NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 16, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 16, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rafael Musa and Sala WanetickEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1575 clues

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The Grid

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63D
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Across 37

  1. 1Ventricle suppliers ↗ATRIA
  2. 6Accepted unquestioningly ↗ATEUP
  3. 11Rx for a root canal ↗PAINMED
  4. 14___ Moshfegh, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" novelist ↗OTTESSA
  5. 16Performer known for her runs ↗POPDIVA
  6. 17Sommeliers' assets ↗PALATES
  7. 18Like some gins and cleaning products ↗PINEY
  8. 19Wipe clean ↗ERASE
  9. 20Fast fliers ↗FALCONS
  10. 22Insect nicknamed for its small size ↗NOSEEUM
  11. 25"Midsommar" director Aster ↗ARI
  12. 26"Nova" network ↗PBS
  13. 28Sport that takes place in an octagon, in brief ↗MMA
  14. 29Ilk ↗KIND
  15. 31Risks it ↗DARES
  16. 33Leaning ↗BENT
  17. 34Upper hand ↗EDGE
  18. 35"I, Robot" author Asimov ↗ISAAC
  19. 36Big deals ↗ADOS
  20. 37Facilities, informally ↗LAV
  21. 39Booking, for short ↗RES
  22. 41Torah writers ↗SCRIBES
  23. 45Unit for ultra-high-speed internet ↗GIGABIT
  24. 49This isn't working! ↗LEISURE
  25. 50Fault line? ↗APOLOGY
  26. 51Big payroll service co. ↗ADP
  27. 52Wail ↗CRY
  28. 54Word seen between here and there ↗NOR
  29. 55Joel's smuggling partner on "The Last of Us" ↗TESS
  30. 57Bouquet ↗AROMA
  31. 59Tzatziki scooper ↗PITA
  32. 60Some delivery data, in brief ↗ETAS
  33. 61Number of Super Bowl rings for Tom Brady ↗SEVEN
  34. 62Abbr. seen before a person's name ↗ATTN
  35. 63With 65-Across, with extreme precision ... or a hint to reading 15 of this puzzle's answers ↗DOWN
  36. 64Serious ↗STERN
  37. 65See 63-Across ↗TOAT

Down 38

  1. 1X, for one ↗APP
  2. 2Fields medalist Terence ↗TAO
  3. 3Like a lake on a breezy day ↗RIPPLING
  4. 4Charge ↗INDIC
  5. 5Question from someone seeking reassurance ↗AMINO
  6. 6"Finally!" ↗ATLAS
  7. 7Service with cups and saucers ↗TEASE
  8. 8Dear ↗ESTEEMED
  9. 9Exercise ↗USE
  10. 10Negation word in French ↗PAS
  11. 12Occasion ↗EVEN
  12. 13Previous times ↗DAYSPAS
  13. 14Welcome sight in musical chairs ↗OPENSEA
  14. 15Source of a deal with The Devil? ↗TARO
  15. 20Sham ↗FAKE
  16. 21Like most of Nevada ↗ARID
  17. 23"Yeah, nice try" ↗UMNO
  18. 24Gymnasts' rolls? ↗MATS
  19. 27Kid who might get grounded ↗BRA
  20. 30Take off the market ↗DELIS
  21. 31Reroute ↗DIVER
  22. 32Something a reality show lacks ↗SCRIP
  23. 33Igneous rock that makes up most of Venus's surface ↗BASAL
  24. 38Be against, in a way ↗ABU
  25. 40Achievement for Whoopi Goldberg and Rita Moreno, in brief ↗EGO
  26. 41Planned ↗SLATED
  27. 42Officially give ↗CEDETO
  28. 43Tool with coarse teeth ↗RIPSAW
  29. 44"It's a ___!" ↗SECRET
  30. 45Portmanteau for a queer Fortnite player, say ↗GAYMER
  31. 46Fish whose name is Spanish for "pretty" ↗BONITO
  32. 47"There's no stopping me!" ↗IGOTTA
  33. 48Ruler with an iron fist ↗TYRANT
  34. 53Meander ↗ROVE
  35. 56Fig. with two hyphens ↗SSN
  36. 57Modern intensifying suffix ↗ASS
  37. 58Journalist Curry ↗ANN
  38. 59Glib ↗PAT