New York Times Crossword September 12 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword September 12 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 70 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Light décorLAMPSHADES10Across1
Last place?TOMB4Across11
Pop-up with an envelope iconEMAILALERT10Across15
Round figureOVAL4Across16
Winner's circle?VICTORYLAP10Across17
Take twoREDO4Across18
HyperfixatedENRAPT6Across19
"Thick ___ Brick" (1972 Jethro Tull album)ASA3Across20
Earth's pull, informallyONEG4Across21
On the ___ (free)LOOSE5Across22
Thumbs-down votes in the DumaNYETS5Across23
Why wait?TIP3Across25
Personal circumstances, so to speakSHOES5Across26
Justice who's the subject of the 2026 biography "Revenge for the Sixties"ALITO5Across28
Rolls out the green carpet?SODS4Across30
First full word sung in "The Alphabet Song"AND3Across34
Proverbial small amountCRUMBS6Across35
"Now we're talking!"THATSMORELIKEIT15Across36
CapersANTICS6Across39
Common ___ERA3Across40
Rowing machines, in gym lingoERGS4Across41
"Schitt's Creek" matriarchMOIRA5Across42
Really hurtsMAIMS5Across43
Rout, in computer game lingoPWN3Across45
Word with letter or grantBLOCK5Across46
Toothbrush handle?ORALB5Across48
SmokesCIGS4Across53
N.B.A. coach Jordan ___OTT3Across55
Punnily named production company behind TV's "Insecure" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show"HOORAE6Across56
StatASAP4Across57
Common sleep aidWHITENOISE10Across58
Acquire by default?REPO4Across60
Math class assignmentPROBLEMSET10Across61
Labor, e.g.: Abbr.DEPT4Across62
Appliances that are always blowing out?HANDDRYERS10Across63
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Carpenter's toolLEVEL5Down1
___ acidAMINO5Down2
Kind of photography lens for a close-upMACRO5Down3
Wraps in the MideastPITAS5Down4
Certain geometry calculationsSLOPES6Down5
Playwright Moss ___HART4Down6
Gymnast RaismanALY3Down7
What a joke may get eventuallyDELAYEDREACTION15Down8
Takes marks off in a classroom?ERASES6Down9
Mid-March V.I.P., informallySTPAT5Down10
"Surf" food in Japan, or "turf" animal in SpainTORO4Down11
Kitchen counterOVENTIMER9Down12
Became a household name, sayMADEITBIG9Down13
Examples of media on MediumBLOGPOSTS9Down14
Many a listing in an etiquette bookNONO4Down23
Wrap in South AsiaSARI4Down24
Actors unsuited for subtle rolesHAMS4Down27
Country singer CombsLUKE4Down29
Rewards program trackerSTAMPCARD9Down30
"It's finally clear"OHNOWISEE9Down31
Phone connector?DATINGAPP9Down32
ArouseSTIR4Down33
SimoleonCLAM4Down35
Labor pain?SCAB4Down37
Journalist Larson who wrote "The Splendid and the Vile"ERIK4Down38
Godzilla adversaryMOTHRA6Down43
Longhorn's rivalSOONER6Down44
AcidicLOWPH5Down47
CapaciousROOMY5Down49
SurfaceARISE5Down50
Pointer for a public speakerLASER5Down51
Sources of the juice that "bleeds" in a faux meat pattyBEETS5Down52
Tough thing to be inSPOT4Down54
Stayed togetherHELD4Down56
Placeholder abbr.TBD3Down59
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.