NYT Crossword Answers
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The New York Times Crossword is the world's most famous puzzle — edited by Will Shortz, harder every day from Monday through Saturday, with the big themed grid on Sunday. Whether one clue has you stuck or you want the full solution, we publish every verified answer shortly after each puzzle is released at 10 PM ET (6 PM on weekends).
Latest puzzle — September 3, 2026
80 clues in this puzzle. Here are the first few — open the full page for every Across and Down answer:
67D
Orchestra setting
3
65D
___ Lock (PC key)
3
63D
Skeleton, say
4
62D
Bread that may have a pocket
4
61D
Underground entrance found in a 73-Across
4
60D
Distantly
4
57D
"Tarnation!"
4
55D
Group with the 1994 12x platinum album "CrazySexyCool"
3
53D
Polyhymnia or Clio
4
51D
"Well, shucks!"
6
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