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BACK TO SCHOOL: Of the "higher" kind

Sunday, September 27, 2026 Constructed by Billie Truitt 142 clues
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Across

  1. Bill for beer bottles 6 ℓ
  2. Highly horrified 6 ℓ
  3. Sequestered 6 ℓ
  4. Tater Tots producer 6 ℓ
  5. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Mark 6 ℓ
  6. Turncoat 7 ℓ
  7. Montreal's airport 7 ℓ
  8. Magic team 13 ℓ
  9. Stayed on the bench 3 ℓ
  10. Parking permit, often 5 ℓ
  11. Midmorning hour 4 ℓ
  12. Camping setups 5 ℓ
  13. Holder of 1,000+ patents 6 ℓ
  14. Never 7 ℓ
  15. Mediocre grade 3 ℓ
  16. The Aviator title character 12 ℓ
  17. Charismatic 8 ℓ
  18. Inedible orange 5 ℓ
  19. Blood type, briefly 4 ℓ
  20. Have coming 4 ℓ
  21. $$$ dispensers 4 ℓ
  22. Ocean's motions 5 ℓ
  23. Reddish locks 10 ℓ
  24. First of 14 popes 4 ℓ
  25. Digestion catalyst 6 ℓ
  26. Minor accident 6 ℓ
  27. What boys and toys do 5 ℓ
  28. Dental care brand 5 ℓ
  29. GPS suggestions 4 ℓ
  30. Music staff symbol 4 ℓ
  31. Britain's Isle of __ 3 ℓ
  32. Cough-drop couple 13 ℓ
  33. Burglarize 3 ℓ
  34. Without warmth 5 ℓ
  35. That group's 5 ℓ
  36. Cunning 4 ℓ
  37. "__ la vie" 4 ℓ
  38. Formal promise 4 ℓ
  39. Rancho animal 6 ℓ
  40. Get by somehow 6 ℓ
  41. Breakfast condiment 10 ℓ
  42. Oscar actress Berry 5 ℓ
  43. Said "not guilty," say 4 ℓ
  44. Soccer score 4 ℓ
  45. TV host Brzezinski 4 ℓ
  46. Donut last name 5 ℓ
  47. Discourtesy 8 ℓ
  48. Breakfast noisemakers 12 ℓ
  49. Bonfire remnant 3 ℓ
  50. Where Cockney originated 7 ℓ
  51. Turns into confetti 6 ℓ
  52. Genesis craft 3 ℓ
  53. Riverboat hazard 5 ℓ
  54. Stomping ground 4 ℓ
  55. Telejournalist Sawyer 5 ℓ
  56. "Noble" composer/pianist 13 ℓ
  57. Not much at all 7 ℓ
  58. Cheer on 7 ℓ
  59. Have high hopes 6 ℓ
  60. Appear to be 6 ℓ
  61. Prepares to be knighted 6 ℓ
  62. Agreeable answers 6 ℓ
  63. Sincere 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Conks on the head 4 ℓ
  2. Perfectly 6 ℓ
  3. Foul smell 6 ℓ
  4. Any assistant 4 ℓ
  5. Arrogant manner 7 ℓ
  6. Watchdog's warning 3 ℓ
  7. -goer 8 ℓ
  8. Tokyo airport 6 ℓ
  9. Thus far, in poetry 6 ℓ
  10. Secluded valley 4 ℓ
  11. "That is to say..." 5 ℓ
  12. Fireside beverage 8 ℓ
  13. Stagecoach robber 6 ℓ
  14. Tooth doctors' org. 3 ℓ
  15. Sardine holder 3 ℓ
  16. Lease expense 4 ℓ
  17. Carpet calculation 4 ℓ
  18. Airport near DFW 3 ℓ
  19. Deceptive tactics 5 ℓ
  20. Lucy's TV hubby 4 ℓ
  21. Neither here __ there 3 ℓ
  22. Swallow up 6 ℓ
  23. Rival of Caterpillar 5 ℓ
  24. Apt. identifiers 3 ℓ
  25. Deep divide 5 ℓ
  26. Rhinoceros weapon 4 ℓ
  27. Grind, as teeth 5 ℓ
  28. New Zealand bygone bird 3 ℓ
  29. Tempe sch. 3 ℓ
  30. Run off at the mouth 3 ℓ
  31. Pastry crust 8 ℓ
  32. Utterly exhausted 5 ℓ
  33. Some stroller wheelers 5 ℓ
  34. Herb in stuffing 5 ℓ
  35. India's Capital Territory 5 ℓ
  36. "Too busy to talk" 8 ℓ
  37. Rookie 4 ℓ
  38. Bandleader's cue 5 ℓ
  39. Expected result 4 ℓ
  40. Fictional masked fencer 5 ℓ
  41. 1040 destination 3 ℓ
  42. Underwater 5 ℓ
  43. Kerry Kennedy's mom 5 ℓ
  44. In the neighborhood 5 ℓ
  45. Press into small folds 5 ℓ
  46. Battery-powered two-wheeler 5 ℓ
  47. Coogler who directed Creed 4 ℓ
  48. Quick meal 4 ℓ
  49. Airport not far from MEL 3 ℓ
  50. Sill, for instance 5 ℓ
  51. Makes butter the old way 6 ℓ
  52. Voiced disapproval to 5 ℓ
  53. Baseball card nos. 4 ℓ
  54. GWTW heroine 5 ℓ
  55. Morning hrs. 3 ℓ
  56. Abbreviated abode 3 ℓ
  57. "You don't say!' 3 ℓ
  58. Slots for rowers 8 ℓ
  59. Biggest-name celebs 8 ℓ
  60. Desert landscape painter 7 ℓ
  61. Pre-__ major 3 ℓ
  62. Permeate (with) 6 ℓ
  63. Eurasia's __ Mountains 4 ℓ
  64. "Yummy!" 6 ℓ
  65. Alphabetic trio 3 ℓ
  66. Moon of Pluto 6 ℓ
  67. "Do you mind?" 6 ℓ
  68. Meteorology tech 5 ℓ
  69. How hotel rates are often figured 6 ℓ
  70. __ Khan (Kipling tiger) 5 ℓ
  71. "Well, don't look __!" 4 ℓ
  72. Plank flaw 4 ℓ
  73. Crime novelist Macdonald 4 ℓ
  74. Evening, in adspeak 4 ℓ
  75. Cinco mas uno 4 ℓ
  76. GI dinner crews 3 ℓ
  77. Y or Z, currently 3 ℓ
  78. Paleo- opposite 3 ℓ
  79. Text of approval 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, September 27, 2026 is titled “BACK TO SCHOOL: Of the "higher" kind” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 142 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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