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NYT Crossword
Sunday, September 13, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, September 13, 2026 features 160 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "FLUTESECTION".

Total Clues

160

Longest

FLUTESECTION

Avg Length

5.0

Shortest

SOD

Featured Clue

"<i>Certain group of orchestral winds</i>"

12 Letters

FLUTESECTION

ALLComplete Solution List

Showed some real malice toward

Mideast currency

Landscaper's timesaver

Well, how about that!

Practice taught in a dojo

Computer's "brain," in brief

<i>Certain group of orchestral winds</i>

Large insect named from Greek myth

Hook for a newspaper article

Forerunners of CDs

"De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.)

<i>Mechanic's offering</i>

<i>Told, as a story</i>

Turn from solid to liquid

Santa Fe automaker

Two of them make up a diameter

<i>Group project on a winter's day, perhaps</i>

What snobby people put on

___ Simmons, founding member of Kiss

Missouri airport code

Highly anomalous

Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend

Enthusiastic response to "Who's ready?"

Celebration between Xmas and M.L.K. Day

Classic Dalmatian name

"Am I invisible or what?!"

Airport screening org.

Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover"

Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen"

Mellow, in a way

Prompts to play, while conducting

Largest zodiac constellation

Material in reusable diapers

Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me"

Pioneering premium channel

Plot feature of "Planet of the Apes"

Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites

<i>Suitable</i>

Source of the word "tuk-tuk" used for a motorized rickshaw

"What ___ we doing?"

Took a load off

Cousins of cobras

<i>"Good job!"</i>

Cell network letters

Co-Stooge of Larry

Reply to "Nuh-uh!"

1990s exercise fad

Descended with rappelling ropes

Step forcefully

Alternative to a username when logging in

1,000,000,000 years

Period of letting loose

Abbr. after some business names

Looks of contempt

Flour de-clumper

Intriguing appeal

Cornet lookalike

Food assistance syst.

Easily recite, with "off"

Walks nervously, in a way

Jazz drummer Blakey

Stunners, so to speak

William and Harry's mum

Like choices that can't turn out that badly

Japan's largest carrier

Locale with many seasonal businesses

Previously unseen sporting result (term coined in 2014)

Pick, with "for"

That's obvious!

Mabel Mora's portrayer on "Only Murders in the Building"

Use your words?

Central support

Concluding passage, in music.

French film award

Reword, perhaps

Child king of Egypt

URL ender for many nonprofits

Isle of ___ (Scottish locale whose name sounds like an expression of endearment)

Sound of impact

Home of the Christ the Redeemer statue

Brings the house down, like a comic

Moving between the poles?

Computer covered by AppleCare

What acids do when mixed with bases

Secondhand lung irritant

Bird whose name comes from the Latin for "golden"

Glittery holiday strands

Pastries that can be very sweet, ironically

Tucked-away observations

Shipmate of Spock

Pods in bhindi masala

Advertising award

Home décor options

Hookup during infusion therapy, in brief

Mardi Gras accessory

Released with conditions

Topping for an apple crisp

Soft-serve request

Deandre ___, N.B.A. center who was picked first in the 2018 draft

Weapon used by some chimpanzees

Lead-in to grid or play

Puts in the mail?

Off-Broadway award

Heaven on earth

Boomer at a concert

It's sometimes shortened to the letter "N"

Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

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