Our NYT Crossword Hints for September 24, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, September 24, 2023
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 9/24/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- Puts down?
- Excitement
- Lead-in to space
- Insurance company with a purple heart logo
- What C or D might indicate
- Whence the line "O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!"
- Whisk-y business?
- See the sites?
- Place for a feather
- Thicken, as cream
- Starbucks stack
- Early word for a baby
- Kind of card
- Scuba ___
- "Dance Myself to Sleep" singer on "Sesame Street" (watch the video on YouTube!)
- Dreaded words to a bluffer
- "Yeah?"
- Cuba, por ejemplo
- Language in which "hello" is ສະບາຍດີ
- Give, but not as a gift
- Draw
- Destination for migrating humpback whales
- Become liquidy
- ___ Berg, baseball player turned spy
- Multiple choice option
- University of Maine town
- Cotton variety
- Cristiano Ronaldo's team: Abbr.
- Nostalgic style
- Not a southpaw
- Took the bench
- Bud of baseball
- Camera type, for short
- 12 ounces, often, for a drink
- Marvel-ous guy?
- Informal shirt
- Isn't steady
- Rant
- Director Orson
- Some bridge positions
- Singer/songwriter Mann
- Locale of tiny tunnels
- All-vowel avowal
- Powerfully built
- Streaming competitor
- "S.N.L." characters who coined the term "parental units"
- Weak excuse
- Places where dough is made from rolls?
- Word with front or help
- Execrate
- ___, Cheatem and Howe (classic fake law firm)
- Like only some mushrooms
- 'Yikes!'
- What's always in poems?
- We've rebranded! Now we sell candy to diplomats!
- The Sixties, e.g.
- ___ bean
- "That would stink"
- Rapper who co-starred in 1991's "New Jack City"
- Desert "I" land?
- PC-to-PC connection
- 8.5" x 14"
- French house
- First plant on Earth, it's thought
- On deck
- 'Beats me'
- Continuously
- With 22-Across, world capital selected by Queen Victoria
- Egg: Prefix
- In debt
- Amigo
- Major export of Venezuela
- Some baseball stats
- Short Instagram video
- ρ
- Is revolting
- One may be 5-4
- Coogler who co-wrote and directed "Black Panther"
- Marine creature whose name has four consecutive vowels
- Starting point
- Sport with clay disks
- In a manner of speaking
- What lions use to hunt
- Louis Braille, when he invented Braille
- Certain employee of a game company or perfumery
- It's human, it's said
- Literally, "three teeth"
- Drops like flies?
- Float through the air
- We've rebranded! Now we sell only pens and pencils!
- Org. at the front of a phone book
- Dutch explorer Tasman for whom an island is named
- "America's Got Talent" segment
- Takes in
- Troubles
- We've rebranded! Now we do genealogy for the U.S.'s rich and famous!
- "We are not ___"
- See 84-Across
- Path
- We've rebranded! Now we help write breakup letters!
- We've rebranded! Now we run an advice column on friendship!
- Lover boy
- Key board players
- Crypto unit
- Chill dude
- Littlest teams
- Merit
- Let out
- Online business
- Apt rhyme of "Achoo!"
- Some T.S.A. no-nos
- Fell
- We've rebranded! Now we sell doughnuts and bagels!
- Hosp. section
- Product once marketed with dancing silhouettes
- 100 öre
- Not strict
- We've rebranded! Now we sell tiny tongs!
- Fan setting
- 1300
- See 15-Down
- Yule ball?
- ___ usual
- Pumpkin, for one
- Reaction to the 1950s culture of commercial consumerism
- We've rebranded! Now, with 86-Across, we operate a test-taking facility/casino!
- Farmer's hope, maybe
- River forming the Swiss/Liechtenstein border
- German "you"
- "To have another language is to possess a second ___": Charlemagne
- Sudden burst of speed
- We've rebranded! Now we produce a "Beauty and the Beast"-themed podcast!
- What a metronome sets
- Bygone autocrat
- Something to pull on a highway, informally
- Contests
- We've rebranded! Now we sell ivy!
- Penultimate letter in the NATO alphabet
- Sign for a speaker to wrap things up
- Make oneself heard, in a way
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.
If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.
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