NYT Crossword September 4 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on September 4 2026.
- 66
- Total Clues
- 34
- Total Across
- 32
- Total Down
Clues Across (34 total)
(1)
Result of a tense build-up?
The answer is: jengatower
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Hit a point of no return?
The answer is: aced
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Kick off
The answer is: inaugurate
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“Outta my way!”
The answer is: move
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ABC's realm
The answer is: nationaltv
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Body part affected by heterochromia
The answer is: iris
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Fed
The answer is: gman
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___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer
The answer is: ella
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Buff
The answer is: swole
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Drops
The answer is: loses
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Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist
The answer is: sojourner
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(26)
Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery
The answer is: erhard
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Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize"
The answer is: panroast
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Agcy. tracking popular baby names
The answer is: ssa
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Agcy. concerned with declarations
The answer is: irs
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(32)
Parts of some high-speed rail systems
The answer is: magnets
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(33)
Be exceptionally good, in modern slang
The answer is: slap
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(34)
Vaper's purchase
The answer is: ecig
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What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob
The answer is: pottage
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Disclaimer in a quote
The answer is: sic
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(39)
"Hang"
The answer is: veg
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(42)
Detaches from the frame, perhaps
The answer is: unhinges
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(44)
Grammatical case in 48-Across
The answer is: dative
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Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!"
The answer is: slinkydog
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(48)
See 44-Across
The answer is: latin
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(49)
Super, slangily
The answer is: hecka
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Curve on a score
The answer is: slur
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Follower of hand or home
The answer is: made
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Bit of filming
The answer is: take
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(54)
Asteroids and Space Invaders
The answer is: atarigames
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(56)
In the past
The answer is: over
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(57)
System by which all speech is protected?
The answer is: secureline
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(58)
Cravings
The answer is: yens
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Club runners
The answer is: presidents
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Clues Down (32 total)
(1)
Change sounds
The answer is: jingles
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(2)
Captivates
The answer is: enamors
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Actress Lyonne
The answer is: natasha
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Neighbor of Sierra Leone
The answer is: guinea
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In the past
The answer is: ago
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Use a fork for, in a way
The answer is: tune
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Some thesis defenses
The answer is: orals
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Trounce
The answer is: wallop
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Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues"
The answer is: ettajames
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(10)
Gun before the green, say
The answer is: rev
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(11)
"Is it not?"
The answer is: amiwrong
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(12)
Stellar visual effects
The answer is: coronae
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Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped
The answer is: evilest
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Strands
The answer is: deserts
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Precise and calculated
The answer is: surgical
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First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)
The answer is: srilanka
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Tripping
The answer is: onacid
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Sluggish
The answer is: draggy
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One putting the pedal to the metal
The answer is: speedster
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No-goodniks
The answer is: stinkers
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(35)
Toddler's walking aid
The answer is: pushtoy
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(36)
Like someone using autoreply, perhaps
The answer is: onleave
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Start to congeal
The answer is: thicken
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(39)
Part of some gummies
The answer is: vitamin
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Clear
The answer is: evident
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Births
The answer is: geneses
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Comfort
The answer is: solace
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Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety
The answer is: tamale
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Mentors
The answer is: gurus
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(51)
"Rude Boy" singer, to fans
The answer is: riri
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(54)
Ancient symbol of royalty
The answer is: asp
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Test not offered in high school, for short
The answer is: ged
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