NYT Mini Crossword September 5 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 16 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 16 clues from the NYT Mini Crossword for September 5 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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Across

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Its state quarter features a grizzly bear catching a salmon61 AcrossReveal answer → Run-of-the-mill67 AcrossReveal answer → Needing a friend68 AcrossReveal answer → Grazing animal in the Rockies39 AcrossReveal answer → Freestanding counter at the center of a kitchen610 AcrossReveal answer → Eating plan participant613 AcrossReveal answer → Class with colored belts614 AcrossReveal answer →

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Knee injury site, for short31 DownReveal answer → Brit's bathroom32 DownReveal answer → Memory loss issue73 DownReveal answer → Nose, by function74 DownReveal answer → Major Indian city that's the capital of West Bengal75 DownReveal answer → "___ given Sunday!" (football fan's maxim)36 DownReveal answer → Texting equivalent of a shrug310 DownReveal answer → After taxes311 DownReveal answer → "Dr." who co-founded Death Row Records312 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the NYT Mini crossword published on Saturday, September 5, 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.