Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "LOOSECANNON".
Total Clues
78
Longest
LOOSECANNON
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
BET
Featured Clue
"<i>Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck</i>"
11 Letters
LOOSECANNON
ALLComplete Solution List
"OK," in modern slang
3BET
Develop
5BUILD
Postlarval insects
5PUPAE
Prefix with skeleton
3EXO
Ewoks' home
5ENDOR
Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly
5ERUPT
Top starter
3ACE
<i>Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck</i>
11LOOSECANNON
Semper Fidelis, for one
5MOTTO
Advantage
5LEGUP
Me time destination
3SPA
Creature of Egyptian myth
6SPHINX
Bus schedule component
4STOP
Some landscaping equipment
6EDGERS
Worker who's behind the Times?
6EDITOR
Plow puller of old
4MULE
"Verb," ironically
4NOUN
Part of a black suit
5SPADE
Its three largest cities all have names starting with C
4OHIO
Completely lost ... or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning
5ATSEA
Barely made (out)
4EKED
Chat, informally
5CONVO
Old-timey "listen"
4HARK
Out of juice
4DEAD
Paint options
6SHEENS
Permanent-press
6NOIRON
Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem
4REEF
Music genre for some yoga classes
6NEWAGE
Suffix with devil
3ISH
Expresses approval, in a way
5CLAPS
Remove from its original packaging, say
5UNBOX
<i>Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds</i>
11THEDOLDRUMS
Consumed
3ATE
Character in "Monsters, Inc."
5COMMA
Like many a campfire story
5EERIE
Hiker to a QB: Abbr.
3CTR
Elevate, as a flag
5HOIST
Shell out cash
5SPEND
Word with sewing or starter
3KIT
Has a happy face
5BEAMS
Former member of the force
5EXCOP
<i>Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks</i>
10TOETHELINE
Fit in
6BELONG
Game in which players draw and skip
3UNO
Big celebrity
4IDOL
When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes
4LOSE
Leftovers
5DREGS
Stir-fry add-ins
7PEAPODS
Decorative vessel
3URN
"Sofa, so good" and such
4PUNS
Each
4APOP
Sicilian smoker
4ETNA
___ as a bug's ear.
4CUTE
<i>Drift with the natural flow of currents</i>
8TIDEOVER
TV's warrior princess
4XENA
<i>Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change</i>
8PIPEDOWN
I.R.A. classification
4ROTH
Lazy
5SUSAN
<i>Flattened against the masts in a changing wind</i>
10TAKENABACK
Roman theaters
4ODEA
Comedian Foxx
4REDD
Soft leather shoes, for short
4MOCS
That's not good ...
4UHOH
Fiddler-emperor, legend has it
4NERO
Similar
4AKIN
Minimal paint job
7ONECOAT
Promote
4SELL
Not just thrown away, say
6REUSED
Gradually tapered cuts
5FADES
Jailed New York crime boss
5GOTTI
Wield, as authority
5EXERT
Bite reminder, maybe
4ITCH
Get away
4SHOO
Prefix with sphere
4HEMI
Dice peppers, e.g.
4PREP
Positive
4SURE
Personally contacts online, for short
3DMS
Max's opposite
3MIN