NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Freddie ChengEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Solicit with a goodie ↗TEMPT
  2. 6School support grps. ↗PTAS
  3. 10Egyptian cobra ↗ASP
  4. 13Well-informed ↗AWARE
  5. 14Teaser, for short ↗PROMO
  6. 15Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names ↗LIL
  7. 16Low red card in a deck ↗TWOOFHEARTS
  8. 18George Gershwin's lyricist brother ↗IRA
  9. 19Window shades ↗BLINDS
  10. 20Follow orders ↗OBEY
  11. 21Locomotives, to kids ↗CHOOCHOOTRAINS
  12. 25Comic figure at a circus ↗CLOWN
  13. 26"Impressive!" ↗OOH
  14. 27Stir up, as waters ↗ROIL
  15. 28"The worst!" ↗THISSUCKS
  16. 34___-backward ↗ASS
  17. 35Walk wearily ↗TRAIPSE
  18. 37___-Magnon (early human) ↗CRO
  19. 38City and its surroundings ↗METROAREA
  20. 40German refusal ↗NEIN
  21. 41Alternative to .com or .edu ↗ORG
  22. 42Ridiculous ↗SILLY
  23. 43"Don't mention it — it was easy" ↗NOTROUBLEATALL
  24. 50"Just doin' my job" ↗ITRY
  25. 51Insect with pincers ↗EARWIG
  26. 52X, for a sorority ↗CHI
  27. 53"I need to use the bathroom" … or what the shaded squares spell? ↗NATURECALLS
  28. 58Skirt feature ↗HEM
  29. 59Decorations around the United Nations ↗FLAGS
  30. 60"Sauer" hot dog topping ↗KRAUT
  31. 61Triage sites, for short ↗ERS
  32. 62Mascara coats one ↗LASH
  33. 63Full of know-how ↗SAVVY

Down 43

  1. 1Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally ↗TAT
  2. 2"Gross!" ↗EWW
  3. 3Chinese revolutionary ↗MAO
  4. 4Football all-star game ↗PROBOWL
  5. 5Cookware coating ↗TEFLON
  6. 6National museum in Madrid ↗PRADO
  7. 7Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt ↗TORSO
  8. 8Fig. from an out-of-order ATM? ↗AMT
  9. 9...---... in Morse ↗SOS
  10. 10Cover story, in court ↗ALIBI
  11. 11Sound that warns of a tornado ↗SIREN
  12. 12What coins are exchanged for at an arcade ↗PLAYS
  13. 14Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital ↗PENH
  14. 17Kool-Aid rival ↗HIC
  15. 20Site of Pearl Harbor ↗OAHU
  16. 21Not far away ↗CLOSE
  17. 22Lift ↗HOIST
  18. 23Throw (out) ↗TOSS
  19. 24Valentine's Day flower ↗ROSE
  20. 25Stow tightly, with "in" ↗CRAM
  21. 28Cigarette substance ↗TAR
  22. 29Move in a hurry, old-style ↗HIE
  23. 30Many a craft beer, for short ↗IPA
  24. 31Medium-sized battery ↗CCELL
  25. 32Filtered food for whales ↗KRILL
  26. 33PlayStation maker ↗SONY
  27. 35Matador charger ↗TORO
  28. 36Pasta sauce brand ↗RAGU
  29. 39Golfer McIlroy ↗RORY
  30. 40Big U.S./Canada falls ↗NIAGARA
  31. 42(The) boondocks ↗STICKS
  32. 43Specialty ↗NICHE
  33. 44Catchall survey option ↗OTHER
  34. 45Cuts at the margins ↗TRIMS
  35. 46Apps undergoing testing ↗BETAS
  36. 47"Sometimes you just gotta ___" ↗LAUGH
  37. 48Flubs ↗ERRS
  38. 49Slack-jawed feeling ↗AWE
  39. 53Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars ↗NFL
  40. 54In the style of ↗ALA
  41. 55Bathroom, informally ↗LAV
  42. 56Sweetie, to Brits ↗LUV
  43. 57Total dump ↗STY