NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Fritz JuhnkeEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1Made chitchat ↗SCHMOOZED
  2. 10Underground rock ↗MAGMA
  3. 15"Slow down a second!" ↗WHOATHERE
  4. 16What you might hear when you get someone's goat? ↗BLEAT
  5. 17Nay sayers ↗ALLTHOSEAGAINST
  6. 19Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides" ↗NOLTE
  7. 20One way to stand ↗TALL
  8. 21Hang time, for short? ↗SESH
  9. 22Important ↗KEY
  10. 23Journey, so to speak ↗ROAD
  11. 25Access, as to an elite network ↗ENTREE
  12. 27"___ ME" (humorous "sign") ↗WASH
  13. 29European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature ↗ETNA
  14. 31Reduced price? ↗AMT
  15. 32Revered one ↗IDOL
  16. 34"Keep on going!" ↗MORE
  17. 36Word in a Tibetan leader's title ↗DALAI
  18. 38"Infection" common among schoolkids ↗COOTIES
  19. 40California city bisected by Interstate 5 ↗ANAHEIM
  20. 42Not continue beyond ↗ENDAT
  21. 43Stunner ↗LULU
  22. 45Cette femme ↗ELLE
  23. 46Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly ↗POM
  24. 47___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition) ↗LION
  25. 49Shiny material ↗LAME
  26. 51Annular reefs ↗ATOLLS
  27. 53Stock market option ↗CALL
  28. 55TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber ↗CSI
  29. 58Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE" ↗LIMO
  30. 59Land, marked ↗PLOT
  31. 61Held the elevator door for, say ↗LETON
  32. 63Sarcastic response to boasting ↗ARENTYOUSPECIAL
  33. 66Carnival line? ↗CONGA
  34. 67Score sneakily ↗STEALHOME
  35. 68"The door's open!" ↗ENTER
  36. 69Conclude an agreement, say ↗SHAKEONIT

Down 36

  1. 1Ritzy ↗SWANK
  2. 2Luxury fashion house based in Paris ↗CHLOE
  3. 3Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie ↗HOLLYWOODMOMENT
  4. 4Apt name for a yoga instructor? ↗MATT
  5. 5"Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson ↗OTHERS
  6. 6"Found you!" ↗OHO
  7. 7Cracker alternative to Ritz ↗ZESTA
  8. 8Mobile library? ↗EREADER
  9. 9Cope ↗DEAL
  10. 10Future manager's goal, for short ↗MBA
  11. 11Most-celebrated celebrities ↗ALIST
  12. 12Primary follower ↗GENERALELECTION
  13. 13Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to ↗MASSEMAIL
  14. 14When it happened ↗ATTHETIME
  15. 18Valley with gentle slopes ↗GLEN
  16. 24"I can't catch a break!" ↗OHME
  17. 26Bubkes ↗NADA
  18. 2820-Across, en español ↗ALTA
  19. 30Green-winged water bird ↗TEAL
  20. 32Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe ↗ICEPALACE
  21. 33Clothing tag warning ↗DONOTIRON
  22. 35Seat of one European monarchy ↗OSLO
  23. 37Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya …" ↗AHEM
  24. 39"___ turn out fine" ↗ITLL
  25. 41Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays ↗NULL
  26. 44Boorish ↗UNCOUTH
  27. 48Game on a car trip ↗ISPY
  28. 50Form of a gene ↗ALLELE
  29. 52The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury" ↗LONGE
  30. 54Befuddled ↗ATSEA
  31. 56"We're alike in that way" ↗SOAMI
  32. 57Cove ↗INLET
  33. 60Stock market woe ↗LOSS
  34. 62Diminishing return? ↗ECHO
  35. 64Waterproofing material for a sail, once ↗TAR
  36. 65Lahore is here: Abbr. ↗PAK