NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jeff Chen and Stephan ProckEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 41

  1. 1Actress Longoria or Mendes ↗EVA
  2. 4Word after op or pop ↗ART
  3. 7Jabbers on a plane? ↗ELBOWS
  4. 13Hip-hop's ___ Wayne ↗LIL
  5. 14"If I ___ a Carpenter" ↗WERE
  6. 16First-year professional athlete ↗ROOKIE
  7. 17Illegal ↗UNLAWFUL
  8. 19Meal, formally ↗REPAST
  9. 20Not working, as a phone ↗DEAD
  10. 21Tool for winter fishing ↗ICESAW
  11. 23Affirmative ↗YES
  12. 24To be, in Barcelona ↗ESTAR
  13. 26Made level ↗EVENED
  14. 28Apple all-in-one computer ↗IMAC
  15. 30Contribute something more ↗ADD
  16. 31Hoppy brews, for short ↗IPAS
  17. 35Dependable, upstanding guy ↗MENSCH
  18. 37Key often near Caps Lock ↗TAB
  19. 38Bog down ↗MIRE
  20. 39What a hen lays ↗EGG
  21. 40Robes tied with obis ↗KIMONOS
  22. 43Bit of acne, informally ↗ZIT
  23. 44How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 ↗SOLO
  24. 46___ and Driver (magazine) ↗CAR
  25. 47"Holy cannoli!" ↗YOWZAH
  26. 49Fret ↗STEW
  27. 50Kipling novel or its young hero ↗KIM
  28. 51Singer Bareilles ↗SARA
  29. 52"Beats me!" ↗NOCLUE
  30. 55Indian princes ↗RAJAS
  31. 58Rotor speed fig. ↗RPM
  32. 61Ordered (around) ↗BOSSED
  33. 63Carry ↗TOTE
  34. 64Wizard's mixture ↗ELIXIR
  35. 66Not now, but later ↗INAWHILE
  36. 68Cut out ↗DELETE
  37. 69List, as in a reference ↗CITE
  38. 70Yea's opposite ↗NAY
  39. 71Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling ↗ODESSA
  40. 72"Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!") ↗EAT
  41. 73Org. checking carry-on bags ↗TSA

Down 37

  1. 1Deftly avoid ↗ELUDE
  2. 2Plants with tendrils ↗VINES
  3. 3Electric with excitement ↗ALLATINGLE
  4. 4Cry over a newborn ↗AWW
  5. 5Home loan overhaul, in brief ↗REFI
  6. 6Halt to hostilities ↗TRUCE
  7. 7Some gofers ↗ERRANDBOYS
  8. 8Handbag fashion label from Madrid ↗LOEWE
  9. 9Playful knock on the noggin ↗BOP
  10. 10Give the thumbs-up ↗OKAY
  11. 11Sagacious ↗WISE
  12. 12Divisions in a tennis match ↗SETS
  13. 15Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares ↗ELEVATORMUSIC
  14. 18President after Washington ↗ADAMS
  15. 22Alternative to a convertible or station wagon ↗SEDAN
  16. 25Hat holder ↗RACK
  17. 27Barely visible, as light from a star ↗DIM
  18. 29Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band ↗CHICKCOREA
  19. 32Dive offering slices ↗PIZZAJOINT
  20. 33Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g. ↗ARIA
  21. 34Meyers of late night ↗SETH
  22. 35Clutter ↗MESS
  23. 36Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short ↗EGOT
  24. 41Slips in a slot at the post office ↗MAILS
  25. 42Fly to new heights ↗SOAR
  26. 45Dominate, in sports slang ↗OWN
  27. 48"I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake ↗WRATH
  28. 53Passing notices, informally ↗OBITS
  29. 54Counting-out rhyme opener ↗EENIE
  30. 56Book made obsolescent by GPS ↗ATLAS
  31. 57"Buh-bye!" ↗SEEYA
  32. 58Attempt anew ↗REDO
  33. 59Said "guilty," say ↗PLED
  34. 60One of 26 in a marathon ↗MILE
  35. 62Contents of an Excel spreadsheet ↗DATA
  36. 65Kisses, symbolically ↗XES
  37. 67Like some dog kisses ↗WET