Crossword Puzzle Solutions for Thursday, September 18 by NYT
Naples, Italy, is the third-largest city in the country, but did you know that solving the daily crossword puzzle in The New York Times can offer more than just a mental escape?
Optical illusions, crossword notation, and trivia are just a few of the elements that make this puzzle a captivating challenge. Taking turns is denoted as ROTATES in crossword notation, and solving the puzzle requires practice. Don't be discouraged if not all words are solved; the process improves mental flexibility and offers bragging rights for those who complete it daily.
The crossword puzzle is full of interesting trivia, such as the fact that the youngest host of Saturday Night Live was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82. Across clue 1 reveals a customizable, all-in-one internet digest is RSSFEED, and clue 8 hints at shooting for the stars as GOESBIG.
Clue 15 offers a game played on an 8x8 board, which is OTHELLO. Across clue 22 unveils the Metallica drummer as LARS Ulrich. The New York Times offers several word games, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, Mini Crossword, and the standard crossword puzzle.
If assistance is needed for today's NYT Crossword, answers for the clues are provided. The crossword puzzle on Tuesday, September 18, 2022, was not directly identified in the search results. However, a puzzle from Tuesday, September 19, 2025, was created by Erica Hsiung Wojcik, and the crossword of the day before, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, was created by Jackson Matz. The exact creator for the 2022 date is not available in the results.
The New York Times Strands today hints include counterparts of countesses in British peerage (EARLS), equine hybrid (HINNY), one in Bonn (EIN), Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico (SDSU), terse reply to "Why?" (CUZ), Thingum (DOODAD), superman portrayer Christopher (RAREEVENT), steeplechase unit (LAP), Passport or driver's license (ACCIDENT), and Action star Jet (PELICAN).
In Greek myth, the sister of Helios is EOS. Fortuitous gift is a GODSEND, and a large chemical container is VAT. Inside of is AMID, and some shoes at a cobbler's can be resoled.
Play-fight is SPAR, and the New York Times offers several word games, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, Mini Crossword, and a standard crossword puzzle. Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned in graphic design is HUE. Credit cards, metaphorically, are PLASTIC.
Slothfulness is INERTIA, and barrier to entry is STILE. Garden guardians are GNOMES, and curved lines on sheet music are SLURS. Rosh Hashana horns are SHOFARS, and the victorious military underdog in the Bible is GIDEON.
Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard" is LACERTA, and multiple-choice catchall is OTHER. Mideast capital is DOHA, and like some nouns, they can be abbreviated as FEM. If assistance is needed for today's NYT Crossword, answers for the clues are provided. Across clue 25: Tennis do-over, in a way is ROULETTE.
Across clue 1: Customizable, all-in-one internet digest is RSSFEED. Invader's tactic is SIEGE. One can be chewed out and berated. One can do some storytelling by narrating. Words before a contingency plan are IFNOT. Solving the NYT crossword puzzle requires practice and should not be discouraged if all words are not solved. The daily crossword puzzle is full of interesting trivia, improves mental flexibility, and offers bragging rights for those who complete it daily.
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