New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/04/2026. The September 04 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Result of a tense build-up?JENGATOWER
- 11a Hit a point of no return?ACED
- 15a Kick offINAUGURATE
- 16a ?Outta my way!?MOVE
- 17a ABC’s realmNATIONALTV
- 18a Body part affected by heterochromiaIRIS
- 19a FedGMAN
- 20a ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singerELLA
- 21a BuffSWOLE
- 22a DropsLOSES
- 24a Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activistSOJOURNER
- 26a Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany’s economic recoveryERHARD
- 28a Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for “criticize”PANROAST
- 29a Agcy. tracking popular baby namesSSA
- 30a Agcy. concerned with declarationsIRS
- 32a Parts of some high-speed rail systemsMAGNETS
- 33a Be exceptionally good, in modern slangSLAP
- 34a Vaper’s purchaseECIG
- 35a What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to JacobPOTTAGE
- 38a Disclaimer in a quoteSIC
- 39a “Hang”VEG
- 42a Detaches from the frame, perhapsUNHINGES
- 44a Grammatical case in 48-AcrossDATIVE
- 46a Longtime Pixar character who saiys “I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!”SLINKYDOG
- 48a See 44-AcrossLATIN
- 49a Super, slangilyHECKA
- 50a Curve on a scoreSLUR
- 52a Follower of hand or homeMADE
- 53a Bit of filmingTAKE
- 54a Asteroids and Space InvadersATARIGAMES
- 56a In the pastOVER
- 57a System by which all speech is protected?SECURELINE
- 58a CravingsYENS
- 59a Club runnersPRESIDENTS
- Down
- 1d Change soundsJINGLES
- 2d CaptivatesENAMORS
- 3d Actress LyonneNATASHA
- 4d Neighbor of Sierra LeoneGUINEA
- 5d In the pastAGO
- 6d Use a fork for, in a wayTUNE
- 7d Some thesis defensesORALS
- 8d TrounceWALLOP
- 9d Singer dubbed the “Matriarch of the Blues”ETTAJAMES
- 10d Gun before the green, sayREV
- 11d “Is it not?”AMIWRONG
- 12d Stellar visual effectsCORONAE
- 13d Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is droppedEVILEST
- 14d StrandsDESERTS
- 21d Precise and calculatedSURGICAL
- 23d First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)SRILANKA
- 25d TrippingONACID
- 27d SluggishDRAGGY
- 31d One putting the pedal to the metalSPEEDSTER
- 33d No-goodniksSTINKERS
- 35d Toddler’s walking aidPUSHTOY
- 36d Like someone using autoreply, perhapsONLEAVE
- 37d Start to congealTHICKEN
- 39d Part of some gummiesVITAMIN
- 40d ClearEVIDENT
- 41d BirthsGENESES
- 43d ComfortSOLACE
- 45d Mesoamerican staple with a “hot” varietyTAMALE
- 47d MentorsGURUS
- 51d “Rude Boy” singer, to fansRIRI
- 54d Ancient symbol of royaltyASP
- 55d Test not offered in high school, for shortGED