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NYT Crossword — September 7, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

41 clues

1Actress Longoria or Mendes

4Word after op or pop

7Jabbers on a plane?

13Hip-hop's ___ Wayne

14"If I ___ a Carpenter"

16First-year professional athlete

19Meal, formally

20Not working, as a phone

21Tool for winter fishing

24To be, in Barcelona

28Apple all-in-one computer

30Contribute something more

31Hoppy brews, for short

35Dependable, upstanding guy

37Key often near Caps Lock

39What a hen lays

40Robes tied with obis

43Bit of acne, informally

44How Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927

46___ and Driver (magazine)

47"Holy cannoli!"

50Kipling novel or its young hero

51Singer Bareilles

55Indian princes

58Rotor speed fig.

61Ordered (around)

64Wizard's mixture

66Not now, but later

69List, as in a reference

70Yea's opposite

71Ukrainian seaport, in an older spelling

72"Let's ___!" ("Dinner's on!")

73Org. checking carry-on bags

Down

37 clues

2Plants with tendrils

3Electric with excitement

4Cry over a newborn

5Home loan overhaul, in brief

6Halt to hostilities

8Handbag fashion label from Madrid

9Playful knock on the noggin

10Give the thumbs-up

12Divisions in a tennis match

15Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares

18President after Washington

22Alternative to a convertible or station wagon

27Barely visible, as light from a star

29Grammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band

32Dive offering slices

33Puccini's "Nessun dorma," e.g.

34Meyers of late night

36Rare four-award achievement in entertainment, for short

41Slips in a slot at the post office

42Fly to new heights

45Dominate, in sports slang

48"I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my ___ did grow": William Blake

53Passing notices, informally

54Counting-out rhyme opener

56Book made obsolescent by GPS

59Said "guilty," say

60One of 26 in a marathon

62Contents of an Excel spreadsheet

65Kisses, symbolically

67Like some dog kisses

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Stats & info

Monday, Sep 7, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 7, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeff Chen and Stephan Prock

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split41 across · 37 down

Longest entries

15DUplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares13 ltrs 3DElectric with excitement10 ltrs 7DSome gofers10 ltrs 29DGrammy-winning pianist with the Elektric Band10 ltrs 32DDive offering slices10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.