Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, September 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 17, 2026 features 67 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "INFINITESCROLL".
Total Clues
67
Longest
INFINITESCROLL
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
EVO
Featured Clue
"Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"
14 Letters
INFINITESCROLL
ALLComplete Solution List
Buds
4MACS
Concealer for the face
4MASK
Pre-K building blocks
4ABCS
Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot
4ALOE
Stick it to your rival!
4EPEE
Bring in
4REAP
Twill-woven worsted wool garment
4KILT
Fix, in a way
4SPAY
Purple bubble tea flavor
4TARO
Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief
3EVO
Short sidekick?
4ASST
Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball"
5LINDT
Dub over
6RENAME
Cuatro y dos
4SEIS
Business magnate Condé
4NAST
Promising places
6ALTARS
Ferry or wherry
4BOAT
Start of an incantation
4ABRA
Pastoral sound
3MOO
Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
14INFINITESCROLL
Inspired stuff
3AIR
Pro device
4IPAD
___ out a win
4EKED
Bond alternatives
6STOCKS
__ no one ever
4SAID
Edge jump in figure skating
4LOOP
Scenes on Black Friday
6CROWDS
Kaitlin of "Hacks"
5OLSON
Pawn
4HOCK
Addendum to the five W's
3HOW
Female antelopes
4DOES
"'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem)
4HOPE
Woodsy scent.
4PINE
Top of a mosque, often
4DOME
Column in decimal notation
4ONES
Central Plains people
4OTOE
Losing streak
4SKID
Column in decimal notation
4TENS
Cheeky
4PERT
Reddit Q&A sesh
3AMA
Purple shade
5LILAC
Prefix with body or bacterial
4ANTI
Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically
4EARS
Toodle-oo!
4TATA
One way to run?
4AMOK
Actors like biting into a juicy one
4ROLE
On board, say
4SOLD
Pollster's concern
4BIAS
"Handling this as we speak"
4ONIT
Hairstyle that you've picked out?
4AFRO
Kings and queens, e.g.
4BEDS
Canon competitor
5NIKON
__ facto
4IPSO
Makeover
4REDO
Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps
9CLOSEDSET
Digital security credential
9ACCESSKEY
Get to
3IRK
Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two
9PHONEAPPS
Cannellini, e.g.
9WHITEBEAN
Organ-related item in a wallet
9DONORCARD
Perfect place
9SWEETSPOT
Expert employed by a sportsbook
9ODDSMAKER
"Show me some real effort!"
9LOOKALIVE
It's not a full stop
9SEMICOLON
Room in the audience up for grabs
9OPENSEATS
Absolute train wrecks
9HOTMESSES
Andy Warhol, e.g.
9POPARTIST