NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Zhou Zhang and Kevin CurryEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1"Truth be told …" ↗FACTIS
  2. 7"___ so!" (German "I see!") ↗ACH
  3. 10Hoax ↗SHAM
  4. 14Big name in skin care ↗AVEENO
  5. 15Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notes ↗MAO
  6. 16Ashen ↗PALE
  7. 17Spot for a catnap? ↗WINDOWSILL
  8. 19Innings : baseball :: ___ : curling ↗ENDS
  9. 20Lead-in to Geo ↗NAT
  10. 21Symbol of mass density ↗RHO
  11. 22They're noisy little buggers ↗CICADAS
  12. 24Kinkajou cousin ↗COATI
  13. 26Expected outcome ↗NORM
  14. 27Circa ↗ABOUT
  15. 29Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingo ↗FEELSEEN
  16. 33On guard ↗ALERT
  17. 34Center ↗MIDST
  18. 35Opus ___ ↗DEI
  19. 36Follower of open or closed, sartorially ↗TOED
  20. 37Spaghetti-strapped tops, informally ↗CAMIS
  21. 38Pass (out) ↗CONK
  22. 39Reaction to a sock ↗OOF
  23. 40Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have "ugh" in the middle ↗DONUT
  24. 41Queen's collaborator on the 1981 hit "Under Pressure" ↗BOWIE
  25. 42What the "Music City Miracle" and the "Immaculate Reception" took place in ↗NFLGAMES
  26. 44Alternative to bow ties ↗PENNE
  27. 45It might follow "ye" ↗OLDE
  28. 46"___ days are gone" ↗THOSE
  29. 48Test release? ↗TIMESUP
  30. 51Qt. or pt. ↗AMT
  31. 52G.I. entertainers ↗USO
  32. 55Trawling, say ↗ASEA
  33. 56When many rainbows appear ↗PRIDEMONTH
  34. 59Like some chances ↗SLIM
  35. 60Steering aid ↗OAR
  36. 61Sign on a restroom door ↗LADIES
  37. 62Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" ↗KENS
  38. 63Science guy Bill ↗NYE
  39. 64Ring combo ↗ONETWO

Down 39

  1. 1Babe in the woods ↗FAWN
  2. 2Adidas competitor ↗AVIA
  3. 3*Material for a sidewalk ↗CENT
  4. 4Media exec Sarandos ↗TED
  5. 5"You game?" ↗INOROUT
  6. 6*To a degree ↗SOWHAT
  7. 7"Why ___ even here?" ↗AMI
  8. 8It might come after trig ↗CALC
  9. 9*Lack of pulchritude ↗HOLINESS
  10. 10Pickle portions ↗SPEARS
  11. 11Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzle ↗HANDMEDOWN
  12. 12Alan of "M*A*S*H" ↗ALDA
  13. 13State of a playroom, often ↗MESS
  14. 18Lush ↗SOT
  15. 23Young stud ↗COLT
  16. 24Bungee jumping necessity ↗CORD
  17. 25"Assuming there's no other option for me …" ↗IFIMUST
  18. 27Withdrawn ↗ALOOF
  19. 28*Choice cut ↗BEEFLOMEIN
  20. 30Go over for publication ↗EDIT
  21. 31Start of a counting rhyme ↗EENIE
  22. 32Company that famously used the Beatles' "Revolution" in a 1987 TV commercial ↗NIKE
  23. 33Lots and lots ↗ATON
  24. 34Thick locks ↗MANE
  25. 37*Supermarket shopper's clipping ↗COMEUPON
  26. 38Alternative to a cup ↗CONE
  27. 40Owie kissers, perhaps ↗DADS
  28. 41Member of a wedding party ↗BESTMAN
  29. 43Twinkles ↗GLEAMS
  30. 44*Sport that uses mallets ↗POMELO
  31. 47"You ___ me worried!" ↗HAD
  32. 48Something to be done ↗TASK
  33. 49Louisiana's Grand ___ State Park ↗ISLE
  34. 50Speak while looking up, perhaps ↗PRAY
  35. 52Foot or stone ↗UNIT
  36. 53Goulash, e.g. ↗STEW
  37. 54Really, really ↗OHSO
  38. 57Wrath ↗IRE
  39. 58Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero" ↗ODE