NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 7, 2026
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Clues78
Across41
Down37
ConstructorJeff Chen and Stephan Prock
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Actress Longoria or Mendes (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
4A
Word after op or pop (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
7A
Jabbers on a plane? (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELBOWS→
13A
Hip-hop's ___ Wayne (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
14A
"If I ___ a Carpenter" (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWERE→
16A
First-year professional athlete (6)
Starts with R, ends with EROOKIE→
17A
Illegal (8)
Starts with U, ends with LUNLAWFUL→
19A
Meal, formally (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREPAST→
20A
Not working, as a phone (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEAD→
21A
Tool for winter fishing (6)
Starts with I, ends with WICESAW→
23A
Affirmative (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
24A
To be, in Barcelona (5)
Starts with E, ends with RESTAR→
26A
Made level (6)
Starts with E, ends with DEVENED→
28A
Apple all-in-one computer (4)
Starts with I, ends with CIMAC→
30A
Contribute something more (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
31A
Hoppy brews, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPAS→
35A
Dependable, upstanding guy (6)
Starts with M, ends with HMENSCH→
37A
Key often near Caps Lock (3)
Starts with T, ends with BTAB→
38A
Bog down (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIRE→
39A
What a hen lays (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEGG→
40A
Robes tied with obis (7)
Starts with K, ends with SKIMONOS→
43A
Bit of acne, informally (3)
Starts with Z, ends with TZIT→
44A
How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOLO→
46A
___ and Driver (magazine) (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCAR→
47A
"Holy cannoli!" (6)
Starts with Y, ends with HYOWZAH→
50A
Kipling novel or its young hero (3)
Starts with K, ends with MKIM→
51A
Singer Bareilles (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASARA→
52A
"Beats me!" (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOCLUE→
55A
Indian princes (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRAJAS→
58A
Rotor speed fig. (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRPM→
61A
Ordered (around) (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBOSSED→
64A
Wizard's mixture (6)
Starts with E, ends with RELIXIR→
66A
Not now, but later (8)
Starts with I, ends with EINAWHILE→
68A
Cut out (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDELETE→
69A
List, as in a reference (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECITE→
70A
Yea's opposite (3)
Starts with N, ends with YNAY→
71A
Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling (6)
Starts with O, ends with AODESSA→
72A
"Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!") (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
73A
Org. checking carry-on bags (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
Down
1D
Deftly avoid (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELUDE→
2D
Plants with tendrils (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVINES→
3D
Electric with excitement (10)
Starts with A, ends with EALLATINGLE→
4D
Cry over a newborn (3)
Starts with A, ends with WAWW→
5D
Home loan overhaul, in brief (4)
Starts with R, ends with IREFI→
6D
Halt to hostilities (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUCE→
7D
Some gofers (10)
Starts with E, ends with SERRANDBOYS→
8D
Handbag fashion label from Madrid (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOEWE→
9D
Playful knock on the noggin (3)
Starts with B, ends with PBOP→
10D
Give the thumbs-up (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOKAY→
11D
Sagacious (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWISE→
12D
Divisions in a tennis match (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSETS→
15D
Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares (13)
Starts with E, ends with CELEVATORMUSIC→
18D
President after Washington (5)
Starts with A, ends with SADAMS→
22D
Alternative to a convertible or station wagon (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEDAN→
25D
Hat holder (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRACK→
27D
Barely visible, as light from a star (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDIM→
29D
Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band (10)
Starts with C, ends with ACHICKCOREA→
32D
Dive offering slices (10)
Starts with P, ends with TPIZZAJOINT→
33D
Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARIA→
34D
Meyers of late night (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSETH→
35D
Clutter (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMESS→
36D
Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOT→
41D
Slips in a slot at the post office (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMAILS→
42D
Fly to new heights (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOAR→
45D
Dominate, in sports slang (3)
Starts with O, ends with NOWN→
48D
"I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake (5)
Starts with W, ends with HWRATH→
53D
Passing notices, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOBITS→
54D
Counting-out rhyme opener (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEENIE→
56D
Book made obsolescent by GPS (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
57D
"Buh-bye!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASEEYA→
58D
Attempt anew (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREDO→
59D
Said "guilty," say (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPLED→
60D
One of 26 in a marathon (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMILE→
62D
Contents of an Excel spreadsheet (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADATA→
65D
Kisses, symbolically (3)
Starts with X, ends with SXES→
67D
Like some dog kisses (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWET→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 7, 2026?+
78 clues: 41 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeff Chen and Stephan Prock and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Actress Longoria or Mendes (EVA); Word after op or pop (ART); Jabbers on a plane? (ELBOWS).
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