The full solution for the NY Times September 12 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Light décor LAMPSHADES
- 11A Last place? TOMB
- 15A Pop-up with an envelope icon EMAILALERT
- 16A Round figure OVAL
- 17A Winner’s circle? VICTORYLAP
- 18A Take two REDO
- 19A Hyperfixated ENRAPT
- 20A “Thick ___ Brick” (1972 Jethro Tull album) ASA
- 21A Earth’s pull, informally ONEG
- 22A On the ___ (free) LOOSE
- 23A Thumbs-down votes in the Duma NYETS
- 25A Why wait? TIP
- 26A Personal circumstances, so to speak SHOES
- 28A Justice who’s the subject of the 2026 biography “Revenge for the Sixties” ALITO
- 30A Rolls out the green carpet? SODS
- 34A First full word sung in “The Alphabet Song” AND
- 35A Proverbial small amount CRUMBS
- 36A “Now we’re talking!” THATSMORELIKEIT
- 39A Capers ANTICS
- 40A Common ___ ERA
- 41A Rowing machines, in gym lingo ERGS
- 42A “Schitt’s Creek” matriarch MOIRA
- 43A Really hurts MAIMS
- 45A Rout, in computer game lingo PWN
- 46A Word with letter or grant BLOCK
- 48A Toothbrush handle? ORALB
- 53A Smokes CIGS
- 55A N.B.A. coach Jordan ___ OTT
- 56A Punnily named production company behind TV’s “Insecure” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” HOORAE
- 57A Stat ASAP
- 58A Common sleep aid WHITENOISE
- 60A Acquire by default? REPO
- 61A Math class assignment PROBLEMSET
- 62A Labor, e.g.: Abbr. DEPT
- 63A Appliances that are always blowing out? HANDDRYERS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Carpenter’s tool LEVEL
- 2D ___ acid AMINO
- 3D Kind of photography lens for a close-up MACRO
- 4D Wraps in the Mideast PITAS
- 5D Certain geometry calculations SLOPES
- 6D Playwright Moss ___ HART
- 7D Gymnast Raisman ALY
- 8D What a joke may get eventually DELAYEDREACTION
- 9D Takes marks off in a classroom? ERASES
- 10D Mid-March V.I.P., informally STPAT
- 11D “Surf” food in Japan, or “turf” animal in Spain TORO
- 12D Kitchen counter OVENTIMER
- 13D Became a household name, say MADEITBIG
- 14D Examples of media on Medium BLOGPOSTS
- 23D Many a listing in an etiquette book NONO
- 24D Wrap in South Asia SARI
- 27D Actors unsuited for subtle roles HAMS
- 29D Country singer Combs LUKE
- 30D Rewards program tracker STAMPCARD
- 31D “It’s finally clear” OHNOWISEE
- 32D Phone connector? DATINGAPP
- 33D Arouse STIR
- 35D Simoleon CLAM
- 37D Labor pain? SCAB
- 38D Journalist Larson who wrote “The Splendid and the Vile” ERIK
- 43D Godzilla adversary MOTHRA
- 44D Longhorn’s rival SOONER
- 47D Acidic LOWPH
- 49D Capacious ROOMY
- 50D Surface ARISE
- 51D Pointer for a public speaker LASER
- 52D Sources of the juice that “bleeds” in a faux meat patty BEETS
- 54D Tough thing to be in SPOT
- 56D Stayed together HELD
- 59D Placeholder abbr. TBD
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