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NYT Crossword September 4 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, September 4 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Result of a tense build-up?10 lettersSee answer ›11Hit a point of no return?4 lettersSee answer ›15Kick off10 lettersSee answer ›16“Outta my way!”4 lettersSee answer ›17ABC's realm10 lettersSee answer ›18Body part affected by heterochromia4 lettersSee answer ›19Fed4 lettersSee answer ›20___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer4 lettersSee answer ›21Buff5 lettersSee answer ›22Drops5 lettersSee answer ›24Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activist9 lettersSee answer ›26Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recovery6 lettersSee answer ›28Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize"8 lettersSee answer ›29Agcy. tracking popular baby names3 lettersSee answer ›30Agcy. concerned with declarations3 lettersSee answer ›32Parts of some high-speed rail systems7 lettersSee answer ›33Be exceptionally good, in modern slang4 lettersSee answer ›34Vaper's purchase4 lettersSee answer ›35What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to Jacob7 lettersSee answer ›38Disclaimer in a quote3 lettersSee answer ›39"Hang"3 lettersSee answer ›42Detaches from the frame, perhaps8 lettersSee answer ›44Grammatical case in 48-Across6 lettersSee answer ›46Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!"9 lettersSee answer ›48See 44-Across5 lettersSee answer ›49Super, slangily5 lettersSee answer ›50Curve on a score4 lettersSee answer ›52Follower of hand or home4 lettersSee answer ›53Bit of filming4 lettersSee answer ›54Asteroids and Space Invaders10 lettersSee answer ›56In the past4 lettersSee answer ›57System by which all speech is protected?10 lettersSee answer ›58Cravings4 lettersSee answer ›59Club runners10 lettersSee answer ›

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1Change sounds7 lettersSee answer ›2Captivates7 lettersSee answer ›3Actress Lyonne7 lettersSee answer ›4Neighbor of Sierra Leone6 lettersSee answer ›5In the past3 lettersSee answer ›6Use a fork for, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›7Some thesis defenses5 lettersSee answer ›8Trounce6 lettersSee answer ›9Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues"9 lettersSee answer ›10Gun before the green, say3 lettersSee answer ›11"Is it not?"8 lettersSee answer ›12Stellar visual effects7 lettersSee answer ›13Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is dropped7 lettersSee answer ›14Strands7 lettersSee answer ›21Precise and calculated8 lettersSee answer ›23First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)8 lettersSee answer ›25Tripping6 lettersSee answer ›27Sluggish6 lettersSee answer ›31One putting the pedal to the metal9 lettersSee answer ›33No-goodniks8 lettersSee answer ›35Toddler's walking aid7 lettersSee answer ›36Like someone using autoreply, perhaps7 lettersSee answer ›37Start to congeal7 lettersSee answer ›39Part of some gummies7 lettersSee answer ›40Clear7 lettersSee answer ›41Births7 lettersSee answer ›43Comfort6 lettersSee answer ›45Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" variety6 lettersSee answer ›47Mentors5 lettersSee answer ›51"Rude Boy" singer, to fans4 lettersSee answer ›54Ancient symbol of royalty3 lettersSee answer ›55Test not offered in high school, for short3 lettersSee answer ›