Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, September 8, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "WALGREENS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
WALGREENS
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
IRA
Featured Clue
"CVS rival ... or a phonetic hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter"
9 Letters
WALGREENS
ALLComplete Solution List
Prized gem in Chinese culture
4JADE
Long for
4PINE
Wise one
4SAGE
Lyft competitor
4UBER
Trims, say
5EDITS
Bullet point on an agenda
4ITEM
___ Scotia
4NOVA
Actress Judi with an Oscar and a Tony
5DENCH
Hawaiian bird with a reduplicative name
4NENE
Smooths over
7GLOSSES
Pest at a comedy club
7HECKLER
Soda bottle units
6LITERS
Food court locale
4MALL
This American Life host Glass
3IRA
Suffix in the names of many languages
3ESE
Please don't go!
4STAY
French cosmetics company founded in 1909
6LOREAL
For ___ a jolly good fellow...
3HES
Crafts' partner
4ARTS
"A Whole New ___" ("Aladdin" song)
5WORLD
CVS rival ... or a phonetic hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter
9WALGREENS
What a shame
5SOSAD
Chopped down
4HEWN
Broody music genre
3EMO
Hardest substance in the human body
6ENAMEL
Aide (abbr.)
4ASST
Sound from a pound
3ARF
Energy-carrying chemical found in all living things, in brief
3ATP
Santa makes one
4LIST
Pompadour or pigtails
6HAIRDO
"Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the ___ one of all?"
7FAIREST
Site of a paper jam
7PRINTER
Milkshake flavor
4OREO
___ dish (lab item)
5PETRI
Father
4SIRE
___ I a Woman? (Sojourner Truth speech)
4AINT
Plastic-wrap brand
5SARAN
Colleges, to Aussies
4UNIS
Stuff growing on a tree trunk
4MOSS
Acidic ingredient in guacamole
4LIME
Money maker
4MINT
Jaguar's home
6JUNGLE
Totally ban
7ABOLISH
Faithful follower?
7DEVOTEE
Clear, as a board
5ERASE
Base of a statue.
8PEDESTAL
March 15, e.g.
4IDES
Diarist Anaïs
3NIN
___ Sketch (classic drawing toy)
5ETCHA
Kitchen fixture that might have a double or single basin
4SINK
Artist's workshop
7ATELIER
Army leader?
7GENERAL
May birthstone
7EMERALD
Shape of conchiglie pasta
5SHELL
Cohort above jrs.
3SRS
Ronald McDonald, e.g.
5CLOWN
This one's on me
7MYTREAT
Cry of frustration
4ARGH
Titanic heroine
4ROSE
Did the backstroke, say
4SWAM
Works with a needle
4SEWS
One-named "Hello" singer
5ADELE
Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps
8ENSHRINE
Froth seen at the beach
7SEAFOAM
Most populous Canadian province
7ONTARIO
2014 nonfiction best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind"
7SAPIENS
"Shaken, not stirred" drink
7MARTINI
Use DoorDash or Grubhub, e.g.
7ORDERIN
Some speech impediments
5LISPS
___ chi (Chinese martial art)
3TAI
Not see the ___ for the trees
6FOREST
Amazing bargain
5STEAL
To recap
5INSUM
Decays
4ROTS
British baby carriage
4PRAM
The first T in TNT
3TRI