NYT Crossword September 14, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Cherokee or Wrangler 4 5A Omelet ingredients 4 9A Big noisy fight 5 14A Cornfield measure 4 15A Little flying pest 4 16A Dale who sang "Happy Trails" with Roy Rogers 5 17A Crew building 9 19A Assigns stars to, as on Yelp 5 20A "Spare" things at a barbecue 4 21A Stately tree 3 23A Before, in poetry 3 24A Atlantic City attraction 6 27A "Is it bigger than a ___?" 8 29A 911 respondent, in brief 3 30A Latina toon explorer 4 32A Beatles song with the lyric “She promises the earth to me” 4 33A Pinocchio's are easily exposed 4 35A "Absolutely, amigo!" 4 37A The White Stripes and the Black Keys, for two 4 39A Close boxing match outcome 13 42A Picket line crosser 4 43A Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree" 4 44A Contacted on Instagram, informally 4 46A Bills typically found in a tip jar 4 48A Mallorca or Menorca, por ejemplo 4 50A Place for a piercing or a plug 3 51A All-out boxing match 8 54A Sarcastic 6 56A "Hamilton" composer ___-Manuel Miranda 3 57A Singer/actress Rita ___ 3 58A It's "smashed" in a particle accelerator 4 59A Playful aquatic mammal 5 61A Flip out … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 27-, 39- and 51-Across 9 66A Word said while pointing 5 67A "Never Have I ___" (sleepover game) 4 68A Coldest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale 4 69A Informal hoops game 5 70A Winter road application 4 71A Rams' mates 4

Down

1D Quick boxing punch 3 2D Prefix with friendly or warrior 3 3D Slice of history 3 4D ___ dish (lab item) 5 5D Self-esteem builder 8 6D African antelopes 4 7D Something an electric car doesn't use 3 8D Have the reins 5 9D Disney's Ariel and her sisters 8 10D Youngest of the Gabor sisters 3 11D One slow to develop 11 12D Beginning of el año 5 13D English county NE of London 5 18D Female red deer 4 22D "Break a ___!" 3 24D "The Simpsons" collectible 3 25D Out of place 5 26D Pedometer 11 27D Single, double or triple 7 28D Ancient Celtic priest 5 31D Clears (of) 4 34D Word hidden, aptly, in "teen's language" 5 36D Completes, as a cake 4 38D Move stealthily 5 40D Lead-in to "except after C" 8 41D "Let me go first" 8 45D Like some humor and wine 3 47D To be, in Barcelona 3 49D Soon, in poems 4 51D Animal that sleeps upside down 5 52D Certain art print, informally 5 53D Wise sorts 5 55D Astound 5 58D Brother of Cain 4 60D TV medical drama settings, in brief 3 62D Things traveling through fallopian tubes 3 63D Previously unseen 3 64D "Rules ___ rules" 3 65D Abba title sung after the line "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" 3