NYT Crossword September 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Light décor 10 11A Last place? 4 15A Pop-up with an envelope icon 10 16A Round figure 4 17A Winner's circle? 10 18A Take two 4 19A Hyperfixated 6 20A "Thick ___ Brick" (1972 Jethro Tull album) 3 21A Earth's pull, informally 4 22A On the ___ (free) 5 23A Thumbs-down votes in the Duma 5 25A Why wait? 3 26A Personal circumstances, so to speak 5 28A Justice who's the subject of the 2026 biography "Revenge for the Sixties" 5 30A Rolls out the green carpet? 4 34A First full word sung in "The Alphabet Song" 3 35A Proverbial small amount 6 36A "Now we're talking!" 15 39A Capers 6 40A Common ___ 3 41A Rowing machines, in gym lingo 4 42A "Schitt's Creek" matriarch 5 43A Really hurts 5 45A Rout, in computer game lingo 3 46A Word with letter or grant 5 48A Toothbrush handle? 5 53A Smokes 4 55A N.B.A. coach Jordan ___ 3 56A Punnily named production company behind TV's "Insecure" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show" 6 57A Stat 4 58A Common sleep aid 10 60A Acquire by default? 4 61A Math class assignment 10 62A Labor, e.g.: Abbr. 4 63A Appliances that are always blowing out? 10

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1D Carpenter's tool 5 2D ___ acid 5 3D Kind of photography lens for a close-up 5 4D Wraps in the Mideast 5 5D Certain geometry calculations 6 6D Playwright Moss ___ 4 7D Gymnast Raisman 3 8D What a joke may get eventually 15 9D Takes marks off in a classroom? 6 10D Mid-March V.I.P., informally 5 11D "Surf" food in Japan, or "turf" animal in Spain 4 12D Kitchen counter 9 13D Became a household name, say 9 14D Examples of media on Medium 9 23D Many a listing in an etiquette book 4 24D Wrap in South Asia 4 27D Actors unsuited for subtle roles 4 29D Country singer Combs 4 30D Rewards program tracker 9 31D "It's finally clear" 9 32D Phone connector? 9 33D Arouse 4 35D Simoleon 4 37D Labor pain? 4 38D Journalist Larson who wrote "The Splendid and the Vile" 4 43D Godzilla adversary 6 44D Longhorn's rival 6 47D Acidic 5 49D Capacious 5 50D Surface 5 51D Pointer for a public speaker 5 52D Sources of the juice that "bleeds" in a faux meat patty 5 54D Tough thing to be in 4 56D Stayed together 4 59D Placeholder abbr. 3