Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - September 22, 2026
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September 22, 2026
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Across
1.Percussion instruments with taut tops5 letters6.Highest mountain in Japan4 letters10.Use a needle and thread3 letters13.Superficial layer6 letters15.Guy known for his first-person perspective?4 letters16.Abu Dhabi's fed.3 letters17.Composer Shostakovich6 letters18.Harlem Renaissance writer __ Neale Hurston4 letters19.Bikini top3 letters20.Exhibit A: That awful handwriting13 letters23."Little Bunny __"6 letters24.Lit __: English major's course4 letters25.Arduous4 letters26.Exhibit B: That loud guffaw10 letters31.Belarus capital5 letters33.Cars5 letters34."__ Doubtfire"3 letters35.Exhibit C: That unruly hair7 letters38.Position3 letters41.Student5 letters42."With any luck"5 letters44.Exhibit D: That goofy stare10 letters49.Gave approval to4 letters50.Out-of-pocket amount4 letters51.Area of influence6 letters53.Lacking all refinement, facetiously, or like the person described in 20-, 26-, 35-, and 44-Across?13 letters58.Omelet ingredient3 letters59.Dental exam image4 letters60.Mystery6 letters63.Come out on top3 letters64.Snub-nosed dogs4 letters65.Catch, as a fish6 letters66.Triumphant cry3 letters67.High-pitched wind instrument4 letters68."Give it a go"5 letters
Down
1.Netflix format, originally3 letters2.Sleep cycle letters3 letters3.Horned equines of mythology8 letters4.Procedures7 letters5.Typeface line5 letters6.Unnerve4 letters7.Japanese noodle4 letters8.Jam holders4 letters9.Apple all-in-one computer4 letters10.Forester carmaker6 letters11.Pincered insect6 letters12.Riches6 letters14.Canon competitor5 letters21."Kitchy-kitchy-__"3 letters22.Some old radios4 letters23.County event with lots of fried food4 letters25."I wonder ... "3 letters27.Tennis sequence after a serve5 letters28.__ generis: unique3 letters29.And so on: Abbr.3 letters30.Norse god of mischief4 letters32.Disposable coffee pod4 letters36.Word after photo or special3 letters37.Golfer Michelle __ West3 letters38.In a playful manner8 letters39.Like an unlocked door4 letters40.Place to sleep3 letters41.Furry companions4 letters43.Whiter with age7 letters44.Off-the-wall6 letters45.Sandwich also known as a grinder6 letters46.Endorses digitally6 letters47.Childcare expert LeShan3 letters48.Clearheaded5 letters52.Impressionist painter Édouard5 letters54.Trade show4 letters55.Defeat soundly4 letters56."Othello" villain4 letters57.Nasdaq rival4 letters61.Cambridge sch.3 letters62."It's __-win situation"3 letters
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