New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/15/2026. The September 15 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Laffy ___, candy with a rhyming nameTAFFY
- 6a Poker buy-inANTE
- 10a “The windows to the soul,” metaphoricallyEYES
- 14a FrightenSCARE
- 15a Villain’s hideoutLAIR
- 16a American Girl toyDOLL
- 17a Cringey ad campaign going viral, for examplePRDISASTER
- 19a Madonna’s “La ___ Bonita”ISLA
- 20a Goes out withSEES
- 21a Piglet and Pooh’s marsupial friendROO
- 22a “Well, in that case …”OKTHEN
- 24a Clic Stic and Wite-Out brandBIC
- 26a Character at the heart of the “Who shot …?” cliffhanger of 1980s TVJREWING
- 27a Colombian cornmeal cakeAREPA
- 29a San José, ___ RicaCOSTA
- 30a Oculus Rift or Meta Quest 3VRHEADSET
- 32a Opposite of chaosORDER
- 36a Texter’s “I think …”IMO
- 37a Started a game of blackjack, sayDEALT
- 38a 18-wheelerSEMI
- 39a Agrees nonverballyNODS
- 41a Red root vegetablesBEETS
- 44a Kind of rally at high schoolPEP
- 45a Put up, as a buildingERECT
- 47a Many characters on “The Pitt”ERDOCTORS
- 49a “Quick!”HURRY
- 51a Group holding a nominating conventionPARTY
- 52a Scannable squares often used in place of paper menusQRCODES
- 55a ___-Wan KenobiOBI
- 56a Rang, as a bellTOLLED
- 57a Pooch’s barkARF
- 59a Paddington Bear’s country of originPERU
- 63a What a light bulb represents, in comicsIDEA
- 64a Puppet dragon of 1960s kids’ TVHRPUFNSTUF
- 67a Bottom-heavy fruitPEAR
- 68a Britney Spears’s “___! … I Did It Again”OOPS
- 69a Perform better thanOUTDO
- 70a Daughters’ brothersSONS
- 71a ExamTEST
- 72a French fries-to-beSPUDS
- Down
- 1d Cough syrup amts.TSPS
- 2d Farmland measureACRE
- 3d Haircut that transitions from shorter sides to longer topFADE
- 4d Ultimate ___ (team sport)FRISBEE
- 5d Word of consentYES
- 6d TooALSO
- 7d Grp. with a phonetic alphabetNATO
- 8d Cause for overtimeTIE
- 9d Screw-upsERRORS
- 10d Conflicts over Wikipedia contentEDITWARS
- 11d Mario’s dinosaur sidekickYOSHI
- 12d Actress Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy”ELLEN
- 13d Vernacular found in Urban DictionarySLANG
- 18d Place for coin-op game machinesARCADE
- 23d Kind of high-fat dietKETO
- 25d Tablet with Pro, Air and mini versionsIPAD
- 26d Scribbled (down)JOTTED
- 27d Knight’s wearARMOR
- 28d The “R” in R.I.RHODE
- 29d The “log” in “ants on a log”CELERY
- 30d Trellis-climbing plantVINE
- 31d “Light” Jedi weaponsSABERS
- 33d Railroad stationDEPOT
- 34d Manicurist’s filing boardEMERY
- 35d Laces (into)RIPS
- 40d Well-educated sortsSCHOLARS
- 42d Fill back to capacity, as a glassTOPOFF
- 43d Healing coverSCAB
- 46d “Lose the ___, dude!”TUDE
- 48d Causes to make a mistakeTRIPSUP
- 50d Bit of fiery cinnamon candyREDHOT
- 52d Cotton swabs not recommended for ear canal useQTIPS
- 53d Cowboy contestRODEO
- 54d Fresh from the dishwasherCLEAN
- 57d Grindr and Tinder, for twoAPPS
- 58d Sign of decayRUST
- 60d “___, Brute?”ETTU
- 61d “Ant-Man” star PaulRUDD
- 62d Sights that make you go “What the ??!”UFOS
- 65d ___ v. Wade (1973 Supreme Court decision)ROE
- 66d RejectionsNOS