NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Enrique Henestroza AnguianoEdited by Will ShortzGrid 14×1579 clues

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Buds ↗MACS
  2. 5Concealer for the face ↗MASK
  3. 9Pre-K building blocks ↗ABCS
  4. 13Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot ↗ALOE
  5. 14Stick it to your rival! ↗EPEE
  6. 15Bring in ↗REAP
  7. 16Twill-woven worsted wool garment ↗KILT
  8. 17Fix, in a way ↗SPAY
  9. 18Purple bubble tea flavor ↗TARO
  10. 19Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief ↗EVO
  11. 20Short sidekick? ↗ASST
  12. 21Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball" ↗LINDT
  13. 22Dub over? ↗RENAME
  14. 24Cuatro y dos ↗SEIS
  15. 26Business magnate Condé ↗NAST
  16. 28Promising places? ↗ALTARS
  17. 32Ferry or wherry ↗BOAT
  18. 35Start of an incantation ↗ABRA
  19. 37Pastoral sound ↗MOO
  20. 38Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme ↗INFINITESCROLL
  21. 42Inspired stuff ↗AIR
  22. 43Pro device ↗IPAD
  23. 44___ out a win ↗EKED
  24. 45Bond alternatives ↗STOCKS
  25. 47"... ___ no one ever" ↗SAID
  26. 50Edge jump in figure skating ↗LOOP
  27. 52Scenes on Black Friday ↗CROWDS
  28. 56Kaitlin of "Hacks" ↗OLSON
  29. 59Pawn ↗HOCK
  30. 61Addendum to the five W's ↗HOW
  31. 62Female antelopes ↗DOES
  32. 63"'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem) ↗HOPE
  33. 64Woodsy scent ↗PINE
  34. 65Top of a mosque, often ↗DOME
  35. 66Column in decimal notation ↗ONES
  36. 67Central Plains people ↗OTOE
  37. 68Losing streak ↗SKID
  38. 69Column in decimal notation ↗TENS
  39. 70Cheeky ↗PERT

Down 40

  1. 1— ↗MAKER
  2. 2— ↗ALIVE
  3. 3— ↗COLON
  4. 4— ↗SET
  5. 5— ↗MESSES
  6. 6— ↗APPS
  7. 7— ↗SEATS
  8. 8— ↗KEY
  9. 9— ↗ARTIST
  10. 10— ↗BEAN
  11. 11— ↗CARD
  12. 12— ↗SPOT
  13. 20Reddit Q&A sesh ↗AMA
  14. 21Purple shade ↗LILAC
  15. 23Prefix with body or bacterial ↗ANTI
  16. 25Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically ↗EARS
  17. 27"Toodle-oo!" ↗TATA
  18. 29One way to run ↗AMOK
  19. 30Actors like biting into a juicy one ↗ROLE
  20. 31On board, say ↗SOLD
  21. 32Pollster's concern ↗BIAS
  22. 33"Handling this as we speak" ↗ONIT
  23. 34Hairstyle that you've picked out? ↗AFRO
  24. 36Kings and queens, e.g. ↗BEDS
  25. 39Canon competitor ↗NIKON
  26. 40___ facto ↗IPSO
  27. 41Makeover ↗REDO
  28. 46Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps ↗CLOSED
  29. 48Digital security credential ↗ACCESS
  30. 49Get to ↗IRK
  31. 51Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two ↗PHONE
  32. 53Cannellini, e.g. ↗WHITE
  33. 54Organ-related item in a wallet ↗DONOR
  34. 55Perfect place ↗SWEET
  35. 56Expert employed by a sportsbook ↗ODDS
  36. 57"Show me some real effort!" ↗LOOK
  37. 58It's not a full stop ↗SEMI
  38. 60Room in the audience up for grabs ↗OPEN
  39. 63Absolute train wrecks ↗HOT
  40. 64Andy Warhol, e.g. ↗POP