NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By John KugelmanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21138 clues

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Across 58

  1. 1Spanish nibbles ↗TAPAS
  2. 6Do great ↗CRUSHIT
  3. 13"Silly me!" ↗IMAFOOL
  4. 20Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai" ↗ALEPH
  5. 21Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe ↗LASTROW
  6. 22Noteworthy ↗NAMABLE
  7. 23Flash ↗FLASHDANCESWITHWOLVES
  8. 26Loudmouth's lack, perhaps ↗TACT
  9. 27Director Lee ↗ANG
  10. 28Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three" ↗ANYA
  11. 29Word after B or bucket ↗LIST
  12. 30"Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me" ↗HYMN
  13. 32Advantage ↗EDGE
  14. 36White of the eye ↗SCLERA
  15. 39Lighthouse ↗THELIGHTHOUSEOFGUCCI
  16. 45"Yeah, I know them" ↗WEMET
  17. 46Burrowing rodent ↗MOLERAT
  18. 47"So-o-o, as I was saying ..." ↗ANYHOO
  19. 49"Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short ↗ELO
  20. 50Banger of a song ↗BOP
  21. 51"Fortnight" singer, to fans ↗TAY
  22. 52Directed ↗BADE
  23. 54"That is … I mean …" ↗UMM
  24. 55"Fifty Shades of Grey" author ↗ELJAMES
  25. 58Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur ↗SHIHPOO
  26. 60Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature ↗EMMA
  27. 61Embed with a hammer ↗NAILIN
  28. 62Lion King ↗THELIONKINGPIN
  29. 65Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell ↗ILDIVO
  30. 67Sort of person who brings people together ↗UNITER
  31. 68Bad Boys ↗BADBOYSDONTCRY
  32. 74Arab chiefs ↗SHEIKS
  33. 78Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters ↗ACAI
  34. 79Panameñas y puertorriqueñas ↗LATINAS
  35. 80"A.S.A.P.!" ↗DOITNOW
  36. 81Someone who exercises out of habit? ↗NUN
  37. 82Bird store supply ↗SEED
  38. 84"Starter" starter ↗NON
  39. 85Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau ↗FUN
  40. 86Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian ↗COE
  41. 87Counterparts of troughs ↗CRESTS
  42. 89___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" ↗ATTICUS
  43. 91[waving the white flag] ↗ILOSE
  44. 93Dark Knight ↗ASHOTINTHEDARKKNIGHT
  45. 97ChatGPT's company ↗OPENAI
  46. 98They never start with 9: Abbr. ↗SSNS
  47. 99Word after news or line ↗ITEM
  48. 100Famous last words ↗ETTU
  49. 103Partner of rave ↗RANT
  50. 105Quite the head-turner? ↗OWL
  51. 107Live broadcast ↗FEED
  52. 110Angry Men ↗TWELVEANGRYMENINBLACK
  53. 117Pushing off ↗SENDING
  54. 118Rectangular baking container ↗LOAFPAN
  55. 119Give it a twirl! ↗BATON
  56. 120Follows the first rule of improv ↗YESANDS
  57. 121All together ↗ENMASSE
  58. 122Obdurate ↗STONY

Down 80

  1. 1Chief justice who remarked "I don't remember that I ever was president" ↗TAFT
  2. 2Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca" ↗ALLA
  3. 3Sext symbol? ↗PEACHEMOJI
  4. 4Newsroom writing standard, in brief ↗APSTYLE
  5. 5"Just listen …" ↗SHH
  6. 6Group of families ↗CLAN
  7. 7Cooking surface ↗RANGETOP
  8. 8Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame ↗USC
  9. 9Sault ___ Marie, Mich. ↗STE
  10. 109-5, say: Abbr. ↗HRS
  11. 11State that's the setting for "American Gothic" ↗IOWA
  12. 12Pullover/cardigan combo ↗TWINSET
  13. 13Down the middle, say ↗INHALF
  14. 14"Gaping" feature ↗MAW
  15. 15Latin 101 verb ↗AMO
  16. 16Reasoning that doesn't hold up ↗FALLACY
  17. 17Texter's "Duh!" ↗OBVI
  18. 18Cheers for the Spanish national team? ↗OLES
  19. 19For fear that ↗LEST
  20. 24Minced oath ↗DANG
  21. 25Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo ↗TYCO
  22. 31Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief ↗MIT
  23. 33Co. with red-and-yellow trucks ↗DHL
  24. 34One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's six "Representative Men" ↗GOETHE
  25. 35Offerer of a 33-country train pass ↗EURAIL
  26. 37"Good heavens!" ↗EGAD
  27. 38Arcane letter ↗RUNE
  28. 39Many a middle schooler ↗TWEEN
  29. 40Slangy "very" ↗HELLA
  30. 41Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief ↗HMOS
  31. 42Initiate small talk, say ↗SAYHI
  32. 43___ change ↗CHUMP
  33. 44Black Sabbath guitarist Tony ↗IOMMI
  34. 48Desert country popular for whale watching ↗OMAN
  35. 50Like some novelty straws ↗BENDY
  36. 52Lovely, as a lass ↗BONNY
  37. 53D.J. and record producer Steve ___ ↗AOKI
  38. 56Clearing account? ↗ALIBI
  39. 57___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22" ↗MILO
  40. 58Minced oath ↗SHOOT
  41. 59Comes down hard ↗POURS
  42. 60Long-feathered flier ↗EGRET
  43. 62Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably ↗TVDAD
  44. 63These are fighting words ↗ITSON
  45. 64Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles ↗NEHI
  46. 66Castaway's setting ↗ISLE
  47. 68En ___ (legal phrase) ↗BANC
  48. 69Lexus rival ↗ACURA
  49. 70People with no word for "please" in their native language ↗DANES
  50. 71Last in the batting order ↗NINTH
  51. 72Govt. instruments ↗TNOTES
  52. 73Coyotes, foxes et al. ↗CANIDS
  53. 75Vegan brand with the logo of a cow wearing a fake mustache ↗INCOGMEATO
  54. 76___ ball (rubbery toy) ↗KOOSH
  55. 77"Awesome" ↗SWEET
  56. 80When many parks close ↗DUSK
  57. 82Sign of the cross? ↗STOP
  58. 8390° del norte ↗ESTE
  59. 85Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears ↗FURSONAS
  60. 88Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret ↗SHOULDA
  61. 89Quivering with excitement ↗ATINGLE
  62. 90John ↗CAN
  63. 91Percentage at a bank: Abbr. ↗INT
  64. 92Be perfectly supine, say ↗LIEFLAT
  65. 94Like Cinderella, initially ↗INRAGS
  66. 95Aloo gobi go-with ↗NAAN
  67. 96Burn unit? ↗KILN
  68. 100Vintage goods e-tailer ↗ETSY
  69. 101Overly sentimental, to Brits ↗TWEE
  70. 102Hamiltons ↗TENS
  71. 104Ending with Jumbo or beta ↗TRON
  72. 106Fortified stuff, maybe ↗WINE
  73. 108Milton Friedman's field, familiarly ↗ECON
  74. 109Big Apple fashion house ↗DKNY
  75. 111Info on auto documents, for short ↗VIN
  76. 112Wrap up ↗END
  77. 113It has a thick skin ↗YAM
  78. 114Deg. for some writers ↗MFA
  79. 115Mini-albums, for short ↗EPS
  80. 116Cheap shot? ↗BBS