The full solution for the NY Times September 16 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Peter Gorman and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Important info to have while you’re waiting in a cellphone lot, for short ETA
- 4A Fall or fell TOPPLE
- 10A Cause of a sudden change in interest, informally? REFI
- 14A Close SHUT
- 15A Pho soup garnishes SPROUTS
- 16A Conduit of neural signals AXON
- 17A Early models PROTOTYPES
- 19A Relative of a gull TERN
- 20A “Ain’t gonna happen” NOPE
- 21A Big bang cause TNT
- 22A Chilling ONICE
- 24A The remotest of remote jobs? ASTRONAUT
- 27A Kid YOUTH
- 28A Supermodel Banks TYRA
- 29A Break into loud cheers, as a crowd ERUPT
- 31A Answer to “Who’s ready to go?” IAM
- 33A Broadcast AIR
- 35A Uno + due TRE
- 36A Mononymous Irish singer BONO
- 37A Animated film that was the highest-grossing movie of 1992 ALADDIN
- 41A “Impossible!” NOCANDO
- 43A Hibernation spots DENS
- 44A Dip target, maybe PEC
- 46A Things entered in a sudoku grid: Abbr. NOS
- 47A Messy dorm room, figuratively STY
- 48A Fruits often seen in still lifes PEARS
- 50A Take back, for short REPO
- 53A City haze SMOG
- 55A Canine guard? RETAINER
- 57A Dishwasher cycle RINSE
- 59A “A form of madness,” it’s said WAR
- 60A Actress Pinkett Smith of “Girls Trip” JADA
- 62A Singer/songwriter Mitchell JONI
- 63A Fruits named after a mythical drink NECTARINES
- 66A Noted cartoon dog PLUTO
- 67A Its first video, “Me at the zoo,” has over 400 million views YOUTUBE
- 68A State whose outline can be made by connecting seven particular squares in this puzzle UTAH
- 69A Valley GLEN
- 70A Give a once-over ASSESS
- 71A Crafty SLY
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Channel with “2” and “U” spinoffs ESPN
- 2D Pharynx setting THROAT
- 3D Post-mortem AUTOPSY
- 4D General on a Chinese menu TSO
- 5D Decide one will OPTTO
- 6D Hester of “The Scarlet Letter” PRYNNE
- 7D Grab-and-go breakfast option POPTART
- 8D Guitar relative LUTE
- 9D Gas brand seen in Edward Hopper’s “Portrait of Orleans” ESSO
- 10D Betting odds, e.g. RATIO
- 11D Concern for a gymnastics judge EXECUTION
- 12D Certain pickleball shot FOREHAND
- 13D Greenwich Village’s Stonewall, e.g. INN
- 18D Groups of four TETRADS
- 23D Paper competing with the W.S.J. NYT
- 25D Debugger? RAID
- 26D Remedy for a missed exit UTURN
- 30D Lowly worker PEON
- 32D Farm sound MOO
- 34D Ready to eat RIPE
- 36D Small hound that doesn’t bark BASENJI
- 37D What a premium subscription may help you avoid ADS
- 38D “Time to go!” LETSROLL
- 39D Very soon ANYMINUTE
- 40D By NEAR
- 42D What “Coco” is a nickname for, for tennis’s Coco Gauff CORI
- 45D Military hairstyles CREWCUTS
- 48D Family-friendly movie ratings PGS
- 49D The Sphinx, for one STATUE
- 51D Classic comic strip that’s the source for nine Emmys and two Tonys PEANUTS
- 52D Folding a fitted sheet, it may seem ORDEAL
- 54D Edible bulb ONION
- 56D Many Moroccans ARABS
- 58D Mononymous Irish singer ENYA
- 61D Grayish ASHY
- 62D Profile pic format, in brief JPG
- 64D Dawn deity EOS
- 65D In medias ___ RES
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