NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 14, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorAndrea Carla Michaels and Dena R. Verkuil
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Cherokee or Wrangler (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJEEP→
5A
Omelet ingredients (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGGS→
9A
Big noisy fight (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMELEE→
14A
Cornfield measure (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
15A
Little flying pest (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGNAT→
16A
Dale who sang "Happy Trails" with Roy Rogers (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEVANS→
17A
Crew building (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBOATHOUSE→
19A
Assigns stars to, as on Yelp (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRATES→
20A
"Spare" things at a barbecue (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIBS→
21A
Stately tree (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
23A
Before, in poetry (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
24A
Atlantic City attraction (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCASINO→
27A
"Is it bigger than a ___?" (8)
Starts with B, ends with XBREADBOX→
29A
911 respondent, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
30A
Latina toon explorer (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADORA→
32A
Beatles song with the lyric “She promises the earth to me” (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGIRL→
33A
Pinocchio's are easily exposed (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLIES→
35A
"Absolutely, amigo!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISISI→
37A
The White Stripes and the Black Keys, for two (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDUOS→
39A
Close boxing match outcome (13)
Starts with S, ends with NSPLITDECISION→
42A
Picket line crosser (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSCAB→
43A
Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree" (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSHEL→
44A
Contacted on Instagram, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDMED→
46A
Bills typically found in a tip jar (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
48A
Mallorca or Menorca, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
50A
Place for a piercing or a plug (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
51A
All-out boxing match (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSLUGFEST→
54A
Sarcastic (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSNARKY→
56A
"Hamilton" composer ___-Manuel Miranda (3)
Starts with L, ends with NLIN→
57A
Singer/actress Rita ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
58A
It's "smashed" in a particle accelerator (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
59A
Playful aquatic mammal (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTTER→
61A
Flip out … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 27-, 39- and 51-Across (9)
Starts with G, ends with SGOBANANAS→
66A
Word said while pointing (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHERE→
67A
"Never Have I ___" (sleepover game) (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
68A
Coldest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale (4)
Starts with Z, ends with OZERO→
69A
Informal hoops game (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHORSE→
70A
Winter road application (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
71A
Rams' mates (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEWES→
Down
1D
Quick boxing punch (3)
Starts with J, ends with BJAB→
2D
Prefix with friendly or warrior (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
3D
Slice of history (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
4D
___ dish (lab item) (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPETRI→
5D
Self-esteem builder (8)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOBOOST→
6D
African antelopes (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGNUS→
7D
Something an electric car doesn't use (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
8D
Have the reins (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEER→
9D
Disney's Ariel and her sisters (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMERMAIDS→
10D
Youngest of the Gabor sisters (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
11D
One slow to develop (11)
Starts with L, ends with RLATEBLOOMER→
12D
Beginning of el año (5)
Starts with E, ends with OENERO→
13D
English county NE of London (5)
Starts with E, ends with XESSEX→
18D
Female red deer (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHIND→
22D
"Break a ___!" (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLEG→
24D
"The Simpsons" collectible (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCEL→
25D
Out of place (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMISS→
26D
Pedometer (11)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEPCOUNTER→
27D
Single, double or triple (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBASEHIT→
28D
Ancient Celtic priest (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDRUID→
31D
Clears (of) (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDS→
34D
Word hidden, aptly, in "teen's language" (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSLANG→
36D
Completes, as a cake (4)
Starts with I, ends with SICES→
38D
Move stealthily (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSNEAK→
40D
Lead-in to "except after C" (8)
Starts with I, ends with EIBEFOREE→
41D
"Let me go first" (8)
Starts with I, ends with TILLSTART→
45D
Like some humor and wine (3)
Starts with D, ends with YDRY→
47D
To be, in Barcelona (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSER→
49D
Soon, in poems (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
51D
Animal that sleeps upside down (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSLOTH→
52D
Certain art print, informally (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLITHO→
53D
Wise sorts (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAGES→
55D
Astound (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMAZE→
58D
Brother of Cain (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
60D
TV medical drama settings, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
62D
Things traveling through fallopian tubes (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
63D
Previously unseen (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNEW→
64D
"Rules ___ rules" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
65D
Abba title sung after the line "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 14, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Andrea Carla Michaels and Dena R. Verkuil and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cherokee or Wrangler (JEEP); Omelet ingredients (EGGS); Big noisy fight (MELEE).
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