NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 4, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 4, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Julian XiaoEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1566 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1Result of a tense build-up? ↗JENGATOWER
  2. 11Hit a point of no return? ↗ACED
  3. 15Kick off ↗INAUGURATE
  4. 16“Outta my way!” ↗MOVE
  5. 17ABC's realm ↗NATIONALTV
  6. 18Body part affected by heterochromia ↗IRIS
  7. 19Fed ↗GMAN
  8. 20___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer ↗ELLA
  9. 21Buff ↗SWOLE
  10. 22Drops ↗LOSES
  11. 24Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist ↗SOJOURNER
  12. 26Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery ↗ERHARD
  13. 28Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize" ↗PANROAST
  14. 29Agcy. tracking popular baby names ↗SSA
  15. 30Agcy. concerned with declarations ↗IRS
  16. 32Parts of some high-speed rail systems ↗MAGNETS
  17. 33Be exceptionally good, in modern slang ↗SLAP
  18. 34Vaper's purchase ↗ECIG
  19. 35What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob ↗POTTAGE
  20. 38Disclaimer in a quote ↗SIC
  21. 39"Hang" ↗VEG
  22. 42Detaches from the frame, perhaps ↗UNHINGES
  23. 44Grammatical case in 48-Across ↗DATIVE
  24. 46Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!" ↗SLINKYDOG
  25. 48See 44-Across ↗LATIN
  26. 49Super, slangily ↗HECKA
  27. 50Curve on a score ↗SLUR
  28. 52Follower of hand or home ↗MADE
  29. 53Bit of filming ↗TAKE
  30. 54Asteroids and Space Invaders ↗ATARIGAMES
  31. 56In the past ↗OVER
  32. 57System by which all speech is protected? ↗SECURELINE
  33. 58Cravings ↗YENS
  34. 59Club runners ↗PRESIDENTS

Down 32

  1. 1Change sounds ↗JINGLES
  2. 2Captivates ↗ENAMORS
  3. 3Actress Lyonne ↗NATASHA
  4. 4Neighbor of Sierra Leone ↗GUINEA
  5. 5In the past ↗AGO
  6. 6Use a fork for, in a way ↗TUNE
  7. 7Some thesis defenses ↗ORALS
  8. 8Trounce ↗WALLOP
  9. 9Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues" ↗ETTAJAMES
  10. 10Gun before the green, say ↗REV
  11. 11"Is it not?" ↗AMIWRONG
  12. 12Stellar visual effects ↗CORONAE
  13. 13Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped ↗EVILEST
  14. 14Strands ↗DESERTS
  15. 21Precise and calculated ↗SURGICAL
  16. 23First country to elect a female prime minister (1960) ↗SRILANKA
  17. 25Tripping ↗ONACID
  18. 27Sluggish ↗DRAGGY
  19. 31One putting the pedal to the metal ↗SPEEDSTER
  20. 33No-goodniks ↗STINKERS
  21. 35Toddler's walking aid ↗PUSHTOY
  22. 36Like someone using autoreply, perhaps ↗ONLEAVE
  23. 37Start to congeal ↗THICKEN
  24. 39Part of some gummies ↗VITAMIN
  25. 40Clear ↗EVIDENT
  26. 41Births ↗GENESES
  27. 43Comfort ↗SOLACE
  28. 45Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety ↗TAMALE
  29. 47Mentors ↗GURUS
  30. 51"Rude Boy" singer, to fans ↗RIRI
  31. 54Ancient symbol of royalty ↗ASP
  32. 55Test not offered in high school, for short ↗GED