NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam WagnerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Playbill groups ↗CASTS
  2. 6"He's very modest — he has a lot to be modest about," e.g. ↗GIBE
  3. 10Like an enthusiast ↗AVID
  4. 14Tokyo-based brewery ↗ASAHI
  5. 15Musical instrument whose second syllable sounds like a part of other musical instruments ↗OBOE
  6. 16Snackable seaweed ↗NORI
  7. 17Put all the bold letters in this clue together? ↗MAKEASTINK
  8. 19Aussie greeting ↗GDAY
  9. 20Paper view? ↗OPED
  10. 21One reason to pucker up ↗KISS
  11. 22Its antlers can grow up to an inch per day ↗ELK
  12. 23Cheese tested as cannon ammunition on "MythBusters" (it didn't work) ↗EDAM
  13. 25How two people might walk ↗ABREAST
  14. 29Put all the bold letters in this clue together? ↗CREATEAMONSTER
  15. 32Get into a get-up ↗CLOTHE
  16. 33Mamá's boy ↗NINO
  17. 34Gold, at the Milano Cortina Olympics ↗ORO
  18. 35"Dagnabbit!" ↗RATS
  19. 36Sheriff's backup ↗POSSE
  20. 38Tech review site ↗CNET
  21. 39"I love," in Italian and Spanish ↗AMO
  22. 40Veg out in a spa? ↗CUKE
  23. 41Works out, say ↗TRAINS
  24. 43Put all the bold letters in this clue together? ↗FORMANALLIANCE
  25. 46Russian revolutionary of the early 1900s ↗TROTSKY
  26. 47Longtime Yankee nickname ↗AROD
  27. 48"___ to the West Wind" ↗ODE
  28. 49Isle in Scotland's Inner Hebrides ↗SKYE
  29. 51"It's fun to stay at the ___" (1978 lyric) ↗YMCA
  30. 55Presidential power ↗VETO
  31. 57Put all the bold letters in this clue together? ↗BUILDABEAR
  32. 59Blizzard ingredient ↗OREO
  33. 60English singer Parks ↗ARLO
  34. 61Potato-based Hanukkah serving ↗LATKE
  35. 62Heartfelt, say ↗WARM
  36. 63Cat's cry ↗MEOW
  37. 64Parts of a copse ↗TREES

Down 37

  1. 1Hunter's attire, informally ↗CAMO
  2. 2"Like, now!" ↗ASAP
  3. 3Drink that's often served hot in the winter ↗SAKE
  4. 4When and where, in slang ↗THEDEETS
  5. 5One-named singer with the 2022 hit "Unstoppable" ↗SIA
  6. 6The moment of truth ↗GOTIME
  7. 7Bird with a long, downward-curving bill ↗IBIS
  8. 8Brest besties ↗BONSAMIS
  9. 9"Holy cannoli!" ↗EEK
  10. 10Geometers' calculations ↗ANGLES
  11. 11Clear cocktail often served with lime ↗VODKATONIC
  12. 12Apt letters missing from ret_ _ement pl_n ↗IRA
  13. 13Like some remodels, for short ↗DIY
  14. 18Genre for Blink-182 and Sum 41 ↗SKATEPUNK
  15. 22Toy inventer Rubik ↗ERNO
  16. 24Bit of Morse code ↗DAH
  17. 26Completely beat ↗BONETIRED
  18. 27Like a glassy lake ↗SERENE
  19. 28Puts on display, with "out" ↗TROTS
  20. 29Tumult ↗CLAMOR
  21. 30Big name in plumbing ↗ROTOROOTER
  22. 31Photographer Adams ↗ANSEL
  23. 32Woodworking or glass blowing ↗CRAFT
  24. 37"All right, I'm convinced" ↗OKAYSURE
  25. 38Milky Way or Mars ↗CANDYBAR
  26. 40Suit, e.g. ↗CASE
  27. 42Indian P.M. of the 1990s ↗RAO
  28. 44Destination for Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" ↗MTDOOM
  29. 45Tried not to draw attention ↗LAYLOW
  30. 50Letter between Juliet and Lima ↗KILO
  31. 52Dole (out) ↗METE
  32. 53Order for a wedding reception ↗CAKE
  33. 54One of the Twelve Olympians ↗ARES
  34. 55Promise ↗VOW
  35. 56Pitching stat ↗ERA
  36. 57Comic book onomatopoeia ↗BAM
  37. 58Music genre prefix ↗ALT