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Latest answers — September 14, 2026

All clues for the Monday, September 14, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Simply Dashing” by Grant Conley.

PuzzleSimply Dashing

ConstructorGrant Conley

Clues74

Grid15×15

Across

1Bearded Smurf4 Letters

5Some Cubans6 Letters

11Mama’s boy3 Letters

14Farming prefix4 Letters

15Outfit for an infant6 Letters

16Debate side3 Letters

17Many a modern business session (or a hasty tryst?)11 Letters

19Emmy winner Holbrook3 Letters

20Honeyed drinks5 Letters

21Solution in an IV drip6 Letters

23Share one’s thoughts (or what may develop after 17-Across?)15 Letters

27Citi Field player3 Letters

28Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g.3 Letters

29Former flames4 Letters

30Texas city named for a Ukrainian city6 Letters

34Poetic feet5 Letters

37Political partner (or a possible product of 17- and 23-Across?)11 Letters

40Anvil sound5 Letters

41Is penitent6 Letters

44Catcher’s wear4 Letters

47End for spy, kiss or nanny3 Letters

49Dog doc3 Letters

50Next of kin (or possible outcome of 17-, 23- and 37-Across?)15 Letters

56Headline6 Letters

57Wide valleys5 Letters

58Do the wrong thing3 Letters

59Event where the romance in 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across may start?11 Letters

64SoFi Stadium footballer3 Letters

65Turn sour, as milk6 Letters

66Post-shower attire4 Letters

67Planetarium depiction3 Letters

68Declares6 Letters

69At some previous point4 Letters

Down

1Nobel-winning poet Octavio3 Letters

2Earlier than now3 Letters

3Supplier of forgotten lines, for stage actors8 Letters

4Person drawing a bead5 Letters

5New Yale students of 19695 Letters

6Actually existing6 Letters

7Acquire3 Letters

8“___ live and breathe!”3 Letters

9Free of suds5 Letters

10George of “The Goldbergs”5 Letters

11Big cat of Africa?6 Letters

12Grand Marnier flavoring6 Letters

13Phrase tacked on for emphasis6 Letters

18Astronaut Jemison3 Letters

22Deceives6 Letters

23Angsty music genre3 Letters

24Checked, on a form3 Letters

25Target, as with a water balloon7 Letters

26Online periodical, for short4 Letters

31Chump6 Letters

32“Live from New York!” letters3 Letters

33“Blonde” Oscar nominee de Armas3 Letters

35UFC sport3 Letters

36Cricket stick3 Letters

38Cuzco resident4 Letters

39Conjure up8 Letters

42Elusive swimmer3 Letters

43Epitome of a mess3 Letters

44Stingy sorts6 Letters

45Lake Shore Limited operator6 Letters

46Obsequious6 Letters

48Stick one’s nose in6 Letters

51Parts of spines and brakes5 Letters

52Suggestions5 Letters

53Begins to disappear5 Letters

54Copying3 Letters

55D.C. commuter choice5 Letters

60Period3 Letters

61Summer setting in NYC3 Letters

62Airer of 32-Down3 Letters

63“Fancy that!”3 Letters

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