Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, September 15, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "PRDISASTER".
Total Clues
81
Longest
PRDISASTER
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ROO
Featured Clue
"Cringey ad campaign going viral, for example"
10 Letters
PRDISASTER
ALLComplete Solution List
Laffy ___, candy with a rhyming name
5TAFFY
Poker buy-in
4ANTE
"The windows to the soul," metaphorically
4EYES
Frighten
5SCARE
Villain's hideout
4LAIR
American Girl toy
4DOLL
Cringey ad campaign going viral, for example
10PRDISASTER
Madonna's "La ____ Bonita"
4ISLA
Goes out with
4SEES
Piglet and Pooh's marsupial friend
3ROO
Well, in that case ...
6OKTHEN
Clic Stic and Wite-Out brand
3BIC
Character at the heart of the "Who shot ...?" cliffhanger of 1980s TV
7JREWING
Colombian cornmeal cake
5AREPA
San José, __ Rica
5COSTA
Oculus Rift or Meta Quest 3
9VRHEADSET
Opposite of chaos
5ORDER
Texter's "I think ..."
3IMO
Started a game of blackjack, say
5DEALT
18-wheeler
4SEMI
Agrees nonverbally
4NODS
Red root vegetables
5BEETS
Kind of rally at high school
3PEP
Put up, as a building
5ERECT
Many characters on "The Pitt"
9ERDOCTORS
Quick
5HURRY
Group holding a nominating convention
5PARTY
Scannable squares often used in place of paper menus
7QRCODES
____-Wan Kenobi
3OBI
Rang, as a bell
6TOLLED
Pooch's bark
3ARF
Paddington Bear's country of origin
4PERU
What a light bulb represents, in comics
4IDEA
Puppet dragon of 1960s kids' TV
10HRPUFNSTUF
Bottom-heavy fruit
4PEAR
Britney Spears's "___! ... I Did It Again"
4OOPS
Perform better than
5OUTDO
Daughters' brothers
4SONS
Exam
4TEST
French fries-to-be
5SPUDS
Cough syrup amts.
4TSPS
Farmland measure
4ACRE
Haircut that transitions from shorter sides to longer top
4FADE
Ultimate ___ (team sport)
7FRISBEE
Word of consent
3YES
Too
4ALSO
Grp. with a phonetic alphabet
4NATO
Cause for overtime
3TIE
Screw-ups
6ERRORS
Conflicts over Wikipedia content
8EDITWARS
Mario's dinosaur sidekick
5YOSHI
Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"
5ELLEN
Vernacular found in Urban Dictionary
5SLANG
Place for coin-op game machines
6ARCADE
Kind of high-fat diet
4KETO
Tablet with Pro, Air and mini versions
4IPAD
Scribbled (down)
6JOTTED
Knight's wear
5ARMOR
The "R" in R.I.
5RHODE
The "log" in "ants on a log"
6CELERY
Trellis-climbing plant
4VINE
"Light" Jedi weapons
6SABERS
Railroad station
5DEPOT
Manicurist's filing board
5EMERY
Laces into
4RIPS
Well-educated sorts
8SCHOLARS
Fill back to capacity, as a glass
6TOPOFF
Healing cover
4SCAB
"Lose the ___, dude!"
4TUDE
Causes to make a mistake
7TRIPSUP
Bit of fiery cinnamon candy
6REDHOT
Cotton swabs not recommended for ear canal use
5QTIPS
Cowboy contest
5RODEO
Fresh from the dishwasher
5CLEAN
Grindr and Tinder, for two
4APPS
Sign of decay
4RUST
Brute
4ETTU
Ant-Man star Paul
4RUDD
Sights that make you go "What the ...?!"
4UFOS
__ v. Wade: 1973 Supreme Court decision
3ROE
Rejections
3NOS