Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, September 18, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, September 18, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "UNITEDNATIONS".
Total Clues
68
Longest
UNITEDNATIONS
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
AIR
Featured Clue
"Country club?"
13 Letters
UNITEDNATIONS
ALLComplete Solution List
Server's warning at a restaurant
6ITSHOT
Moved along (to)
6SEGUED
Modern tech aid whose design was inspired by a Go board
6QRCODE
Figuratively speaking
7SOTOSAY
Begin to boil
6SEERED
Insects named for when they emerge
8JUNEBUGS
Breaks off
4ENDS
Water containers
4DAMS
Dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur"
4ARLO
Four-time N.B.A. All-Star Young
4TRAE
Line at an Apple Store
4MACS
Permanent, perhaps
5INPEN
Contents of some pockets
3AIR
Yell sharply
4BARK
Org. whose events are typically held at clubs
3PGA
Country club?
13UNITEDNATIONS
Defensive effort in the red zone
13GOALLINESTAND
Not everyone agrees on this
13SPLITDECISION
Ball girl
3DEB
Big Brother host Julie
4CHEN
Org. concerned with traffic
3FAA
Ones catching rays, perhaps?
5ORCAS
Two in a row?
4FOES
Places to buy buckets, familiarly
4KFCS
Common plant for a "plant mom"
4FERN
Long-bodied fish
4PIKE
Cookie contents?
4DATA
Not together, in a way
8ALACARTE
Is that a challenge?!
6DAREME
Some features of backyard landscaping
7GAZEBOS
I'll be right with you!
6ONESEC
Gave the once over
6EYEDUP
"Don't believe me? Just watch!"
6CANTOO
Brightness measures, in brief
3IQS
Element of a dating profile?
8TREERING
Potential outcomes
9SCENARIOS
Mass
5HORDE
___ of Solomon, literary collection written in the first or second century
4ODES
Sci-fi writer Chiang
3TED
& follower in some business names
4SONS
When much rainy weather occurs in Côte d'Ivoire
3ETE
Flip
9GOBANANAS
Seize
5USURP
High-ranking scout
5EAGLE
Company whose products suck
5DYSON
Additional schoolwork?
4SUMS
Simple cocktail named for two brands
11JACKANDCOKE
Phooey!
6DARNIT
Torque symbol, in physics
3TAU
Bit of nonsense writing that typically gets a laugh
6MADLIB
Delighted cry upon receiving an acceptance
6IGOTIN
Ball girls
6BELLES
Leap day baby, e.g.
6PISCES
Clicked with a partner?
9TAPDANCED
Snicker ____
6TEEHEE
Simple check for freshness
9SNIFFTEST
Act like yourself, perhaps?
8DOACAMEO
Nasty ___ (noted rap moniker)
3NAS
Not in the minority?
5OFAGE
It often has four legs
5RELAY
Fidget spinners or Angry Birds, once
5CRAZE
Give ___ (cause consternation in)
4FITS
Character played by Rashida Jones on "The Office"
5KAREN
Set piece?
4PROP
Longtime U.F.C. C.E.O. ___ White
4DANA
Aladdin's sidekick
3ABU
Many a nonfiction Oscar nominee, informally
3DOC
Lead-in to "lab" in the name of an S&P 500 company
3ECO