NYT Crossword September 16, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Important info to have while you're waiting in a cellphone lot, for short 3 4A Fall or fell 6 10A Cause of a sudden change in interest, informally? 4 14A Close 4 15A Pho soup garnishes 7 16A Conduit of neural signals 4 17A Early models 10 19A Relative of a gull 4 20A "Ain't gonna happen" 4 21A Big bang cause 3 22A Chilling 5 24A The remotest of remote jobs? 9 27A Kid 5 28A Supermodel Banks 4 29A Break into loud cheers, as a crowd 5 31A Answer to "Who's ready to go?" 3 33A Broadcast 3 35A Uno + due 3 36A Mononymous Irish singer 4 37A Animated film that was the highest-grossing movie of 1992 7 41A "Impossible!" 7 43A Hibernation spots 4 44A Dip target, maybe 3 46A Things entered in a sudoku grid: Abbr. 3 47A Messy dorm room, figuratively 3 48A Fruits often seen in still lifes 5 50A Take back, for short 4 53A City haze 4 55A Canine guard? 8 57A Dishwasher cycle 5 59A "A form of madness," it's said 3 60A Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" 4 62A Singer/songwriter Mitchell 4 63A Fruits named after a mythical drink 10 66A Noted cartoon dog 5 67A Its first video, "Me at the zoo," has over 400 million views 7 68A State whose outline can be made by connecting seven particular squares in this puzzle 4 69A Valley 4 70A Give a once-over 6 71A Crafty 3

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1D Channel with "2" and "U" spinoffs 4 2D Pharynx setting 6 3D Post-mortem 7 4D General on a Chinese menu 3 5D Decide one will 5 6D Hester of "The Scarlet Letter" 6 7D Grab-and-go breakfast option 7 8D Guitar relative 4 9D Gas brand seen in Edward Hopper's "Portrait of Orleans" 4 10D Betting odds, e.g. 5 11D Concern for a gymnastics judge 9 12D Certain pickleball shot 8 13D Greenwich Village's Stonewall, e.g. 3 18D Groups of four 7 23D Paper competing with the W.S.J. 3 25D Debugger? 4 26D Remedy for a missed exit 5 30D Lowly worker 4 32D Farm sound 3 34D Ready to eat 4 36D Small hound that doesn't bark 7 37D What a premium subscription may help you avoid 3 38D "Time to go!" 8 39D Very soon 9 40D By 4 42D What "Coco" is a nickname for, for tennis's Coco Gauff 4 45D Military hairstyles 8 48D Family-friendly movie ratings 3 49D The Sphinx, for one 6 51D Classic comic strip that's the source for nine Emmys and two Tonys 7 52D Folding a fitted sheet, it may seem 6 54D Edible bulb 5 56D Many Moroccans 5 58D Mononymous Irish singer 4 61D Grayish 4 62D Profile pic format, in brief 3 64D Dawn deity 3 65D In medias ___ 3