NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 112-12, say ↗TIED
  2. 5Make an all-out effort ↗GOBIG
  3. 1050, on a table ↗TIN
  4. 13Sea creature known to mourn its dead ↗ORCA
  5. 14Long-stemmed mushroom ↗ENOKI
  6. 15Wow ↗AWE
  7. 16Medicare subsection covering ambulance services ↗PARTB
  8. 18Get to the point? ↗TAPER
  9. 19Half a chocolate bar ↗KAT
  10. 20Settle a bill ↗SQUAREUP
  11. 22Georgia hometown of R.E.M. and the B-52s ↗ATHENS
  12. 24Small pieces from ↗BITSOF
  13. 26Multitude ↗HOST
  14. 27Looks over briefly ↗GLANCESAT
  15. 30Word after back or snack ↗PACK
  16. 32Sticker that usually comes in sets of three or four? ↗PRONG
  17. 33Did some knifework on ↗DICED
  18. 35Solo pilot? ↗HAN
  19. 36Worst of all imaginable chronologies ↗DARKESTTIMELINE
  20. 39"What's the issue …?" ↗AND
  21. 40Start to season, as a skillet ↗REOIL
  22. 41"Storage Wars" network ↗AANDE
  23. 42Awaken ↗STIR
  24. 44Voting, e.g. ↗CIVICDUTY
  25. 46"Altho ..." ↗OTOH
  26. 48Set of notes in a seventh chord ↗TETRAD
  27. 49"Stop being such a baby!" ↗GROWUP
  28. 51Negative Nancy or Debbie Downer ↗NAYSAYER
  29. 55First Super Bowl won by the Kansas City Chiefs in 50 years ↗LIV
  30. 56Gal on the screen ↗GADOT
  31. 58[You're boring me] ↗SNORE
  32. 59First of all ↗ONE
  33. 60Result from ↗OWETO
  34. 61Chewy Japanese noodle ↗UDON
  35. 62"___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish) ↗POR
  36. 63Look with a curled lip ↗SNEER
  37. 64Mizzen, e.g. ↗MAST

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  1. 1Outperforms ↗TOPS
  2. 2Modern home of ancient Mesopotamia ↗IRAQ
  3. 3Neutral shade ↗ECRU
  4. 4Informational repository ↗DATABANK
  5. 5End of a gay pride slogan ↗GETUSEDTOIT
  6. 6"Bad news aside ..." ↗ONAPOSITIVENOTE
  7. 7Catchy tune ↗BOP
  8. 8Maker of the iconic Billy bookcase ↗IKEA
  9. 9What's going around? ↗GIRTH
  10. 10Gets the memo ↗TAKESAHINT
  11. 112000 song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet" ↗IWANTCANDY
  12. 12Safety devices for trapeze artists ↗NETS
  13. 17"Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets") ↗BRINGER
  14. 21"You get the picture" ↗ETC
  15. 23Old-school dance ↗HOP
  16. 25Discussion guider ↗FACILITATOR
  17. 272008 Clint Eastwood film centered around an attempted car theft ↗GRANTORINO
  18. 28Act superior to ↗LORDITOVER
  19. 29Pro ___ ↗TEM
  20. 31Bend it like Beckham! ↗KNEE
  21. 32BlackBerrys, e.g., for short ↗PDAS
  22. 34Seriously, in modern slang ↗DEADASS
  23. 371/86,400 of a day: Abbr. ↗SEC
  24. 38Opium product used by Anna Karenina and Victor Frankenstein ↗LAUDANUM
  25. 43Big fight ↗ROW
  26. 45Exclaim ↗CRY
  27. 47High honors in science fiction ↗HUGOS
  28. 49Sludge ↗GLOP
  29. 50Sacrifice in some chess gambits ↗PAWN
  30. 52Weird Al Yankovic parody of the Kinks's "Lola" ↗YODA
  31. 53Mythical lover ↗EROS
  32. 54Monthly expense ↗RENT
  33. 57Student center? ↗DEE