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NYT Crossword — September 6, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 138 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

58 clues

1Spanish nibbles

20Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai"

21Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe

26Loudmouth's lack, perhaps

28Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three"

29Word after B or bucket

30"Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me"

36White of the eye

45"Yeah, I know them"

46Burrowing rodent

47"So-o-o, as I was saying ..."

49"Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short

50Banger of a song

51"Fortnight" singer, to fans

54"That is … I mean …"

55"Fifty Shades of Grey" author

58Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur

60Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature

61Embed with a hammer

65Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell

67Sort of person who brings people together

78Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters

79Panameñas y puertorriqueñas

81Someone who exercises out of habit?

82Bird store supply

84"Starter" starter

85Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau

86Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian

87Counterparts of troughs

89___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

91[waving the white flag]

97ChatGPT's company

98They never start with 9: Abbr.

99Word after news or line

100Famous last words

103Partner of rave

105Quite the head-turner?

107Live broadcast

118Rectangular baking container

119Give it a twirl!

120Follows the first rule of improv

121All together

Down

80 clues

1Chief justice who remarked "I don't remember that I ever was president"

2Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca"

4Newsroom writing standard, in brief

5"Just listen …"

6Group of families

7Cooking surface

8Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame

9Sault ___ Marie, Mich.

109-5, say: Abbr.

11State that's the setting for "American Gothic"

12Pullover/cardigan combo

13Down the middle, say

14"Gaping" feature

15Latin 101 verb

16Reasoning that doesn't hold up

17Texter's "Duh!"

18Cheers for the Spanish national team?

19For fear that

25Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo

31Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief

33Co. with red-and-yellow trucks

34One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's six "Representative Men"

35Offerer of a 33-country train pass

37"Good heavens!"

38Arcane letter

39Many a middle schooler

40Slangy "very"

41Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief

42Initiate small talk, say

44Black Sabbath guitarist Tony

48Desert country popular for whale watching

50Like some novelty straws

52Lovely, as a lass

53D.J. and record producer Steve ___

56Clearing account?

57___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22"

59Comes down hard

60Long-feathered flier

62Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably

63These are fighting words

64Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles

66Castaway's setting

68En ___ (legal phrase)

70People with no word for "please" in their native language

71Last in the batting order

72Govt. instruments

73Coyotes, foxes et al.

75Vegan brand with the logo of a cow wearing a fake mustache

76___ ball (rubbery toy)

80When many parks close

82Sign of the cross?

8390° del norte

85Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears

88Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret

89Quivering with excitement

91Percentage at a bank: Abbr.

92Be perfectly supine, say

94Like Cinderella, initially

95Aloo gobi go-with

100Vintage goods e-tailer

101Overly sentimental, to Brits

104Ending with Jumbo or beta

106Fortified stuff, maybe

108Milton Friedman's field, familiarly

109Big Apple fashion house

111Info on auto documents, for short

113It has a thick skin

114Deg. for some writers

115Mini-albums, for short

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Stats & info

Sunday, Sep 6, 2026

21×21

Grid size

138

Total entries

69/372

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

21 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 6, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeCrossover Films

ConstructorJohn Kugelman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split58 across · 80 down

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