New Yorker Crossword September 2 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the New Yorker Crossword published on September 2 2026.
- 78
- Total Clues
- 37
- Total Across
- 41
- Total Down
Clues Across (37 total)
(1)
Bursts, as a bubble
The answer is: pops
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(5)
Complete stranger, colloquially
The answer is: rando
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(10)
Hit on the wrist, say
The answer is: slap
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(14)
Flavor of the first McFlurry
The answer is: oreo
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(15)
Was way into
The answer is: ateup
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(16)
Vehicle in which the director Jafar Panahi recorded his passengers for a 2015 film
The answer is: taxi
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(17)
Mark of a healed injury
The answer is: scar
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(18)
Screenshot, e.g.
The answer is: image
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(19)
“Are you willing and ___ to assist in the event of an emergency?”
The answer is: able
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(20)
Speed up
The answer is: hasten
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(22)
Jumpsuit with shorts
The answer is: romper
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(24)
“Down the ___!”
The answer is: hatch
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(26)
Frank with the album “Jazz from Hell”
The answer is: zappa
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(27)
River, in Brazil
The answer is: rio
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(29)
Ceremonial goblet
The answer is: chalice
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(31)
Greek letter after pi
The answer is: rho
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(34)
Person put on a pedestal
The answer is: idol
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(36)
“My Brilliant Friend” author Ferrante
The answer is: elena
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(37)
Perpetual ___ (continuously heated soup with ever-changing ingredients)
The answer is: stew
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(38)
Tempt ___ (take an unnecessary risk)
The answer is: fate
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(39)
Source of some second-hand noise?
The answer is: clock
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(40)
Overly scrupulous
The answer is: anal
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(41)
Feeling of sudden and irreversible revulsion toward a romantic interest
The answer is: theick
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(43)
Dave who wrote “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”
The answer is: eggers
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(45)
“Ish”
The answer is: orso
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(46)
Killing a mockingbird, per Atticus Finch
The answer is: sin
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(49)
Spots for studs and hoops
The answer is: ears
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(50)
Final application of nail polish . . . or what the four answers to the italicized clues all have
The answer is: topcoat
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(53)
Ho-hum
The answer is: blah
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(57)
Zigs
The answer is: veers
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(58)
European capital whose airport has a display of Viking swords
The answer is: oslo
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(62)
Update, as a kitchen
The answer is: remodel
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(64)
Masala chai, for example
The answer is: milktea
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(66)
Available at newsstands
The answer is: inprint
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(67)
More spine-tingling
The answer is: scarier
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(68)
Contents of the collection “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”
The answer is: essays
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(69)
Romantic chemistry
The answer is: sparks
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Clues Down (41 total)
(1)
Swanky
The answer is: posh
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(2)
Type of marine mammal in the movie “Free Willy”
The answer is: orca
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(3)
{/Blowgun with edible projectiles/}
The answer is: peashooter
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(4)
“Ish”
The answer is: sorta
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(5)
{/“Could we do this another time?”/}
The answer is: raincheck
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(6)
Convenience at many cash-only establishments
The answer is: atm
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(7)
Org. that advocates for public-school funding
The answer is: nea
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(8)
Was way into
The answer is: dug
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(9)
{/Layered gâteau flavored with almond, coffee, and chocolate/}
The answer is: operacake
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(10)
Post-office purchase
The answer is: stamp
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(11)
{/Collaborator in a science class/}
The answer is: labpartner
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(12)
Wheel and ___ (simple machine)
The answer is: axle
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(13)
Santa Monica landmark
The answer is: pier
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(21)
“. . . you know the rest”
The answer is: etc
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(23)
Midwestern utterance while trying to scooch past someone
The answer is: ope
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(25)
Room on a Clue board
The answer is: hall
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(26)
Metal combined with copper to form brass
The answer is: zinc
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(27)
Schism
The answer is: rift
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(28)
Boise State’s state
The answer is: idaho
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(30)
Pope ___ XIV (current pontiff who’s actually a Virgo)
The answer is: leo
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(32)
Gets wind of
The answer is: hears
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(33)
Birds whose pellets are dissected by grade-school students
The answer is: owls
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(35)
Garlands often made with plumerias and orchids
The answer is: leis
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(37)
Seemingly never-ending story
The answer is: saga
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(42)
Bed in an infirmary
The answer is: cot
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(44)
Word before ready, set, or go
The answer is: get
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(46)
Grain sometimes used in sourdough bread
The answer is: spelt
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(47)
The “rocks” in “on the rocks”
The answer is: ice
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(48)
Societal conventions
The answer is: norms
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(51)
Easy-Bake ___ (toys that originally used light bulbs to heat food)
The answer is: ovens
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(52)
Hoka competitor
The answer is: asics
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(53)
Creamy French cheese
The answer is: brie
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(54)
Photography equipment that might be telephoto or wide-angle
The answer is: lens
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(55)
Makeup of a “wall” at some metal concerts
The answer is: amps
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(56)
Jewish wedding dance
The answer is: hora
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(58)
Vegetable in bhindi masala
The answer is: okra
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(59)
___ the pot (instigate drama)
The answer is: stir
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(60)
Vegetable in vichyssoise
The answer is: leek
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(61)
What a rowboat has that a rowing machine doesn’t
The answer is: oars
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(63)
Like some home repairs, briefly
The answer is: diy
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(65)
Unit in a swim meet
The answer is: lap
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