NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Nate CardinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1681 clues

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Across 40

  1. 1Laffy ___, candy with a rhyming name ↗TAFFY
  2. 6Poker buy-in ↗ANTE
  3. 10"The windows to the soul," metaphorically ↗EYES
  4. 14Frighten ↗SCARE
  5. 15Villain's hideout ↗LAIR
  6. 16American Girl toy ↗DOLL
  7. 17Cringey ad campaign going viral, for example ↗PRDISASTER
  8. 19Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" ↗ISLA
  9. 20Goes out with ↗SEES
  10. 21Piglet and Pooh's marsupial friend ↗ROO
  11. 22"Well, in that case ..." ↗OKTHEN
  12. 24Clic Stic and Wite-Out brand ↗BIC
  13. 26Character at the heart of the "Who shot ...?" cliffhanger of 1980s TV ↗JREWING
  14. 27Colombian cornmeal cake ↗AREPA
  15. 29San José, ___ Rica ↗COSTA
  16. 30Oculus Rift or Meta Quest 3 ↗VRHEADSET
  17. 32Opposite of chaos ↗ORDER
  18. 36Texter's "I think ..." ↗IMO
  19. 37Started a game of blackjack, say ↗DEALT
  20. 3818-wheeler ↗SEMI
  21. 39Agrees nonverbally ↗NODS
  22. 41Red root vegetables ↗BEETS
  23. 44Kind of rally at high school ↗PEP
  24. 45Put up, as a building ↗ERECT
  25. 47Many characters on "The Pitt" ↗ERDOCTORS
  26. 49"Quick!" ↗HURRY
  27. 51Group holding a nominating convention ↗PARTY
  28. 52Scannable squares often used in place of paper menus ↗QRCODES
  29. 55___-Wan Kenobi ↗OBI
  30. 56Rang, as a bell ↗TOLLED
  31. 57Pooch's bark ↗ARF
  32. 59Paddington Bear's country of origin ↗PERU
  33. 63What a light bulb represents, in comics ↗IDEA
  34. 64Puppet dragon of 1960s kids' TV ↗HRPUFNSTUF
  35. 67Bottom-heavy fruit ↗PEAR
  36. 68Britney Spears's "___! ... I Did It Again" ↗OOPS
  37. 69Perform better than ↗OUTDO
  38. 70Daughters' brothers ↗SONS
  39. 71Exam ↗TEST
  40. 72French fries-to-be ↗SPUDS

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  1. 1Cough syrup amts. ↗TSPS
  2. 2Farmland measure ↗ACRE
  3. 3Haircut that transitions from shorter sides to longer top ↗FADE
  4. 4Ultimate ___ (team sport) ↗FRISBEE
  5. 5Word of consent ↗YES
  6. 6Too ↗ALSO
  7. 7Grp. with a phonetic alphabet ↗NATO
  8. 8Cause for overtime ↗TIE
  9. 9Screw-ups ↗ERRORS
  10. 10Conflicts over Wikipedia content ↗EDITWARS
  11. 11Mario's dinosaur sidekick ↗YOSHI
  12. 12Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" ↗ELLEN
  13. 13Vernacular found in Urban Dictionary ↗SLANG
  14. 18Place for coin-op game machines ↗ARCADE
  15. 23Kind of high-fat diet ↗KETO
  16. 25Tablet with Pro, Air and mini versions ↗IPAD
  17. 26Scribbled (down) ↗JOTTED
  18. 27Knight's wear ↗ARMOR
  19. 28The "R" in R.I. ↗RHODE
  20. 29The "log" in "ants on a log" ↗CELERY
  21. 30Trellis-climbing plant ↗VINE
  22. 31"Light" Jedi weapons ↗SABERS
  23. 33Railroad station ↗DEPOT
  24. 34Manicurist's filing board ↗EMERY
  25. 35Laces (into) ↗RIPS
  26. 40Well-educated sorts ↗SCHOLARS
  27. 42Fill back to capacity, as a glass ↗TOPOFF
  28. 43Healing cover ↗SCAB
  29. 46"Lose the ___, dude!" ↗TUDE
  30. 48Causes to make a mistake ↗TRIPSUP
  31. 50Bit of fiery cinnamon candy ↗REDHOT
  32. 52Cotton swabs not recommended for ear canal use ↗QTIPS
  33. 53Cowboy contest ↗RODEO
  34. 54Fresh from the dishwasher ↗CLEAN
  35. 57Grindr and Tinder, for two ↗APPS
  36. 58Sign of decay ↗RUST
  37. 60"___, Brute?" ↗ETTU
  38. 61"Ant-Man" star Paul ↗RUDD
  39. 62Sights that make you go "What the …?!" ↗UFOS
  40. 65___ v. Wade (1973 Supreme Court decision) ↗ROE
  41. 66Rejections ↗NOS