Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, September 5, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, September 5, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "ALLTHOSEAGAINST".
Total Clues
72
Longest
ALLTHOSEAGAINST
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
KEY
Featured Clue
"Nay sayers"
15 Letters
ALLTHOSEAGAINST
ALLComplete Solution List
Made chitchat
9SCHMOOZED
Underground rock?
5MAGMA
"Slow down a second!"
9WHOATHERE
What you might hear when you get someone's goat?
5BLEAT
Nay sayers
15ALLTHOSEAGAINST
Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides"
5NOLTE
One way to stand
4TALL
Hang time, for short?
4SESH
Important
3KEY
Journey, so to speak
4ROAD
Access, as to an elite network
6ENTREE
"___ ME" (humorous "sign")
4WASH
European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature
4ETNA
Reduced-price
3AMT
Revered one
4IDOL
"Keep on going!"
4MORE
Word in a Tibetan leader's title
5DALAI
"Infection" common among schoolkids
7COOTIES
California city bisected by Interstate 5
7ANAHEIM
Not continue beyond
5ENDAT
Stunner
4LULU
Cette femme
4ELLE
Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly
3POM
___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition)
4LION
Shiny material.
4LAME
Annular reefs
6ATOLLS
Stock market option
4CALL
TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber
3CSI
Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE"
4LIMO
Land, marked
4PLOT
Held the elevator door for, say
5LETON
Sarcastic response to boasting
15ARENTYOUSPECIAL
Carnival line?
5CONGA
Score sneakily
9STEALHOME
The door's open!
5ENTER
Conclude an agreement, say
9SHAKEONIT
Ritzy
5SWANK
Luxury fashion house based in Paris
5CHLOE
Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie
15HOLLYWOODMOMENT
Apt name for a yoga instructor?
4MATT
"Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson
6OTHERS
Found you!
3OHO
Cracker alternative to Ritz
5ZESTA
Mobile library?
7EREADER
Cope
4DEAL
Future manager's goal, for short
3MBA
Most-celebrated celebrities
5ALIST
Primary follower
15GENERALELECTION
Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to
9MASSEMAIL
When it happened
9ATTHETIME
Valley with gentle slopes
4GLEN
I can't ___ catch a break
4OHME
Bubkes
4NADA
20-Across, en español
4ALTA
Green-winged water bird
4TEAL
Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe
9ICEPALACE
Clothing tag warning
9DONOTIRON
Seat of one European monarchy
4OSLO
Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya ..."
4AHEM
"___ turn out fine"
4ITLL
Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays
4NULL
Boorish
7UNCOUTH
Game on a car trip
4ISPY
Form of a gene
6ALLELE
The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury"
5LONGE
Befuddled
5ATSEA
"We're alike in that way"
5SOAMI
Cove
5INLET
Stock market woe
4LOSS
Diminishing return?
4ECHO
Waterproofing material for a sail, once
3TAR
Lahore is here: Abbr.
3PAK