NYT Crossword September 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Spanish nibbles 5 6A Do great 7 13A "Silly me!" 7 20A Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai" 5 21A Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe 7 22A Noteworthy 7 23A Flash 21 26A Loudmouth's lack, perhaps 4 27A Director Lee 3 28A Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three" 4 29A Word after B or bucket 4 30A "Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me" 4 32A Advantage 4 36A White of the eye 6 39A Lighthouse 20 45A "Yeah, I know them" 5 46A Burrowing rodent 7 47A "So-o-o, as I was saying ..." 6 49A "Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short 3 50A Banger of a song 3 51A "Fortnight" singer, to fans 3 52A Directed 4 54A "That is … I mean …" 3 55A "Fifty Shades of Grey" author 7 58A Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur 7 60A Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature 4 61A Embed with a hammer 6 62A Lion King 14 65A Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell 6 67A Sort of person who brings people together 6 68A Bad Boys 14 74A Arab chiefs 6 78A Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters 4 79A Panameñas y puertorriqueñas 7 80A "A.S.A.P.!" 7 81A Someone who exercises out of habit? 3 82A Bird store supply 4 84A "Starter" starter 3 85A Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau 3 86A Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian 3 87A Counterparts of troughs 6 89A ___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" 7 91A [waving the white flag] 5 93A Dark Knight 20 97A ChatGPT's company 6 98A They never start with 9: Abbr. 4 99A Word after news or line 4 100A Famous last words 4 103A Partner of rave 4 105A Quite the head-turner? 3 107A Live broadcast 4 110A Angry Men 21 117A Pushing off 7 118A Rectangular baking container 7 119A Give it a twirl! 5 120A Follows the first rule of improv 7 121A All together 7 122A Obdurate 5

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1D Chief justice who remarked "I don't remember that I ever was president" 4 2D Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca" 4 3D Sext symbol? 10 4D Newsroom writing standard, in brief 7 5D "Just listen …" 3 6D Group of families 4 7D Cooking surface 8 8D Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame 3 9D Sault ___ Marie, Mich. 3 10D 9-5, say: Abbr. 3 11D State that's the setting for "American Gothic" 4 12D Pullover/cardigan combo 7 13D Down the middle, say 6 14D "Gaping" feature 3 15D Latin 101 verb 3 16D Reasoning that doesn't hold up 7 17D Texter's "Duh!" 4 18D Cheers for the Spanish national team? 4 19D For fear that 4 24D Minced oath 4 25D Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo 4 31D Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief 3 33D Co. with red-and-yellow trucks 3 34D One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's six "Representative Men" 6 35D Offerer of a 33-country train pass 6 37D "Good heavens!" 4 38D Arcane letter 4 39D Many a middle schooler 5 40D Slangy "very" 5 41D Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief 4 42D Initiate small talk, say 5 43D ___ change 5 44D Black Sabbath guitarist Tony 5 48D Desert country popular for whale watching 4 50D Like some novelty straws 5 52D Lovely, as a lass 5 53D D.J. and record producer Steve ___ 4 56D Clearing account? 5 57D ___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22" 4 58D Minced oath 5 59D Comes down hard 5 60D Long-feathered flier 5 62D Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably 5 63D These are fighting words 5 64D Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles 4 66D Castaway's setting 4 68D En ___ (legal phrase) 4 69D Lexus rival 5 70D People with no word for "please" in their native language 5 71D Last in the batting order 5 72D Govt. instruments 6 73D Coyotes, foxes et al. 6 75D Vegan brand with the logo of a cow wearing a fake mustache 10 76D ___ ball (rubbery toy) 5 77D "Awesome" 5 80D When many parks close 4 82D Sign of the cross? 4 83D 90° del norte 4 85D Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears 8 88D Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret 7 89D Quivering with excitement 7 90D John 3 91D Percentage at a bank: Abbr. 3 92D Be perfectly supine, say 7 94D Like Cinderella, initially 6 95D Aloo gobi go-with 4 96D Burn unit? 4 100D Vintage goods e-tailer 4 101D Overly sentimental, to Brits 4 102D Hamiltons 4 104D Ending with Jumbo or beta 4 106D Fortified stuff, maybe 4 108D Milton Friedman's field, familiarly 4 109D Big Apple fashion house 4 111D Info on auto documents, for short 3 112D Wrap up 3 113D It has a thick skin 3 114D Deg. for some writers 3 115D Mini-albums, for short 3 116D Cheap shot? 3