NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 24, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 24, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Andrew SpoonerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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The Grid

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Across 34

  1. 1Once-in-a-lifetime events ↗BIRTHS
  2. 7They might have good track records ↗ATHLETES
  3. 15"Ah, right right right" ↗OHISEE
  4. 16Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. ↗THEOLOGY
  5. 17Oscar winner for "The African Queen" ↗BOGART
  6. 18Low volume? ↗TEASPOON
  7. 19Treat mercifully ↗SPARE
  8. 20Charges ↗BILLS
  9. 21Concern for a seamstress ↗FIT
  10. 22"Sounds good!" ↗LETS
  11. 23Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique ↗DUMAS
  12. 24"Green" ↗CASH
  13. 25Rocker Brian ↗ENO
  14. 26Green spots ↗OASES
  15. 27Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20 ↗DARTS
  16. 28Peace sign? ↗DONOTDISTURB
  17. 31"The best cheese of its type in the world," per George Orwell ↗STILTON
  18. 32Approach surreptitiously ↗SNEAKUP
  19. 36Where somebody might be washed up? ↗DESERTISLAND
  20. 38One who's generous to a fault, say ↗DOTER
  21. 41They're held in bondage ↗SERFS
  22. 42Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars" ↗RAF
  23. 43Neural transmitter ↗AXON
  24. 44Certain exposition ↗ESSAY
  25. 45Children's author Kinney ↗JEFF
  26. 46?!?!?! ↗WTF
  27. 47Something you might get at a wedding ↗INLAW
  28. 48Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025 ↗HENRI
  29. 49It has a light bulb ↗DAFFODIL
  30. 51No comment? ↗DENIAL
  31. 52Toss and turn, perhaps ↗LIEAWAKE
  32. 53Role for John Travolta on "Welcome Back, Kotter" ↗VINNIE
  33. 54Takes to the next level ↗ELEVATES
  34. 55Tree nymphs ↗DRYADS

Down 34

  1. 1Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way ↗BOBSLEDS
  2. 2"Perish the thought!" ↗IHOPENOT
  3. 3Tubes that go down? ↗RIGATONI
  4. 4The first of these was Terrible ↗TSARS
  5. 5Accounted for ↗HERE
  6. 6Murderer of Osiris, in myth ↗SET
  7. 7Every now and then ↗ATTIMES
  8. 8You just can't take it ↗THELASTSTRAW
  9. 9Recovers ↗HEALS
  10. 10Competitor's setback ↗LOSS
  11. 11Half of hip-hop's Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike ↗ELP
  12. 12How a troublemaker might go ↗TOOFAR
  13. 13One prioritizing self-care? ↗EGOIST
  14. 14Electronica instruments, informally ↗SYNTHS
  15. 20Professional ↗BUSINESSLIKE
  16. 23Woodworkers' grooves ↗DADOS
  17. 24Vicious circle? ↗CABAL
  18. 26Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping ↗OTTER
  19. 27Attire ↗DRESS
  20. 29From time past ↗OLDEN
  21. 30Coalesce ↗UNIFY
  22. 33Surname of a Tolstoy heroine ↗KARENINA
  23. 34Game ↗UNAFRAID
  24. 35Acrobat's display ↗PDFFILES
  25. 37Secondhand offerings ↗RESALES
  26. 38Dillydally ↗DAWDLE
  27. 39Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking ↗OXTAIL
  28. 40Brittle confection ↗TOFFEE
  29. 44Finish up with ↗ENDAT
  30. 45Female donkey ↗JENNY
  31. 47Where the Red Delicious apple originated ↗IOWA
  32. 48Dauphin, e.g. ↗HEIR
  33. 50Number one, informally ↗FAV
  34. 51It might have a director's commentary ↗DVD