NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 2, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 2, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Fanatical groups ↗CULTS
  2. 6Dish often topped with lime and cilantro ↗PHO
  3. 9Sci-fi warrior ↗JEDI
  4. 13One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven ↗OPERA
  5. 14Team behind the cameras ↗CREW
  6. 15Actor Epps of "House" ↗OMAR
  7. 16Question after "Well, well, well ..." ↗WTVEWEHERE
  8. 18Jerk ↗YANK
  9. 19"Family Guy" character with a nasal voice ↗LOIS
  10. 20Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs ↗COO
  11. 21Word with market or list ↗PRICE
  12. 22"Too late to do anything about it now" ↗TTSHIPSSAILED
  13. 26One who has a lot to show? ↗REALTOR
  14. 28Bungee jumping requirement ↗CORD
  15. 29First name in beauty products ↗ESTEE
  16. 30Egg carton? ↗SAC
  17. 31Holders of hammers and anvils ↗EARS
  18. 35One cause of deterioration ↗USE
  19. 36Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses ↗WLESRKS
  20. 40Genre for DMX or DMC ↗RAP
  21. 41Coffee maker inserts ↗PODS
  22. 43Actor Somerhalder of "Lost" ↗IAN
  23. 44Gas company with a triangular logo ↗CITGO
  24. 46One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football ↗UTES
  25. 48Player on the bench? ↗PIANIST
  26. 50Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer ↗TNKSBUTNOTNKS
  27. 54Oodles ↗HEAPS
  28. 55Member of a Tolkien army ↗ORC
  29. 56Object in Pixar's logo ↗LAMP
  30. 59Demolish ↗RAZE
  31. 60Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across? ↗LAUGHLINES
  32. 63School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI ↗ETON
  33. 64Fun-size ↗TINY
  34. 65Irritating "cloud" ↗GNATS
  35. 66Beech or birch ↗WOOD
  36. 67Ernie who has won the British Open twice ↗ELS
  37. 68Shoelace protector ↗AGLET

Down 41

  1. 1Part of a Batman costume ↗COWL
  2. 2Until ↗UPTO
  3. 3Had an uplifting experience? ↗LEVITATED
  4. 4Bridge framework ↗TRESTLE
  5. 5Shop item with teeth ↗SAW
  6. 6Before surgery, in brief ↗PREOP
  7. 7"Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit) ↗HER
  8. 8Be shy ↗OWE
  9. 9Some kicks on Route 66, maybe ↗JOYRIDE
  10. 10Bit of info on a résumé ↗EMAIL
  11. 11Ball ↗DANCE
  12. 12Teed off ↗IRKED
  13. 14Group in a loft ↗CHOIR
  14. 17Sound in a cave ↗ECHO
  15. 21Course standard ↗PAR
  16. 23Gumbo, e.g. ↗STEW
  17. 24Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius ↗SCAR
  18. 25Punch in the face, say ↗SOCK
  19. 26Extend a tour of duty ↗REUP
  20. 27The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3 ↗ESSO
  21. 30It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief ↗SSN
  22. 32Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products ↗ARTISANAL
  23. 33Cloths for custodians ↗RAGS
  24. 34TV ad ↗SPOT
  25. 37Stead ↗LIEU
  26. 38Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi ↗EAST
  27. 39Create a PDF of, maybe ↗SCAN
  28. 42Hang ↗SUSPEND
  29. 45Slightest idea ↗INKLING
  30. 47Airer of the game show "Wipeout" ↗TBS
  31. 48Bess's beau on Broadway ↗PORGY
  32. 49Eczema symptom ↗ITCH
  33. 50Pitched ↗THREW
  34. 51"Cool beans!" ↗NEATO
  35. 52Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet" ↗KAZOO
  36. 53Followers of articles ↗NOUNS
  37. 57Parcel (out) ↗METE
  38. 58Whisper that might accompany a tap ↗PSST
  39. 60Broadband letters ↗LTE
  40. 61Need a day off, say ↗AIL
  41. 62Big Apple airport code ↗LGA