NYT Crossword September 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Made chitchat 9 10A Underground rock 5 15A "Slow down a second!" 9 16A What you might hear when you get someone's goat? 5 17A Nay sayers 15 19A Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides" 5 20A One way to stand 4 21A Hang time, for short? 4 22A Important 3 23A Journey, so to speak 4 25A Access, as to an elite network 6 27A "___ ME" (humorous "sign") 4 29A European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature 4 31A Reduced price? 3 32A Revered one 4 34A "Keep on going!" 4 36A Word in a Tibetan leader's title 5 38A "Infection" common among schoolkids 7 40A California city bisected by Interstate 5 7 42A Not continue beyond 5 43A Stunner 4 45A Cette femme 4 46A Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly 3 47A ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition) 4 49A Shiny material 4 51A Annular reefs 6 53A Stock market option 4 55A TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber 3 58A Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE" 4 59A Land, marked 4 61A Held the elevator door for, say 5 63A Sarcastic response to boasting 15 66A Carnival line? 5 67A Score sneakily 9 68A "The door's open!" 5 69A Conclude an agreement, say 9

Down

1D Ritzy 5 2D Luxury fashion house based in Paris 5 3D Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie 15 4D Apt name for a yoga instructor? 4 5D "Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 6D "Found you!" 3 7D Cracker alternative to Ritz 5 8D Mobile library? 7 9D Cope 4 10D Future manager's goal, for short 3 11D Most-celebrated celebrities 5 12D Primary follower 15 13D Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to 9 14D When it happened 9 18D Valley with gentle slopes 4 24D "I can't catch a break!" 4 26D Bubkes 4 28D 20-Across, en español 4 30D Green-winged water bird 4 32D Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe 9 33D Clothing tag warning 9 35D Seat of one European monarchy 4 37D Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya …" 4 39D "___ turn out fine" 4 41D Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays 4 44D Boorish 7 48D Game on a car trip 4 50D Form of a gene 6 52D The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury" 5 54D Befuddled 5 56D "We're alike in that way" 5 57D Cove 5 60D Stock market woe 4 62D Diminishing return? 4 64D Waterproofing material for a sail, once 3 65D Lahore is here: Abbr. 3