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NYT Crossword — September 17, 2026

Thursday’s 14 × 15 puzzle, 79 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
1Buds
5Concealer for the face
9Pre-K building blocks
13Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot
14Stick it to your rival!
15Bring in
16Twill-woven worsted wool garment
17Fix, in a way
18Purple bubble tea flavor
19Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief
20Short sidekick?
21Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball"
22Dub over?
24Cuatro y dos
26Business magnate Condé
28Promising places?
32Ferry or wherry
35Start of an incantation
37Pastoral sound
38Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
42Inspired stuff
43Pro device
44___ out a win
45Bond alternatives
47"... ___ no one ever"
50Edge jump in figure skating
52Scenes on Black Friday
56Kaitlin of "Hacks"
59Pawn
61Addendum to the five W's
62Female antelopes
63"'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem)
64Woodsy scent
65Top of a mosque, often
66Column in decimal notation
67Central Plains people
68Losing streak
69Column in decimal notation
70Cheeky

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20Reddit Q&A sesh
21Purple shade
23Prefix with body or bacterial
25Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically
27"Toodle-oo!"
29One way to run
30Actors like biting into a juicy one
31On board, say
32Pollster's concern
33"Handling this as we speak"
34Hairstyle that you've picked out?
36Kings and queens, e.g.
39Canon competitor
40___ facto
41Makeover
46Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps
48Digital security credential
49Get to
51Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two
53Cannellini, e.g.
54Organ-related item in a wallet
55Perfect place
56Expert employed by a sportsbook
57"Show me some real effort!"
58It's not a full stop
60Room in the audience up for grabs
63Absolute train wrecks
64Andy Warhol, e.g.

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Stats & info

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026
14×15
Grid size
79
Total entries
38/172
Black / letter cells
4.4
Avg entry length
14 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedSep 17, 2026
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorEnrique Henestroza Anguiano
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split39 across · 40 down
Longest entries
38AWeb design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme14 ltrs22ADub over?6 ltrs28APromising places?6 ltrs45ABond alternatives6 ltrs52AScenes on Black Friday6 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.4 letters per entry.