Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, September 3, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, September 3, 2026 features 80 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "CLASSROOM".
Total Clues
80
Longest
CLASSROOM
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
HER
Featured Clue
"School unit"
9 Letters
CLASSROOM
ALLComplete Solution List
Things that have icons
4APPS
She's possessive
3HER
Sales spiel
5PITCH
She can speak more than 20 languages
4SIRI
Lead-in to haw
3YEE
Followed
6ENSUED
Show with the classic episodes "The Puffy Shirt" and "The Little Kicks"
8SEINFELD
Authorize
6ENABLE
Noodle
6NOGGIN
On, in French
3SUR
Successes for sluggers, for short
4RBIS
Like some pants or haircuts
7TAPERED
Big laugh
3YUK
What dogs do the most in the spring and fall
4SHED
School unit
9CLASSROOM
Reached a payment date
7CAMEDUE
"Please give this high priority!"
4ASAP
Character with a famous opening line?
7ALIBABA
Like an overtired toddler
5FUSSY
Twice-told tale
5RERUN
Sweetums or Baby Doll
7PETNAME
March Madness org.
4NCAA
Open, as a bottle
7UNSCREW
One might feature rivers and bluffs
9POKERGAME
Hastens
4HIES
Apple purchase
3MAC
Comedian Jon
7STEWART
Its motto is "Industry"
4UTAH
Sorta
3ISH
Luxuriates outdoors, in a way
6GLAMPS
Emergency alerts
6SIRENS
Complete fiasco, slangily
8EPICFAIL
Steak option
6ENDCUT
Emmy-winning role for Tina Fey
3LIZ
Up the ___
4ANTE
Words that might be seen on a docent's badge
5ASKME
Letters found near some bars
3LTE
It might be paved with good intentions
4ROAD
The "A" in L.P.G.A.: Abbr.
4ASSN
Slangy "mouth" found in a 20-Across
7PIEHOLE
Self-righteous type
4PRIG
Confess, say
4SING
Spotted youngster that might be spotted on the savanna
8HYENACUB
Fish with fused fins
3EEL
One end of the Suez Canal
6REDSEA
Many a "Bridgerton" lady
7PEERESS
Alternative to a bed-and-breakfast
3INN
Slavic title.
4TSAR
Place for storing belongings in a 32-Across
9CUBBYHOLE
Cause of a squeaky voice, maybe
6HELIUM
Place to study
4DESK
Factor in a clothing purchase
3FIT
__ Minor
4URSA
Something a suspect enters
4PLEA
Sketches
6DRAFTS
Leave a mark
4SCAR
Hearty
4HALE
Islamic commander
4EMIR
Show to be bogus
6DEBUNK
Tool found in a 32-Across
9HOLEPUNCH
What choreologists study
6DANCES
Garment that is typically around six yards long
4SARI
Captain Hook's right-hand man
4SMEE
Evergreen trees with red arils
4YEWS
Cat that can purr but can't roar
4PUMA
Invigorate
8ENERGIZE
Skilled performer
7ARTISTE
2, 4, 6 and 8, e.g.
4AGES
Surface of a well-used wok
6PATINA
Pocket rockets, e.g., found in a 49-Across
9HOLECARDS
Well, shucks
6AWHELL
Polyhymnia or Clio
4MUSE
Group with the 1994 12x platinum album "CrazySexyCool"
3TLC
Tarnation!
4HECK
Distantly
4AFAR
Underground entrance found in a 73-Across
7MANHOLE
Bread that may have a pocket
4PITA
Skeleton, say
4SLED
__ Lock: PC key
3NUM
Orchestra setting
3PIT