NYT Crossword September 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Result of a tense build-up? 10 11A Hit a point of no return? 4 15A Kick off 10 16A “Outta my way!” 4 17A ABC's realm 10 18A Body part affected by heterochromia 4 19A Fed 4 20A ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer 4 21A Buff 5 22A Drops 5 24A Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist 9 26A Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery 6 28A Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize" 8 29A Agcy. tracking popular baby names 3 30A Agcy. concerned with declarations 3 32A Parts of some high-speed rail systems 7 33A Be exceptionally good, in modern slang 4 34A Vaper's purchase 4 35A What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob 7 38A Disclaimer in a quote 3 39A "Hang" 3 42A Detaches from the frame, perhaps 8 44A Grammatical case in 48-Across 6 46A Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!" 9 48A See 44-Across 5 49A Super, slangily 5 50A Curve on a score 4 52A Follower of hand or home 4 53A Bit of filming 4 54A Asteroids and Space Invaders 10 56A In the past 4 57A System by which all speech is protected? 10 58A Cravings 4 59A Club runners 10

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1D Change sounds 7 2D Captivates 7 3D Actress Lyonne 7 4D Neighbor of Sierra Leone 6 5D In the past 3 6D Use a fork for, in a way 4 7D Some thesis defenses 5 8D Trounce 6 9D Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues" 9 10D Gun before the green, say 3 11D "Is it not?" 8 12D Stellar visual effects 7 13D Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped 7 14D Strands 7 21D Precise and calculated 8 23D First country to elect a female prime minister (1960) 8 25D Tripping 6 27D Sluggish 6 31D One putting the pedal to the metal 9 33D No-goodniks 8 35D Toddler's walking aid 7 36D Like someone using autoreply, perhaps 7 37D Start to congeal 7 39D Part of some gummies 7 40D Clear 7 41D Births 7 43D Comfort 6 45D Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety 6 47D Mentors 5 51D "Rude Boy" singer, to fans 4 54D Ancient symbol of royalty 3 55D Test not offered in high school, for short 3