Crossword Answers for September 30, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

35 Across · 37 Down


Across
1A Much-used Crossword Clue
STUB
5A C Crossword Clue
CALM
9A A bit Crossword Clue
ASKEW
14A Isle that’s the traditional burial site of Scottish Crossword Clue
IONA
15A Mayberry kid on old Crossword Clue
OPIE
16A Sharp Crossword Clue
SPIKE
17A Market! Crossword Clue
EXAMPAPER
19A Walked while fraught with worry, Crossword Clue
PACED
20A Like a moon that is not full but is more than half Crossword Clue
GIBBOUS
21A Administrative Crossword Clue
CLERK
23A Sign Crossword Clue
ENLIST
24A Ticket! Crossword Clue
CHECKBOX
27A Nottingham-to-London dir. Crossword Clue
SSE
28A It was Crossword Clue
THOU
30A Attributed writer of the third Crossword Clue
STLUKE
31A Culinary Crossword Clue
FOODIE
33A GPS’s Crossword Clue
ETAS
34A Planet! Crossword Clue
SURPRISEPARTY
38A Desert Crossword Clue
DUNE
39A San Francisco team, Crossword Clue
NINERS
40A Best and most awesome, in Crossword Clue
ILLEST
43A Times Sq. Crossword Clue
NYPD
44A Humanities degs. Crossword Clue
BAS
47A Packet! Crossword Clue
SUITCASE
49A Person’s Crossword Clue
BEHEST
51A Need for a greedy Swede? Crossword Clue
KRONA
52A Great Crossword Clue
PANACHE
53A Nail a Crossword Clue
ACEIT
55A Locket! Crossword Clue
FRONTDOOR
57A Pie-in-the-face Crossword Clue
SPLAT
58A Sized Crossword Clue
EYED
59A Hightailed Crossword Clue
TORE
60A How a trickster might Crossword Clue
SLYLY
61A Group in a gym Crossword Clue
SETS
62A M Crossword Clue
OLEO
Down
1D Drawn-out Crossword Clue
SIEGES
2D Things to be cleansed from the Crossword Clue
TOXINS
3D P Crossword Clue
UNABLE
4D Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years) Crossword Clue
BAMBI
5D Writing Crossword Clue
COAUTHOR
6D Many tech start-up Crossword Clue
APPS
7D Trust Crossword Clue
LIE
8D Some concert gear, Crossword Clue
MERCH
9D F Crossword Clue
ASPECT
10D They might get lit at a birthday Crossword Clue
SPARKLERS
11D Be super-successful, in Crossword Clue
KICKBUTT
12D Scrape (by) Crossword Clue
EKE
13D Give a ring, Crossword Clue
WED
18D Surgery recovery period, in Crossword Clue
POSTOP
22D “___ Troyens” (five-hour French opera) Crossword Clue
LES
24D Collection of dishes? Crossword Clue
CUISINE
25D Up to Crossword Clue
OKAY
26D Treasure map Crossword Clue
XES
29D God whose name has one “I,” Crossword Clue
ODIN
31D Offer from many a streaming Crossword Clue
FREETRIAL
32D Start of a counting Crossword Clue
EENY
34D “Star Trek” Crossword Clue
SULU
35D D Crossword Clue
UNLIKELY
36D Musical promoters of school Crossword Clue
PEPBANDS
37D I Crossword Clue
ARDENT
38D I Crossword Clue
DIS
41D “Star Trek” Crossword Clue
SCOTTY
42D Trig function that can output every real Crossword Clue
TAN
44D “Don’t freak out, dude” Crossword Clue
BECOOL
45D Where landlubbers are at Crossword Clue
ASHORE
46D It often features panels with Crossword Clue
STEREO
48D Targets of some Crossword Clue
SAFES
50D Was out of other Crossword Clue
HADTO
52D Word found at the start of “Poe, to name one” Crossword Clue
POET
53D B Crossword Clue
ASS
54D Rank below sgt. Crossword Clue
CPL
56D Bread Crossword Clue
RYE

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September 30, 2026

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