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NYT Crossword September 9 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated September 9 2026

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Every answer from the Wednesday, September 9 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Dario Salvucci · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1"OK," in modern slang3 lettersSee answer ›4Develop5 lettersSee answer ›9Postlarval insects5 lettersSee answer ›14Prefix with skeleton3 lettersSee answer ›15Ewok's home5 lettersSee answer ›16Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly5 lettersSee answer ›17Top starter3 lettersSee answer ›18*Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck11 lettersSee answer ›20"Semper Fidelis," for one5 lettersSee answer ›22Advantage5 lettersSee answer ›23Me-time destination3 lettersSee answer ›24Creature of Egyptian myth6 lettersSee answer ›26Bus schedule component4 lettersSee answer ›28Some landscaping equipment6 lettersSee answer ›31Worker who's behind the Times?6 lettersSee answer ›35Plow puller of old4 lettersSee answer ›37"Verb," ironically4 lettersSee answer ›39Part of a black suit5 lettersSee answer ›40Its three largest cities all have names starting with C4 lettersSee answer ›41Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning5 lettersSee answer ›43Barely made (out)4 lettersSee answer ›44Chat, informally5 lettersSee answer ›46Old-timey "Listen!"4 lettersSee answer ›47Out of juice4 lettersSee answer ›48Paint options6 lettersSee answer ›50Permanent-press6 lettersSee answer ›52Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem4 lettersSee answer ›54Music genre for some yoga classes6 lettersSee answer ›57Suffix with devil3 lettersSee answer ›60Expresses approval, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›63Remove from its original packaging, say5 lettersSee answer ›64*Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds11 lettersSee answer ›67Consumed3 lettersSee answer ›68Character in "Monsters, Inc."5 lettersSee answer ›69Like many a campfire story5 lettersSee answer ›70Hiker to a QB: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›71Elevate, as a flag5 lettersSee answer ›72Shell out cash5 lettersSee answer ›73Word with sewing or starter3 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Has a happy face5 lettersSee answer ›2Former member of the force5 lettersSee answer ›3*Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks10 lettersSee answer ›4Fit in6 lettersSee answer ›5Game in which players draw and skip3 lettersSee answer ›6Big celebrity4 lettersSee answer ›7When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes4 lettersSee answer ›8Leftovers5 lettersSee answer ›9Stir-fry add-ins7 lettersSee answer ›10Decorative vessel3 lettersSee answer ›11"Sofa, so good" and such4 lettersSee answer ›12Each4 lettersSee answer ›13Sicilian smoker4 lettersSee answer ›19___ as a bug's ear4 lettersSee answer ›21*Drift with the natural flow of currents8 lettersSee answer ›25TV's "Warrior Princess"4 lettersSee answer ›27*Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change8 lettersSee answer ›29I.R.A. classification4 lettersSee answer ›30Lazy ___5 lettersSee answer ›32*Flattened against the masts in a changing wind10 lettersSee answer ›33Roman theaters4 lettersSee answer ›34Comedian Foxx4 lettersSee answer ›35Soft leather shoes, for short4 lettersSee answer ›36"That's not good"4 lettersSee answer ›38Fiddler-emperor, legend has it4 lettersSee answer ›42Similar4 lettersSee answer ›45Minimal paint job7 lettersSee answer ›49Promote4 lettersSee answer ›51Not just thrown away, say6 lettersSee answer ›53Gradually tapered cuts5 lettersSee answer ›55Jailed New York crime boss5 lettersSee answer ›56Wield, as authority5 lettersSee answer ›57Bite reminder, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›58"Get away!"4 lettersSee answer ›59Prefix with sphere4 lettersSee answer ›61Dice peppers, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›62Positive4 lettersSee answer ›65Personally contacts online, for short3 lettersSee answer ›66Max's opposite3 lettersSee answer ›