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NYT Crossword September 18 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated September 18 2026

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Every answer from the Friday, September 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Ryan Mathiason · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Server's warning at a restaurant6 lettersSee answer ›7Moved along (to)6 lettersSee answer ›13Modern tech aid whose design was inspired by a Go board6 lettersSee answer ›14Figuratively speaking7 lettersSee answer ›15Begin to boil6 lettersSee answer ›16Insects named for when they emerge8 lettersSee answer ›17Breaks off4 lettersSee answer ›18Water containers4 lettersSee answer ›19Dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur"4 lettersSee answer ›20Four-time N.B.A. All-Star Young4 lettersSee answer ›21Line at an Apple Store4 lettersSee answer ›22Permanent, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›23Contents of some pockets3 lettersSee answer ›24Yell sharply4 lettersSee answer ›25Org. whose events are typically held at clubs3 lettersSee answer ›26Country club?13 lettersSee answer ›30Defensive effort in the red zone13 lettersSee answer ›32Not everyone agrees on this13 lettersSee answer ›34Ball girl3 lettersSee answer ›35"Big Brother" host Julie4 lettersSee answer ›36Org. concerned with traffic3 lettersSee answer ›37Ones catching rays, perhaps?5 lettersSee answer ›40Two in a row?4 lettersSee answer ›41Places to buy buckets, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›42Common plant for a "plant mom"4 lettersSee answer ›43Long-bodied fish4 lettersSee answer ›44Cookie contents4 lettersSee answer ›45Not together, in a way8 lettersSee answer ›47"Is that a challenge?!"6 lettersSee answer ›49Some features of backyard landscaping7 lettersSee answer ›50"I'll be right with you"6 lettersSee answer ›51Gave the once-over6 lettersSee answer ›52"Don't believe me? Just watch!"6 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Brightness measures, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›2Element of a dating profile?8 lettersSee answer ›3Potential outcomes9 lettersSee answer ›4Mass5 lettersSee answer ›5___ of Solomon, literary collection written in the first or second century4 lettersSee answer ›6Sci-fi writer Chiang3 lettersSee answer ›7"&" follower, in some business names4 lettersSee answer ›8When much rainy weather occurs in Côte d'Ivoire3 lettersSee answer ›9Flip9 lettersSee answer ›10Seize5 lettersSee answer ›11High-ranking scout5 lettersSee answer ›12Company whose products suck5 lettersSee answer ›14Additional schoolwork?4 lettersSee answer ›16Simple cocktail named for two brands11 lettersSee answer ›18"Phooey!"6 lettersSee answer ›20Torque symbol, in physics3 lettersSee answer ›21Bit of nonsense writing that typically gets a laugh6 lettersSee answer ›22Delighted cry upon receiving an acceptance6 lettersSee answer ›24Ball girls6 lettersSee answer ›25Leap day baby, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›27Clicked with a partner?9 lettersSee answer ›28Snicker6 lettersSee answer ›29Simple check for freshness9 lettersSee answer ›31Act like yourself, perhaps?8 lettersSee answer ›33Nasty ___ (noted rap moniker)3 lettersSee answer ›37Not in the minority?5 lettersSee answer ›38It often has four legs5 lettersSee answer ›39Fidget spinners or Angry Birds, once5 lettersSee answer ›40Give ___ (cause consternation in)4 lettersSee answer ›41Character played by Rashida Jones on "The Office"5 lettersSee answer ›43Set piece4 lettersSee answer ›44Longtime U.F.C. C.E.O. ___ White4 lettersSee answer ›46Aladdin's sidekick3 lettersSee answer ›47Many a nonfiction Oscar nominee, informally3 lettersSee answer ›48Lead-in to "lab" in the name of an S&P 500 company3 lettersSee answer ›