uh"NAW 54___ road ice creamROCKY 55You may hold yours during parts of a scary movieBREATH 57Piece of skin art, casuallyTAT 58DossierFILE 60Dine together, and a hint to the synonyms bookending the starred clues' answersBREAKBREAD 65Open to all gendersCOED 66Egypt's capitalCAIRO 67"Sign me up!"IMIN 68What a cow chewsCUD 69Show hosts, for shortMCS 70CougarPUMA

Down

1TeaseRIB 2Alias introductionAKA 3Part of a min.SEC 4Country on one side of K2PAKISTAN 5"Good Times" actor JohnAMOS 6Some undergrad degreesBAS 7Winter creations that might wear top hatsSNOWMEN 8Mature, like a bondCOMEDUE 9The "A" of GPAAVERAGE 10ProhibitBAN 13"Get outta here!"GOHOME 14Young Darth Vader's nicknameANI 15Finnish company whose "lipstick" phone lacked a traditional keypadNOKIA 17Plant partSTEM 21Taco condimentSALSA 22Public health org.CDC 23"hahaha"LOL 24"You're ___ to talk!"ONE 25"The Studio" actor BarinholtzIKE 27Utah Mammoth org.NHL 29Pong companyATARI 30___ Hunt ("Mission: Impossible" protagonist)ETHAN 35Girl Scout's awardBADGE 37Adventure that doesn't require group coordinationSOLOTRIP 38Secretly loop inBCC 39Musical abilityEAR 40Made possibleENABLED 42Meditative utteranceMANTRA 43Disneyland's cityANAHEIM 44Moisture on grassDEW 46Insta uploadPIC 47Scolding soundTSK 48Not outgoingSHY 50Ran on TVAIRED 51Seize suddenlyGRAB 56"Abbott Elementary" networkABC 57MMA fight endersTKOS 58TV oversight org.FCC 59Promise of paymentIOU 61Storyline trajectoryARC 62Large Australian birdEMU 63ObjectiveAIM 64Double-helix moleculeDNA

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on September 26, 2026, a Saturday, 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.