Say 69 Across Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Say 69 Across” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of September 27, 2026? It has 3 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026
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WED is the answer to “Say 69 Across”. It means to marry.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To marry.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: DEW.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Give a ring, say”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (September 27, 2026)
Across
- 1. Cover by the door3 letters, starts with MMAT
- 4. Offer a harsh critique4 letters, starts with SSLAM
- 8. Constellation from the Latin for "huge serpent"5 letters, starts with DDRACO
- 13. Ye olde festival5 letters, starts with FFAIRE
- 18. Health reform legislation enacted in 2010, familiarly9 letters, starts with OOBAMACARE
- 21. Mathematician who wrote "Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite"5 letters, starts with EEULER
- 22. Pale-faced5 letters, starts with AASHEN
- 23. Revamps9 letters, starts with MMAKESOVER
- 24. Company that once ran a "What's Your Healthy?" marketing campaign5 letters, starts with AAETNA
- 25. Smallest possible5 letters, starts with LLEAST
- 26. Under a spell, say9 letters, starts with EENTRANCED
- 28. What people might need to take things to the next level?9 letters, starts with EESCALATOR
- 30. Up words?6 letters, starts with MMYTURN
- 32. Is 55 Across4 letters, starts with AAILS
- 33. Thing of the past5 letters, starts with RRELIC
- 34. Goree of "Riverdale"3 letters, starts with EELI
- 35. "That's so neat!"3 letters, starts with OOOH
- 36. *Of a complex named for a mythological figure3 letters, starts with OOED
- 38. *Knight of the Round Table described as the "First made and latest left of all the knights" in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"3 letters, starts with BBED
- 40. Tending to damage soil7 letters, starts with EEROSIVE
- 42. Extractions from veins4 letters, starts with OORES
- 44. "You ___ what?!"3 letters, starts with DDID
- 46. One of two in a two-dimensional coordinate plane4 letters, starts with AAXIS
- 48. Schedules6 letters, starts with SSLATES
- 49. Chase away5 letters, starts with RREPEL
- 51. Sidekick3 letters, starts with PPAL
- 53. The Y of YSL4 letters, starts with YYVES
- 55. In need of sick leave3 letters, starts with IILL
- 56. Island chain3 letters, starts with LLEI
- 57. Charles ___ (king crowned in 2023)3 letters, starts with IIII
- 59. Poetic "prior to"3 letters, starts with EERE
- 60. Boards6 letters, starts with GGETSON
- 64. Wreck irrevocably4 letters, starts with RRUIN
- 65. *Publicity specialists5 letters, starts with PPRESS
- 67. Mel associated with Bugs5 letters, starts with BBLANC
- 69. Ceremonial "yes"3 letters, starts with IIDO
- 70. California setting of John Steinbeck's novel "Cannery Row"8 letters, starts with MMONTEREY
- 72. Goat meal3 letters, starts with HHAY
- 74. Pinned on, say8 letters, starts with FFASTENED
- 76. Benji or a basenji, e.g.3 letters, starts with DDOG
- 77. Tailoring joints5 letters, starts with SSEAMS
- 79. Gracious guys5 letters, starts with GGENTS
- 81. Categories4 letters, starts with IILKS
- 82. Quick typers, briefly6 letters, starts with SSTENOS
- 84. *1980s Soviet leader Yuri3 letters, starts with AAND
- 86. Round peg?3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 87. Mel associated with bats3 letters, starts with OOTT
- 88. Fore's counterpart3 letters, starts with AAFT
- 89. "The Magdalene Sisters" actress ___-Jane Noone4 letters, starts with NNORA
- 91. *Region on the north and south sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains3 letters, starts with OOSS
- 93. Secluded spots5 letters, starts with NNOOKS
- 96. Sneaker patterns6 letters, starts with TTREADS
- 99. Opening of a soliloquy4 letters, starts with TTOBE
- 101. Nickname akin to Theo3 letters, starts with TTED
- 103. Space for a digital file?4 letters, starts with NNAIL
- 104. NBA team affiliated with the Greensboro Swarm7 letters, starts with HHORNETS
- 106. Perspective, initially3 letters, starts with PPOV
- 107. Woman at una reunión familiar3 letters, starts with TTIA
- 109. Counterintel org.3 letters, starts with NNSA
- 110. H in Heraklion3 letters, starts with EETA
- 111. Certain TV serials5 letters, starts with SSOAPS
- 114. Bridal cover4 letters, starts with VVEIL
- 117. Div. for the Dodgers6 letters, starts with NNLWEST
- 119. Starting subscription tier, often9 letters, starts with BBASICPLAN
- 121. Field legally covering property9 letters, starts with EESTATELAW
- 123. Work in a music library?5 letters, starts with EETUDE
- 124. Walk loudly and angrily5 letters, starts with SSTOMP
- 126. Colors of the rainbow, maybe?9 letters, starts with PPRIDEFLAG
- 129. Existentialist Kierkegaard5 letters, starts with SSOREN
- 130. Sunlit lobbies5 letters, starts with AATRIA
