Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - September 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026
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Across
1.Dot-__: online businesses4 letters5.Capital of South Korea5 letters10.Clever remark4 letters14.Shape of many a car logo4 letters15.Inner circle5 letters16.Caterer's coffee servers4 letters17."Just act naturally!"10 letters19.AirPods holders4 letters20.Chocolaty treats that may have walnuts8 letters21.Portable device with a touchscreen6 letters23.Baby bear3 letters24.__ farewell: said goodbye4 letters25.Vietnam War film directed by Stanley Kubrick15 letters33.Between ports4 letters34.Second-string players5 letters35.Lamb's mother3 letters36.Sow's opposite4 letters37.Renewable energy option5 letters38.Safari park roarer4 letters39.Gloomy __: pessimistic sort3 letters40.Comedian Wyatt5 letters41.Annoys4 letters42.Quickly resolved legal matter15 letters46.Finishes up4 letters47.Part of FTW and BTW3 letters48.Talks back to6 letters51.Morton who plays Circe in "The Odyssey"8 letters56.Help in wrongdoing4 letters57.Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do10 letters59.Genuine4 letters60.Face-to-face exams5 letters61.Prefix with skeleton4 letters62.Like a couch potato4 letters63.Move, as a root-bound houseplant5 letters64.Consider to be4 letters
Down
1.Salad with bacon and eggs4 letters2."Back to you," in radio lingo4 letters3.BLT spread4 letters4.Insincere round of applause8 letters5.Book copier of old6 letters6.Loosen (up)4 letters7.Poems of praise4 letters8.Address that often starts with "www"3 letters9.Not quite closed8 letters10.Montreal's province6 letters11.Eurasian border river4 letters12.Memo heading4 letters13.Soft "Hey, you!"4 letters18.E pluribus __4 letters22.Singer Lambert4 letters24.Laundry whitener6 letters25.North Dakota city5 letters26.Spend all of5 letters27.Rental contract5 letters28.Govt.-issued investments6 letters29.Book of maps5 letters30.Knightley of "Bend It Like Beckham"5 letters31.Furry "Star Wars" creatures5 letters32.Uptight5 letters37.Summons8 letters38.Officially permitted to drive, say8 letters40.Walking stick4 letters43.Big name in milk chocolate6 letters44.Ultimate6 letters45.Melt4 letters48.South Asian silk dress4 letters49.Tucked in for the night4 letters50.Barking marine mammal4 letters51.Smack4 letters52.French greeting4 letters53.Song4 letters54.Keep out of sight4 letters55.Tiny particle4 letters58.Mine yield3 letters
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