diff --git a/recipes/nytimes.recipe b/recipes/nytimes.recipe
index a8ac47f428..81ab36c076 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes.recipe
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class NewYorkTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     compress_news_images = True
     compress_news_images_auto_size = 5
     conversion_options = {'flow_size': 0}
+    delay = 0 if use_wayback_machine else 1
 
     @property
     def nyt_parser(self):
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
index b7ad52cd7a..40d93ead24 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class NYTimesSports(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content = False
     no_stylesheets = True
     language = 'en'
+    delay = 1
+
     feeds = [
         (u'The Fifth Down', u'https://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/feed/'),
         (u'The Quad', u'https://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/feed/'),
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
index f6cf8b1f4a..9f7a4c0e09 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class NewYorkTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     compress_news_images = True
     compress_news_images_auto_size = 5
     conversion_options = {'flow_size': 0}
+    delay = 0 if use_wayback_machine else 1
 
     @property
     def nyt_parser(self):
diff --git a/recipes/nytimesbook.recipe b/recipes/nytimesbook.recipe
index d18846eeef..b9b739aa6d 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimesbook.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimesbook.recipe
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class NewYorkTimesBookReview(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_javascript = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     encoding = 'utf-8'
+    delay = 0 if use_wayback_machine else 1
 
     articles_are_obfuscated = use_wayback_machine