NYT Crossword September 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Server's warning at a restaurant 6 7A Moved along (to) 6 13A Modern tech aid whose design was inspired by a Go board 6 14A Figuratively speaking 7 15A Begin to boil 6 16A Insects named for when they emerge 8 17A Breaks off 4 18A Water containers 4 19A Dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" 4 20A Four-time N.B.A. All-Star Young 4 21A Line at an Apple Store 4 22A Permanent, perhaps 5 23A Contents of some pockets 3 24A Yell sharply 4 25A Org. whose events are typically held at clubs 3 26A Country club? 13 30A Defensive effort in the red zone 13 32A Not everyone agrees on this 13 34A Ball girl 3 35A "Big Brother" host Julie 4 36A Org. concerned with traffic 3 37A Ones catching rays, perhaps? 5 40A Two in a row? 4 41A Places to buy buckets, familiarly 4 42A Common plant for a "plant mom" 4 43A Long-bodied fish 4 44A Cookie contents 4 45A Not together, in a way 8 47A "Is that a challenge?!" 6 49A Some features of backyard landscaping 7 50A "I'll be right with you" 6 51A Gave the once-over 6 52A "Don't believe me? Just watch!" 6

Down

1D Brightness measures, in brief 3 2D Element of a dating profile? 8 3D Potential outcomes 9 4D Mass 5 5D ___ of Solomon, literary collection written in the first or second century 4 6D Sci-fi writer Chiang 3 7D "&" follower, in some business names 4 8D When much rainy weather occurs in Côte d'Ivoire 3 9D Flip 9 10D Seize 5 11D High-ranking scout 5 12D Company whose products suck 5 14D Additional schoolwork? 4 16D Simple cocktail named for two brands 11 18D "Phooey!" 6 20D Torque symbol, in physics 3 21D Bit of nonsense writing that typically gets a laugh 6 22D Delighted cry upon receiving an acceptance 6 24D Ball girls 6 25D Leap day baby, e.g. 6 27D Clicked with a partner? 9 28D Snicker 6 29D Simple check for freshness 9 31D Act like yourself, perhaps? 8 33D Nasty ___ (noted rap moniker) 3 37D Not in the minority? 5 38D It often has four legs 5 39D Fidget spinners or Angry Birds, once 5 40D Give ___ (cause consternation in) 4 41D Character played by Rashida Jones on "The Office" 5 43D Set piece 4 44D Longtime U.F.C. C.E.O. ___ White 4 46D Aladdin's sidekick 3 47D Many a nonfiction Oscar nominee, informally 3 48D Lead-in to "lab" in the name of an S&P 500 company 3