- 131. Champin' at the bit9 letters, starts with RRARINTOGO
- 132. Puppy's goody5 letters, starts with TTREAT
- 133. Instrument heard in many Reena Esmail compositions5 letters, starts with SSITAR
- 134. Eerie harbinger, maybe4 letters, starts with OOMEN
- 135. Say 69 Across3 letters, starts with WWED
Down
- 1. Million ___ March (mid-May 2000 rally for gun-control advocates)3 letters, starts with MMOM
- 2. Public defender's org.3 letters, starts with AABA
- 3. Commit to something significant ... or what you must do when entering this puzzle's starred answers?13 letters, starts with TTAKETHEPLUNGE
- 4. Had disdain for7 letters, starts with SSCORNED
- 5. Hot liquid rock4 letters, starts with LLAVA
- 6. Center for centers5 letters, starts with AARENA
- 7. Thank you for the Nice evening?5 letters, starts with MMERCI
- 8. So hot8 letters, starts with DDEADSEXY
- 9. Feel badly about3 letters, starts with RRUE
- 10. Shorten, as shorts, say5 letters, starts with AALTER
- 11. Burn perfume, as at church5 letters, starts with CCENSE
- 12. One with predictive power, supposedly6 letters, starts with OORACLE
- 13. Fashion designer's autumnal clothing set ... or what's in this puzzle's starred answers?14 letters, starts with FFALLCOLLECTION
- 14. Out on the open waters4 letters, starts with AASEA
- 15. "This is the worst!"7 letters, starts with IIHATEIT
- 16. Steely determination7 letters, starts with RRESOLVE
- 17. Diary units7 letters, starts with EENTRIES
- 19. List of potential orders4 letters, starts with MMENU
- 20. Animated pet living at the Skypad Apartments5 letters, starts with AASTRO
- 27. Island in the "Able was I ..." palindrome4 letters, starts with EELBA
- 29. Elemental group that includes Gemini, Libra and Aquarius8 letters, starts with AAIRSIGNS
- 30. Marshy area in "Wuthering Heights"4 letters, starts with MMOOR
- 31. Times long gone4 letters, starts with YYORE
- 37. Go down3 letters, starts with DDIP
- 39. Go down4 letters, starts with DDIVE
- 41. Sprinkling on potatoes4 letters, starts with SSALT
- 43. Pointer's question5 letters, starts with SSEEIT
- 45. Guy who churns butter8 letters, starts with DDAIRYMAN
- 47. Balkans resident4 letters, starts with SSERB
- 50. Ancestral sequences ... or what's in this puzzle's starred answers?14 letters, starts with LLINESOFDESCENT
- 52. Perjurer's violation3 letters, starts with LLIE
- 54. At-home diagnostic8 letters, starts with SSELFTEST
- 58. Kinda close?3 letters, starts with IISH
- 61. Become even worse than one thought possible ... or what you must do when entering this puzzle's starred answers?13 letters, starts with SSINKTOANEWLOW
- 62. Works on heroes, say4 letters, starts with OODES
- 63. Gesture of approval3 letters, starts with NNOD
- 64. Aspen anchor4 letters, starts with RROOT
- 65. Potpie morsel3 letters, starts with PPEA
- 66. Go down3 letters, starts with SSAG
- 68. Some clock batteries3 letters, starts with AAAS
- 70. MRI reviewers3 letters, starts with MMDS
- 71. Break point on the road8 letters, starts with RRESTSTOP
- 73. "Are we there ___?"3 letters, starts with YYET
- 75. "Daniel" singer John5 letters, starts with EELTON
- 78. Insolent brat4 letters, starts with SSNOT
- 80. Prefix with liberalism3 letters, starts with NNEO
- 83. Bread one may eat with chicken vindaloo4 letters, starts with NNAAN
- 85. Go down4 letters, starts with DDROP
- 90. Better than expected ... or worse than expected on a golf course8 letters, starts with AABOVEPAR
- 92. Go down3 letters, starts with SSET
- 94. Iconic moment between Kirk and Uhura on a 1968 episode of "Star Trek"4 letters, starts with KKISS
- 95. Thin strip of wood4 letters, starts with SSLAT
- 96. Number one7 letters, starts with TTHEBEST
- 97. Palindrome preceding "cuff" in anatomy7 letters, starts with RROTATOR
- 98. Removal from a sheet7 letters, starts with EERASURE
- 100. Festive nights4 letters, starts with EEVES
- 102. Had a meal at home7 letters, starts with DDINEDIN
- 105. Some zesty sauces6 letters, starts with SSALSAS
- 108. Revolutionary Ethan5 letters, starts with AALLEN
- 112. "If Only You Knew" singer LaBelle5 letters, starts with PPATTI
- 113. Bit of stifled laughter5 letters, starts with SSNORT
- 115. PC support expert5 letters, starts with IITPRO
- 116. QB Matthew Stafford during his MVP season in 2025, e.g.5 letters, starts with LLARAM
- 118. Drift on the wind4 letters, starts with WWAFT
- 120. "You have no ___"4 letters, starts with IIDEA
- 122. Firestone product4 letters, starts with TTIRE
- 125. Soccer star Hamm3 letters, starts with MMIA
- 127. Birthday cake number3 letters, starts with AAGE
- 128. Worshiped figure3 letters, starts with GGOD
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Questions
What is the answer to “Say 69 Across”?
WED, 3 letters: to marry.
When was “Say 69 Across” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of September 27, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with W.