NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 16, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 16, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Peter GormanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 40

  1. 1Important info to have while you're waiting in a cellphone lot, for short ↗ETA
  2. 4Fall or fell ↗TOPPLE
  3. 10Cause of a sudden change in interest, informally? ↗REFI
  4. 14Close ↗SHUT
  5. 15Pho soup garnishes ↗SPROUTS
  6. 16Conduit of neural signals ↗AXON
  7. 17Early models ↗PROTOTYPES
  8. 19Relative of a gull ↗TERN
  9. 20"Ain't gonna happen" ↗NOPE
  10. 21Big bang cause ↗TNT
  11. 22Chilling ↗ONICE
  12. 24The remotest of remote jobs? ↗ASTRONAUT
  13. 27Kid ↗YOUTH
  14. 28Supermodel Banks ↗TYRA
  15. 29Break into loud cheers, as a crowd ↗ERUPT
  16. 31Answer to "Who's ready to go?" ↗IAM
  17. 33Broadcast ↗AIR
  18. 35Uno + due ↗TRE
  19. 36Mononymous Irish singer ↗BONO
  20. 37Animated film that was the highest-grossing movie of 1992 ↗ALADDIN
  21. 41"Impossible!" ↗NOCANDO
  22. 43Hibernation spots ↗DENS
  23. 44Dip target, maybe ↗PEC
  24. 46Things entered in a sudoku grid: Abbr. ↗NOS
  25. 47Messy dorm room, figuratively ↗STY
  26. 48Fruits often seen in still lifes ↗PEARS
  27. 50Take back, for short ↗REPO
  28. 53City haze ↗SMOG
  29. 55Canine guard? ↗RETAINER
  30. 57Dishwasher cycle ↗RINSE
  31. 59"A form of madness," it's said ↗WAR
  32. 60Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" ↗JADA
  33. 62Singer/songwriter Mitchell ↗JONI
  34. 63Fruits named after a mythical drink ↗NECTARINES
  35. 66Noted cartoon dog ↗PLUTO
  36. 67Its first video, "Me at the zoo," has over 400 million views ↗YOUTUBE
  37. 68State whose outline can be made by connecting seven particular squares in this puzzle ↗UTAH
  38. 69Valley ↗GLEN
  39. 70Give a once-over ↗ASSESS
  40. 71Crafty ↗SLY

Down 38

  1. 1Channel with "2" and "U" spinoffs ↗ESPN
  2. 2Pharynx setting ↗THROAT
  3. 3Post-mortem ↗AUTOPSY
  4. 4General on a Chinese menu ↗TSO
  5. 5Decide one will ↗OPTTO
  6. 6Hester of "The Scarlet Letter" ↗PRYNNE
  7. 7Grab-and-go breakfast option ↗POPTART
  8. 8Guitar relative ↗LUTE
  9. 9Gas brand seen in Edward Hopper's "Portrait of Orleans" ↗ESSO
  10. 10Betting odds, e.g. ↗RATIO
  11. 11Concern for a gymnastics judge ↗EXECUTION
  12. 12Certain pickleball shot ↗FOREHAND
  13. 13Greenwich Village's Stonewall, e.g. ↗INN
  14. 18Groups of four ↗TETRADS
  15. 23Paper competing with the W.S.J. ↗NYT
  16. 25Debugger? ↗RAID
  17. 26Remedy for a missed exit ↗UTURN
  18. 30Lowly worker ↗PEON
  19. 32Farm sound ↗MOO
  20. 34Ready to eat ↗RIPE
  21. 36Small hound that doesn't bark ↗BASENJI
  22. 37What a premium subscription may help you avoid ↗ADS
  23. 38"Time to go!" ↗LETSROLL
  24. 39Very soon ↗ANYMINUTE
  25. 40By ↗NEAR
  26. 42What "Coco" is a nickname for, for tennis's Coco Gauff ↗CORI
  27. 45Military hairstyles ↗CREWCUTS
  28. 48Family-friendly movie ratings ↗PGS
  29. 49The Sphinx, for one ↗STATUE
  30. 51Classic comic strip that's the source for nine Emmys and two Tonys ↗PEANUTS
  31. 52Folding a fitted sheet, it may seem ↗ORDEAL
  32. 54Edible bulb ↗ONION
  33. 56Many Moroccans ↗ARABS
  34. 58Mononymous Irish singer ↗ENYA
  35. 61Grayish ↗ASHY
  36. 62Profile pic format, in brief ↗JPG
  37. 64Dawn deity ↗EOS
  38. 65In medias ___ ↗RES