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NYT Crossword — September 14, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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39 clues

1Cherokee or Wrangler

5Omelet ingredients

9Big noisy fight

14Cornfield measure

15Little flying pest

16Dale who sang "Happy Trails" with Roy Rogers

17Crew building

19Assigns stars to, as on Yelp

20"Spare" things at a barbecue

23Before, in poetry

24Atlantic City attraction

27"Is it bigger than a ___?"

29911 respondent, in brief

30Latina toon explorer

32Beatles song with the lyric “She promises the earth to me”

33Pinocchio's are easily exposed

35"Absolutely, amigo!"

37The White Stripes and the Black Keys, for two

39Close boxing match outcome

42Picket line crosser

43Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree"

44Contacted on Instagram, informally

46Bills typically found in a tip jar

48Mallorca or Menorca, por ejemplo

50Place for a piercing or a plug

51All-out boxing match

56"Hamilton" composer ___-Manuel Miranda

57Singer/actress Rita ___

58It's "smashed" in a particle accelerator

59Playful aquatic mammal

61Flip out … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 27-, 39- and 51-Across

66Word said while pointing

67"Never Have I ___" (sleepover game)

68Coldest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale

69Informal hoops game

70Winter road application

Down

39 clues

1Quick boxing punch

2Prefix with friendly or warrior

3Slice of history

4___ dish (lab item)

5Self-esteem builder

6African antelopes

7Something an electric car doesn't use

8Have the reins

9Disney's Ariel and her sisters

10Youngest of the Gabor sisters

11One slow to develop

12Beginning of el año

13English county NE of London

18Female red deer

22"Break a ___!"

24"The Simpsons" collectible

27Single, double or triple

28Ancient Celtic priest

34Word hidden, aptly, in "teen's language"

36Completes, as a cake

38Move stealthily

40Lead-in to "except after C"

41"Let me go first"

45Like some humor and wine

47To be, in Barcelona

49Soon, in poems

51Animal that sleeps upside down

52Certain art print, informally

58Brother of Cain

60TV medical drama settings, in brief

62Things traveling through fallopian tubes

63Previously unseen

64"Rules ___ rules"

65Abba title sung after the line "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me"

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Stats & info

Monday, Sep 14, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 14, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAndrea Carla Michaels and Dena R. Verkuil

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

39AClose boxing match outcome13 ltrs 11DOne slow to develop11 ltrs 26DPedometer11 ltrs 17ACrew building9 ltrs 61AFlip out … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 27-, 39- and 51-Across9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.