NYT Crossword September 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Buds 4 5A Concealer for the face 4 9A Pre-K building blocks 4 13A Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot 4 14A Stick it to your rival! 4 15A Bring in 4 16A Twill-woven worsted wool garment 4 17A Fix, in a way 4 18A Purple bubble tea flavor 4 19A Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief 3 20A Short sidekick? 4 21A Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball" 5 22A Dub over? 6 24A Cuatro y dos 4 26A Business magnate Condé 4 28A Promising places? 6 32A Ferry or wherry 4 35A Start of an incantation 4 37A Pastoral sound 3 38A Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme 14 42A Inspired stuff 3 43A Pro device 4 44A ___ out a win 4 45A Bond alternatives 6 47A "... ___ no one ever" 4 50A Edge jump in figure skating 4 52A Scenes on Black Friday 6 56A Kaitlin of "Hacks" 5 59A Pawn 4 61A Addendum to the five W's 3 62A Female antelopes 4 63A "'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem) 4 64A Woodsy scent 4 65A Top of a mosque, often 4 66A Column in decimal notation 4 67A Central Plains people 4 68A Losing streak 4 69A Column in decimal notation 4 70A Cheeky 4

Down

1D — 5 2D — 5 3D — 5 4D — 3 5D — 6 6D — 4 7D — 5 8D — 3 9D — 6 10D — 4 11D — 4 12D — 4 20D Reddit Q&A sesh 3 21D Purple shade 5 23D Prefix with body or bacterial 4 25D Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically 4 27D "Toodle-oo!" 4 29D One way to run 4 30D Actors like biting into a juicy one 4 31D On board, say 4 32D Pollster's concern 4 33D "Handling this as we speak" 4 34D Hairstyle that you've picked out? 4 36D Kings and queens, e.g. 4 39D Canon competitor 5 40D ___ facto 4 41D Makeover 4 46D Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps 6 48D Digital security credential 6 49D Get to 3 51D Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two 5 53D Cannellini, e.g. 5 54D Organ-related item in a wallet 5 55D Perfect place 5 56D Expert employed by a sportsbook 4 57D "Show me some real effort!" 4 58D It's not a full stop 4 60D Room in the audience up for grabs 4 63D Absolute train wrecks 3 64D Andy Warhol, e.g. 3