Today's New York Times Easy Mode Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The New York Times Easy Mode

(September 16, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. Hindrances to teamwork - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Bullet point on an agenda - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Alternative to tap or insert, with a credit card - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Spot where a student might keep glue sticks and scissors - Crossword Clue
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• 15. "This is the final straw!" - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Ancient Peruvian - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Unexpected developments, in a baseball metaphor - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Aunt, in Spanish - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Degrees earned by aspiring professors - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Hardly ever - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Things for track runners to jump over - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Raises a paddle at an auction - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Go 45 in a school zone, say - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Strauss of blue jean fame - Crossword Clue
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• 27. South Asian lentil dish - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Disney princess who kisses a frog - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Long on-air fund-raising events - Crossword Clue
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• 33. Actor Elba of "Luther" - Crossword Clue
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• 34. "A long time ___ …" - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Character who has been played by Tim Allen, Ed Asner and Tom Hanks - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Words after "When you've made your decision …" - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Attire for an astronaut, informally - Crossword Clue
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• 39. "As I ___ Dying" (Faulkner novel) - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Prepares to hide a dog bone, maybe - Crossword Clue
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• 41. One of 12 on a calendar - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Charged particles - Crossword Clue
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• 43. Comforts, as a crying baby - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Debt security with a fairly high-grade credit rating - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Slangy word for a potato - Crossword Clue
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• 49. World of Warcraft creature often depicted with green skin - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Writing utensil that produces sparkly ink - Crossword Clue
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• 52. ___ vera gel (sunburn remedy) - Crossword Clue
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• 53. Got stuck on a sandbar, as a boat - Crossword Clue
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• 54. "I feel ___!" (words from someone experiencing validation) - Crossword Clue
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• 55. "In conclusion …" - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Concludes - Crossword Clue
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• 57. [I have a secret!] - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. ___ Wharton, "Ethan Frome" novelist - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Brilliant notion - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Gathering for watching the Academy Awards - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Horn-heavy music genre - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Needed to be scratched - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Dull sounds made by things that have fallen - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Things attached to a headband for a cat costume - Crossword Clue
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• 8. VH1 sister channel - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Like many a cheesy movie, to fans - Crossword Clue
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• 10. "The Devil ___ Prada" - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Stopover on a Caribbean cruise - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Medicine tablet or capsule - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Site for selling homemade goods - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Infer (from) - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Words requesting that someone stay - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Material for many overalls - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Hits ___ the belt - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Plastic bricks that can be used to build models of the London's Tower Bridge and Paris's Notre Dame - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Bite-size treats akin to funnel cake - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Michael Corleone and Jay Gatsby, for two - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Entrance exam for future attorneys - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Cash register drawer - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Sour tastes - Crossword Clue
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• 32. "___ it occurred to you …?" - Crossword Clue
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• 37. More considerate - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Piles of dirt, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Tiny specks - Crossword Clue
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• 43. Opposite of save, when it comes to money - Crossword Clue
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• 44. Aroma - Crossword Clue
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• 45. City that is home to the Taj Mahal - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Actor Rickman - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Put together, as pages in a book - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Like cotton candy or yarn - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Pinkish spheres on a sushi roll - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Poisonous snake on the Nile - Crossword Clue
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