Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, September 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, September 11, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "SOBADITSGOOD".
Total Clues
72
Longest
SOBADITSGOOD
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
TIA
Featured Clue
"Assessment of something enjoyed ironically"
12 Letters
SOBADITSGOOD
ALLComplete Solution List
Impediments to collaboration
4EGOS
It's the thing
4ITEM
Motion on a screen
5SWIPE
Anchor's spot
4DESK
I've had enough of this
10THATDOESIT
People who worshiped the rain god Illapa
4INCA
Unexpected twists
10CURVEBALLS
Singer/actress Carrere
3TIA
U.S. senators Warnock and Duckworth, for two
4PHDS
How often blue moons occur
6RARELY
Track-and-field challenges
7HURDLES
Nods at a lot?
4BIDS
Barrel (along)
5SPEED
Big name in 23-Down
4LEVI
Lentils prepared with ghee, perhaps
3DAL
Jazz Age Disney princess
5TIANA
Drives for money?
9TELETHONS
Actor Elba
5IDRIS
A long time follower?
3AGO
Expert in worldwide fulfillment and distribution operations?
5SANTA
"I'll wait for your update"
9LETMEKNOW
Attire for a high-pressure job?
5GSUIT
Put down
3LAY
Pad
4DIGS
Ramadan, e.g.
5MONTH
Particles in a particle accelerator
4IONS
Comforts
7SOOTHES
Fairly low-risk investment
6AABOND
Chip source, informally
4SPUD
Guard at the gates of Mordor
3ORC
Tool for adding sparkle to lackluster prose?
10GLITTERPEN
Tiger ___ (spiky houseplant)
4ALOE
Steered too close to the shoreline, say
10RANAGROUND
How one might feel at a support group meeting
4SEEN
Ergo
5ANDSO
Wraps
4ENDS
Look at me
4PSST
___ Ann (classic Lily Tomlin character)
5EDITH
That's brilliant!
10GENIUSIDEA
Hollywood post-broadcast fete
10OSCARPARTY
Export from Jamaica
3SKA
Had a hankering
6ITCHED
Sounds of fall?
5THUDS
Sound wave amplifiers
4EARS
Network debut of 1981
3MTV
Assessment of something enjoyed ironically
12SOBADITSGOOD
Sports
5WEARS
Part of a key chain?
4ISLE
Prop in "The Matrix"
4PILL
Keep commerce human website
4ETSY
Infer from
6DERIVE
"I'll be sad if you leave"
12PLEASEDONTGO
Fabric related to chambray
5DENIM
Down under
5BELOW
Bricks used in some castles
5LEGOS
Timbits from Tim Hortons, e.g.
10DONUTHOLES
Flawed protagonists
10ANTIHEROES
Trial that an attorney may not remember fondly?
4LSAT
Cash register part
4TILL
Blue ___ (coral reef swimmers like Pixar's Dory)
5TANGS
Lacks
5HASNT
More compassionate
6KINDER
Candy bar in the jingle that begins "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"
6MOUNDS
Ptolemy III?
5IOTAS
Welcome advice from a financial planner
5SPEND
Lavender or lilac
5SCENT
City where Shah Jahan built a monument to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
4AGRA
Film composer Silvestri
4ALAN
__ pickle
4BIND
Like silk or yarn
4SPUN
Pseudonym cited repeatedly in the 2022 Dobbs decision
3ROE
"The pretty worm of Nilus," per Shakespeare's Cleopatra
3ASP