New Yorker Crossword September 16 2026 Answers (9/16/26)

Our New Yorker Crossword September 16, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The New Yorker Crossword September 16, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 9/16/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« September 15 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Takes over litter-box duties during a friend’s travels, say
8A	School walkout or student encampment, e.g.
15A	Slightly
16A	Encountered unexpectedly
17A	Nation represented by the Olympians Elaine Thompson-Herah and Usain Bolt
18A	South American country named for its latitude
19A	Heeds a command
20A	Features of bagels and doughnuts
22A	Non-___ foods
23A	Western neighbor of Vietnam
24A	Become inedible
25A	Abbreviated rank of the cereal mascot Horatio Magellan Crunch
26A	Big Australian bird
27A	Symbol on matching “I’m His Boyfriend” shirts
28A	Astronomical object with a tail
29A	Digital repository of information
31A	“Holy ___!”
32A	Sole
33A	T. rex or triceratops, for short
34A	Activity for a cyber-athlete
37A	Page-a-day ___
41A	Rapid
42A	Boxing matches
43A	“Desperate Housewives” star Longoria
44A	Something pushed by a librarian or a flight attendant
45A	Twists and ___
46A	Nutritional regimen
47A	“I think I just figured it out!”
48A	Contaminate
49A	German bacteriologist with a namesake dish
50A	Muscular dog breed
52A	Language in which “good morning” is “buongiorno”
54A	Voted into office
55A	Avian metaphor for a savings fund
56A	Talk about
57A	Alternative to contact lenses
1D	Coaxed
2D	“The ___ Solution” (2025 documentary about a Southern state’s prison system)
3D	What a coach might call using a “T” hand gesture
4D	Sticks around
5D	Disease suffix
6D	Trio with the hits “Waterfalls” and “No Scrubs”
7D	Marine animal with an equine name
8D	Undergraduate track for a future attorney
9D	Competed in a marathon or a triathlon
10D	Burden
11D	“Seven Days in June” author Williams
12D	Final stage of a chess match
13D	Walked angrily
14D	Canadian city that’s home to the N.B.A.’s Raptors and the W.N.B.A.’s Tempo
21D	Instrument in the woodwind family
24D	Source of research funding
25D	Punctuation mark used to represent the eyes of an emoticon
27D	Cancel, as a mission
28D	Waffle ___ (ice-cream-shop options)
30D	In the air
31D	Leans to one side
33D	Intimidating
34D	Got away
35D	Language in which “good morning” is “habari za asubuhi”
36D	Illegally downloads
37D	Vegetable with a cob and a husk
38D	Gods
39D	Arithmetic mean
40D	Numbers of interest to TV executives
42D	Does some construction
45D	“___ of a Fourth Grade Nothing” (Judy Blume book)
46D	Shoulder muscles, briefly
48D	Skirt worn while doing pliés and pirouettes
49D	“¿Qué ___?”
51D	E-mail field for hidden recipients
53D	Ro-___ (brand of canned tomatoes with chiles)