NYT Crossword September 6 2026 Answers (9/6/26)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for September 6 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our NYT Crossword September 6, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword September 6, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 9/6/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Spanish nibbles
6A Do great
13A "Silly me!"
20A Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai"
21A Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe
22A Noteworthy
23A Flash
26A Loudmouth's lack, perhaps
27A Director Lee
28A Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three"
29A Word after B or bucket
30A "Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me"
32A Advantage
36A White of the eye
39A Lighthouse
45A "Yeah, I know them"
46A Burrowing rodent
47A "So-o-o, as I was saying ..."
49A "Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short
50A Banger of a song
51A "Fortnight" singer, to fans
52A Directed
54A "That is … I mean …"
55A "Fifty Shades of Grey" author
58A Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur
60A Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature
61A Embed with a hammer
62A Lion King
65A Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell
67A Sort of person who brings people together
68A Bad Boys
74A Arab chiefs
78A Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters
79A Panameñas y puertorriqueñas
80A "A.S.A.P.!"
81A Someone who exercises out of habit?
82A Bird store supply
84A "Starter" starter
85A Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau
86A Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian
87A Counterparts of troughs
89A ___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
91A [waving the white flag]
93A Dark Knight
97A ChatGPT's company
98A They never start with 9: Abbr.
99A Word after news or line
100A Famous last words
103A Partner of rave
105A Quite the head-turner?
107A Live broadcast
110A Angry Men
117A Pushing off
118A Rectangular baking container
119A Give it a twirl!
120A Follows the first rule of improv
121A All together
122A Obdurate
1D Chief justice who remarked "I don't remember that I ever was president"
2D Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca"
3D Sext symbol?
4D Newsroom writing standard, in brief
5D "Just listen …"
6D Group of families
7D Cooking surface
8D Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame
9D Sault ___ Marie, Mich.
10D 9-5, say: Abbr.
11D State that's the setting for "American Gothic"
12D Pullover/cardigan combo
13D Down the middle, say
14D "Gaping" feature
15D Latin 101 verb
16D Reasoning that doesn't hold up
17D Texter's "Duh!"
18D Cheers for the Spanish national team?
19D For fear that
24D Minced oath
25D Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo
31D Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief
33D Co. with red-and-yellow trucks
34D One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's six "Representative Men"
35D Offerer of a 33-country train pass
37D "Good heavens!"
38D Arcane letter
39D Many a middle schooler
40D Slangy "very"
41D Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief
42D Initiate small talk, say
43D ___ change
44D Black Sabbath guitarist Tony
48D Desert country popular for whale watching
50D Like some novelty straws
52D Lovely, as a lass
53D D.J. and record producer Steve ___
56D Clearing account?
57D ___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22"
58D Minced oath
59D Comes down hard
60D Long-feathered flier
62D Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably
63D These are fighting words
64D Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles
66D Castaway's setting
68D En ___ (legal phrase)
69D Lexus rival
70D People with no word for "please" in their native language
71D Last in the batting order
72D Govt. instruments
73D Coyotes, foxes et al.
75D Vegan brand with the logo of a cow wearing a fake mustache
76D ___ ball (rubbery toy)
77D "Awesome"
80D When many parks close
82D Sign of the cross?
83D 90° del norte
85D Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears
88D Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret
89D Quivering with excitement
90D John
91D Percentage at a bank: Abbr.
92D Be perfectly supine, say
94D Like Cinderella, initially
95D Aloo gobi go-with
96D Burn unit?
100D Vintage goods e-tailer
101D Overly sentimental, to Brits
102D Hamiltons
104D Ending with Jumbo or beta
106D Fortified stuff, maybe
108D Milton Friedman's field, familiarly
109D Big Apple fashion house
111D Info on auto documents, for short
112D Wrap up
113D It has a thick skin
114D Deg. for some writers
115D Mini-albums, for short
116D Cheap shot?

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