New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/18/2026. The September 18 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Server’s warning at a restaurantITSHOT
- 7a Moved along (to)SEGUED
- 13a Modern tech aid whose design was inspired by a Go boardQRCODE
- 14a Figuratively speakingSOTOSAY
- 15a Begin to boilSEERED
- 16a Insects named for when they emergeJUNEBUGS
- 17a Breaks offENDS
- 18a Water containersDAMS
- 19a Dinosaur in Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur”ARLO
- 20a Four-time N.B.A. All-Star YoungTRAE
- 21a Line at an Apple StoreMACS
- 22a Permanent, perhapsINPEN
- 23a Contents of some pocketsAIR
- 24a Yell sharplyBARK
- 25a Org. whose events are typically held at clubsPGA
- 26a Country club?UNITEDNATIONS
- 30a Defensive effort in the red zoneGOALLINESTAND
- 32a Not everyone agrees on thisSPLITDECISION
- 34a Ball girlDEB
- 35a “Big Brother” host JulieCHEN
- 36a Org. concerned with trafficFAA
- 37a Ones catching rays, perhaps?ORCAS
- 40a Two in a row?FOES
- 41a Places to buy buckets, familiarlyKFCS
- 42a Common plant for a “plant mom”FERN
- 43a Long-bodied fishPIKE
- 44a Cookie contentsDATA
- 45a Not together, in a wayALACARTE
- 47a “Is that a challenge?!”DAREME
- 49a Some features of backyard landscapingGAZEBOS
- 50a “I’ll be right with you”ONESEC
- 51a Gave the once-overEYEDUP
- 52a “Don’t believe me? Just watch!”CANTOO
- Down
- 1d Brightness measures, in briefIQS
- 2d Element of a dating profile?TREERING
- 3d Potential outcomesSCENARIOS
- 4d MassHORDE
- 5d ___ of Solomon, literary collection written in the first or second centuryODES
- 6d Sci-fi writer ChiangTED
- 7d “&” follower, in some business namesSONS
- 8d When much rainy weather occurs in Côte d’IvoireETE
- 9d FlipGOBANANAS
- 10d SeizeUSURP
- 11d High-ranking scoutEAGLE
- 12d Company whose products suckDYSON
- 14d Additional schoolwork?SUMS
- 16d Simple cocktail named for two brandsJACKANDCOKE
- 18d “Phooey!”DARNIT
- 20d Torque symbol, in physicsTAU
- 21d Bit of nonsense writing that typically gets a laughMADLIB
- 22d Delighted cry upon receiving an acceptanceIGOTIN
- 24d Ball girlsBELLES
- 25d Leap day baby, e.g.PISCES
- 27d Clicked with a partner?TAPDANCED
- 28d SnickerTEEHEE
- 29d Simple check for freshnessSNIFFTEST
- 31d Act like yourself, perhaps?DOACAMEO
- 33d Nasty ___ (noted rap moniker)NAS
- 37d Not in the minority?OFAGE
- 38d It often has four legsRELAY
- 39d Fidget spinners or Angry Birds, onceCRAZE
- 40d Give ___ (cause consternation in)FITS
- 41d Character played by Rashida Jones on “The Office”KAREN
- 43d Set piecePROP
- 44d Longtime U.F.C. C.E.O. ___ WhiteDANA
- 46d Aladdin’s sidekickABU
- 47d Many a nonfiction Oscar nominee, informallyDOC
- 48d Lead-in to “lab” in the name of an S&P 500 companyECO