NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 63

  1. 1Words ___ Friends ↗WITH
  2. 5Dunderheads ↗DOLTS
  3. 10Starting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida ↗CUBA
  4. 14Reduce to a pulp ↗MASH
  5. 18Actress ___ Grace Moretz ↗CHLOE
  6. 19"The game's ___": Henry V ↗AFOOT
  7. 20Mystery writer? ↗ANON
  8. 21Soothing succulent ↗ALOE
  9. 22HOT woman worth fighting for? ↗HELENOFTROY
  10. 24Throwing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken ↗NINJASTAR
  11. 262010-12's ___ Spring ↗ARAB
  12. 27Coronary insert ↗STENT
  13. 28GOT in the ballpark? ↗GIVEORTAKE
  14. 29Gomez of "Only Murders in the Building" ↗SELENA
  15. 31Under, poetically ↗NEATH
  16. 33Trick ↗RUSE
  17. 34Music to a comedian's ears ↗LAUGH
  18. 36Some 1960s-style protests ↗LIEINS
  19. 39Contents of a black-and-white pod ↗ORCAS
  20. 43BOB Dylan album? ↗BLONDEONBLONDE
  21. 47Impossible to read, perhaps ↗INCODE
  22. 48Word before cut or class ↗LOW
  23. 49Fragrant compound ↗ESTER
  24. 50"It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.) ↗TENPM
  25. 52Butcher's cut ↗LOIN
  26. 53Takes a little off ↗TRIMS
  27. 55Time's 2023 Person of the Year ↗SWIFT
  28. 58A.I.-powered video hoaxes ↗DEEPFAKES
  29. 60In ___ ↗SITU
  30. 61Portuguese wine ↗MADEIRA
  31. 63Put out again ↗REISSUE
  32. 64MOB wives? ↗MAILORDERBRIDES
  33. 68Casino supervisor ↗PITBOSS
  34. 71Surround ↗ENCLOSE
  35. 72Poker in the Olympics? ↗EPEE
  36. 76How an urgent text may be written ↗INALLCAPS
  37. 79Affect emotionally ↗TOUCH
  38. 80Carne ___ ↗ASADA
  39. 81Word on either side of "à" ↗TETE
  40. 82Org. founded to fund foreign projects ↗USAID
  41. 84Vapes, familiarly ↗ECIGS
  42. 86King's title, in brief ↗REV
  43. 87Turkish summit ↗ARARAT
  44. 89SOAP film? ↗SNAKESONAPLANE
  45. 93Alternative to a Les Paul, for short ↗STRAT
  46. 94Dad's deflection ↗ASKMOM
  47. 95One of the seven deadly sins ↗GREED
  48. 96Vegetables rarely cut with a knife ↗PEAS
  49. 98Switch positions ↗ONOFF
  50. 101Washington or Berlin ↗IRVING
  51. 104KID napper's demand? ↗KEEPITDOWN
  52. 109Loses emotional control, in gamer-speak ↗TILTS
  53. 111Socialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" ↗EDIE
  54. 112Winning country at the 2022 World Cup ↗ARGENTINA
  55. 113THE big game? ↗TEXASHOLDEM
  56. 115"You're full of baloney!" ↗LIAR
  57. 116"Right on, man" ↗IDIG
  58. 117"Baywatch" actress Eleniak ↗ERIKA
  59. 118Breathers ↗LULLS
  60. 119Goals ↗ENDS
  61. 120Reference ↗CITE
  62. 121Fall perennial ↗ASTER
  63. 122Primatologists' subjects ↗APES

Down 73

  1. 1One of a reporter's W's ↗WHERE
  2. 2Line of latitude? ↗ILLALLOWIT
  3. 3Squishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily ↗TOEBEAN
  4. 4Brooding sort ↗HEN
  5. 5Nutty ↗DAFT
  6. 6Frequently ↗OFTEN
  7. 72025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live" ↗LORNE
  8. 8Nickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones ↗TOOTALL
  9. 9What a mess ↗STY
  10. 10Kid's repeated request ↗CANI
  11. 11Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. ↗UNIV
  12. 12Idiot mistakes ↗BONERS
  13. 13Pear variety ↗ANJOU
  14. 14Dazzling displays of skill ↗MASTERCLASSES
  15. 15Utah ski resort ↗ALTA
  16. 16Linger in the bath ↗SOAK
  17. 17Roll call response ↗HERE
  18. 18Nickname that's an alternative to Chuck ↗CHAS
  19. 23Native Oklahomans ↗OSAGES
  20. 25Bad lighting? ↗ARSON
  21. 28Treaty of ___, official close to the War of 1812 ↗GHENT
  22. 30Some N.S.F.W. texts ↗NUDES
  23. 32Madre's hermano ↗TIO
  24. 35Spicy dips ↗HOTSALSAS
  25. 37Named, informally ↗IDED
  26. 38Madre's baby ↗NENE
  27. 40Manipulates dishonestly ↗COOKS
  28. 41Common Wordle starting word (for all those vowels) ↗ADIEU
  29. 42Feel ↗SENSE
  30. 43Crunchy sandwiches, for short ↗BLTS
  31. 44___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality ↗LORI
  32. 45Fresh cut ↗NEWDO
  33. 46Prickly patch ↗BRIER
  34. 47Fetter ↗IMPEDE
  35. 51Disappearing from the earth ↗PERISHING
  36. 54Hip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics ↗MUMBLERAPPERS
  37. 56Bona ___ ↗FIDE
  38. 57Council of ___ (Counter-Reformation body) ↗TRENT
  39. 59Mild oath ↗FIE
  40. 61Trading card error ↗MISCUT
  41. 62Bowed, musically ↗ARCO
  42. 65Big inits. in 1990s internet ↗AOL
  43. 66Genre for Stevie Ray Vaughan ↗BLUES
  44. 67Celebrity chef DiSpirito ↗ROCCO
  45. 68Gyro wraps ↗PITAS
  46. 69Like krypton ↗INERT
  47. 70Turkic language ↗TATAR
  48. 73Basic drumming pattern ↗PARADIDDLE
  49. 74Steinbeck's "East of ___" ↗EDEN
  50. 75Place for Christmas lights ↗EAVE
  51. 77"Not interested" ↗PASS
  52. 78Head toward bankruptcy, say ↗SINK
  53. 80According to ↗ASPER
  54. 83Matt of "Oppenheimer" ↗DAMON
  55. 85Overly bright and showy ↗GARISH
  56. 88Used DoorDash, say ↗ATEIN
  57. 90___Mari Method (tidying system) ↗KON
  58. 91Hams ↗EMOTERS
  59. 92Advance in a video game ↗LEVELUP
  60. 94"That was true for me, too" ↗ASDIDI
  61. 97Storage area ↗ATTIC
  62. 99Demand from a disgruntled customer ↗FIXIT
  63. 100Unreliable sort, in slang ↗FLAKE
  64. 102What a Bohr! ↗NIELS
  65. 103Diamonds, but not clubs ↗GEMS
  66. 104Dark green ↗KALE
  67. 105"The Office" receptionist ↗ERIN
  68. 106Mild oath ↗EGAD
  69. 107"Don't worry, boss!" ↗ONIT
  70. 108Kind of hike ↗WAGE
  71. 110Position removed by the February Revolution ↗TSAR
  72. 113Drink "for two," in song ↗TEA
  73. 114Portuguese greeting ↗OLA