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New York Times Crossword September 4 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 4 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Result of a tense build-up?101 AcrossReveal answer → Hit a point of no return?411 AcrossReveal answer → Kick off1015 AcrossReveal answer → “Outta my way!”416 AcrossReveal answer → ABC's realm1017 AcrossReveal answer → Body part affected by heterochromia418 AcrossReveal answer → Fed419 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer420 AcrossReveal answer → Buff521 AcrossReveal answer → Drops522 AcrossReveal answer → Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist924 AcrossReveal answer → Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery626 AcrossReveal answer → Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize"828 AcrossReveal answer → Agcy. tracking popular baby names329 AcrossReveal answer → Agcy. concerned with declarations330 AcrossReveal answer → Parts of some high-speed rail systems732 AcrossReveal answer → Be exceptionally good, in modern slang433 AcrossReveal answer → Vaper's purchase434 AcrossReveal answer → What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob735 AcrossReveal answer → Disclaimer in a quote338 AcrossReveal answer → "Hang"339 AcrossReveal answer → Detaches from the frame, perhaps842 AcrossReveal answer → Grammatical case in 48-Across644 AcrossReveal answer → Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!"946 AcrossReveal answer → See 44-Across548 AcrossReveal answer → Super, slangily549 AcrossReveal answer → Curve on a score450 AcrossReveal answer → Follower of hand or home452 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of filming453 AcrossReveal answer → Asteroids and Space Invaders1054 AcrossReveal answer → In the past456 AcrossReveal answer → System by which all speech is protected?1057 AcrossReveal answer → Cravings458 AcrossReveal answer → Club runners1059 AcrossReveal answer →

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Change sounds71 DownReveal answer → Captivates72 DownReveal answer → Actress Lyonne73 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Sierra Leone64 DownReveal answer → In the past35 DownReveal answer → Use a fork for, in a way46 DownReveal answer → Some thesis defenses57 DownReveal answer → Trounce68 DownReveal answer → Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues"99 DownReveal answer → Gun before the green, say310 DownReveal answer → "Is it not?"811 DownReveal answer → Stellar visual effects712 DownReveal answer → Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped713 DownReveal answer → Strands714 DownReveal answer → Precise and calculated821 DownReveal answer → First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)823 DownReveal answer → Tripping625 DownReveal answer → Sluggish627 DownReveal answer → One putting the pedal to the metal931 DownReveal answer → No-goodniks833 DownReveal answer → Toddler's walking aid735 DownReveal answer → Like someone using autoreply, perhaps736 DownReveal answer → Start to congeal737 DownReveal answer → Part of some gummies739 DownReveal answer → Clear740 DownReveal answer → Births741 DownReveal answer → Comfort643 DownReveal answer → Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety645 DownReveal answer → Mentors547 DownReveal answer → "Rude Boy" singer, to fans451 DownReveal answer → Ancient symbol of royalty354 DownReveal answer → Test not offered in high school, for short355 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, September 4, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.