Daily easy — 2026-09-18

Across

1. 4. Cattle breed associated with wild western heritage and rodeos (8)
2. 5. Queen Anne style residence in Burlington, Vermont, completed for a local family in 1887. (7)
3. 6. American actress who played Princess Aurora in Maleficent. (7)
4. 7. Hudson Yards-based firm that turned stationary cycling into a streaming media empire. (7)
5. 8. Swells or expands beyond normal size (8)

Down

1. 1. Describes the mood of a Zen practitioner during meditation (6)
2. 2. Ferranti's 1957 successor to the Mark 1 that brought floating-point hardware to British research. (7)
3. 3. Snakes known for their sideways movement in deserts (11)