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NYT Crossword
Sunday, September 6, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, September 6, 2026 features 138 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "FLASHDANCESWITHWOLVES".

Total Clues

138

Longest

FLASHDANCESWITHWOLVES

Avg Length

5.4

Shortest

ANG

Featured Clue

"<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-flash.png" alt="The Flash dancing with two wolves" title="Flash Dances with Wolves">"

21 Letters

FLASHDANCESWITHWOLVES

ALLComplete Solution List

Spanish nibbles

Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai"

Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-flash.png" alt="The Flash dancing with two wolves" title="Flash Dances with Wolves">

21FLASHDANCESWITHWOLVES

Loudmouth's lack, perhaps

Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three"

Word after B or bucket

"Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me"

White of the eye

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-lighthouse.png" alt="A lighthouse illuminates the Gucci logo" title="The lighthouse of Gucci">

20THELIGHTHOUSEOFGUCCI

"Yeah, I know them"

Burrowing rodent

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

Mr. Blue Sky band, for short

Banger of a song

"Fortnight" singer, to fans

"That is ... I mean ..."

Fifty Shades of Grey author

Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur

Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature

Embed with a hammer

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-lionking.png" alt="Cigar smoking Lion at a desk with money" title="The Lion Kingpin">

14THELIONKINGPIN

Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell

Sort of person who brings people together

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-badboys.png" alt="Bad Boys with a giant X through them" title="Bad Boys Don't Cry">

14BADBOYSDONTCRY

Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters

Panameñas y puertorriqueñas

Someone who exercises out of habit?

Bird store supply

Starter starter?

Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau

Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian

Counterparts of troughs

___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

[waving the white flag]

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-darkknight.png" alt="Batman gets inoculated" title="A Shot in the Dark Knight">

20ASHOTINTHEDARKKNIGHT

ChatGPT's company

They never start with 9: Abbr.

Word after news or line

Famous last words

Partner of rave

Quite the head-turner?

<img src="/images/clues/2026-09-06/xword-0906-angrymen.png" alt="12 Angry Men in dark suits" title="12 Angry Men in Black">

21TWELVEANGRYMENINBLACK

Rectangular baking container

Give it a twirl!

Follows the first rule of improv

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

Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca"

Newsroom writing standard, in brief

Group of families.

Cooking surface

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

Sault __ Marie, Mich.

9-5, say: Abbr.

State that's the setting for "American Gothic"

Pullover/cardigan combo

Down the middle, say

"Gaping" feature

Reasoning that doesn't hold up

Texter's "Duh!"

Cheers for the Spanish national team?

Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo

Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief

Co. with red-and-yellow trucks

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

Offerer of a 33-country train pass

Many a middle schooler

Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief

Initiate small talk, say

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony

Desert country popular for whale watching

Like some novelty straws

Lovely, as a lass

D.J. and record producer Steve ___

Clearing account?

___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22"

Comes down hard?

Long-feathered flier

Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably

These are fighting words

Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles

Castaway's setting

En ___ (legal phrase)

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

Last in the batting order

Govt. instruments

Coyotes, foxes et al.

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

___ ball (rubbery toy)

When many parks close

Sign of the cross?

Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears

Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret

Quivering with excitement

Percentage at a bank: Abbr.

Be perfectly supine, say

Like Cinderella, initially

Aloo gobi go-with

Vintage goods e-tailer

Overly sentimental, to Brits

Ending with Jumbo or beta

Fortified stuff, maybe

Milton Friedman's field, familiarly

Big Apple fashion house

Info on auto documents, for short

It has a thick skin

Deg. for some writers

Mini-albums, for short

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