NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 26, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 26, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rebecca GoldsteinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 65

  1. 1Touch up text ↗EDIT
  2. 5One might be used for stepping up or sitting down ↗STOOL
  3. 10Hoot or holler ↗YELL
  4. 14"Let's go, guys!" ↗CMON
  5. 18Like the Islamic calendar ↗LUNAR
  6. 20Windy City airport ↗OHARE
  7. 21Birmingham bum ↗ARSE
  8. 22"Stay in your ___!" ↗LANE
  9. 23Fashion item for an aspiring grocer? ↗MARKETWATCH
  10. 25… for an aspiring nanny? ↗KIDGLOVES
  11. 27Place to dive in ↗DEEPEND
  12. 28Became apparent ↗AROSE
  13. 30Stands around an art gallery ↗EASELS
  14. 31Neither's counterpart ↗NOR
  15. 32Small detail ↗SPEC
  16. 33Central ↗INNER
  17. 34… for an aspiring manicurist? ↗DIGITALSHORTS
  18. 40Outmoded component of a car's dashboard ↗CDDRIVE
  19. 43Biblical garden ↗EDEN
  20. 44Did some doughnuts? ↗BAKED
  21. 45Dermatology case ↗ACNE
  22. 47What gives a wine tartness ↗ACID
  23. 48Quip ↗MOT
  24. 49Fragile mineral ↗MICA
  25. 50… for an aspiring housekeeper? ↗DUSTJACKET
  26. 53Scored 100 on a test ↗ACEDIT
  27. 55Soaks up the sun ↗TANS
  28. 59___ One (presidential helicopter) ↗MARINE
  29. 60Church spaces ↗NAVES
  30. 61Your wish is his command ↗GENIE
  31. 62Córdoba's country: Abbr. ↗ARG
  32. 63Soccer star Hamm ↗MIA
  33. 66Corporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues ↗DRESSFORTHEJOBYOUWANT
  34. 72One in 100: Abbr. ↗SEN
  35. 73Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame ↗YAO
  36. 74Holiday seasons ↗YULES
  37. 75Works on an ice cream cone ↗LICKS
  38. 76Tawdry ↗SORDID
  39. 79All over again ↗ANEW
  40. 80Japanese floor mat ↗TATAMI
  41. 81… for an aspiring travel agent? ↗VENTURECAP
  42. 85In the distance ↗AFAR
  43. 87Wiping cloth ↗RAG
  44. 88Italian cooking staple, for short ↗EVOO
  45. 89"Progress through technology" automaker ↗AUDI
  46. 90Like contact lenses for astigmatism ↗TORIC
  47. 92"I wasn't ___ yesterday" ↗BORN
  48. 93Make it through ↗GETPAST
  49. 96... for an aspiring dry cleaner? ↗STEAMERTRUNKS
  50. 99Machines in some print shops ↗FAXES
  51. 100Tour de France peaks ↗ALPS
  52. 101Nutrient in avocados ↗FAT
  53. 102Apartment cooler, for short ↗ACUNIT
  54. 104Palm spring? ↗OASIS
  55. 106Stroll ↗SAUNTER
  56. 110… for an aspiring flutist? ↗WINDSOCKS
  57. 112… for an aspiring photographer? ↗SHOTGLASSES
  58. 115Used the doorbell ↗RANG
  59. 116Hides ↗FURS
  60. 117As of now ↗SOFAR
  61. 118Solution strength ↗TITER
  62. 119It has its ups and downs ↗YOYO
  63. 120Accomplishment ↗FEAT
  64. 121UnitedHealthcare competitor ↗AETNA
  65. 122Absolutely nothing ↗NADA

Down 75

  1. 1Massachusetts' state tree ↗ELM
  2. 2Pair ↗DUAD
  3. 3Memo starter ↗INRE
  4. 4Consumed, say ↗TAKENIN
  5. 5Planted ↗SOWN
  6. 6Trumpeter Jones ↗THAD
  7. 7Bit in a horse's mouth? ↗OAT
  8. 8Group spotted on an Alaskan cruise, perhaps ↗ORCAPOD
  9. 9"Hanukkah in Santa Monica" songwriter Tom ↗LEHRER
  10. 10Jabbers ↗YAKS
  11. 11Lake from which the Niagara River flows ↗ERIE
  12. 12Trip strip ↗LSD
  13. 13Tale as old as time ↗LEGEND
  14. 14Anyone's game ↗CLOSERACE
  15. 15Independent thinker ↗MAVERICK
  16. 16Justice Kagan in ’83, e.g. ↗ONEL
  17. 17Scottish loch ↗NESS
  18. 19Transplant, as a plant ↗REPOT
  19. 24Large measure of computer data ↗TERABIT
  20. 26Earth ↗LAND
  21. 29Four 2-Downs ↗OCTAD
  22. 32Yacht's pronoun ↗SHE
  23. 33Freeze frames? ↗ICETRAYS
  24. 34Calls for ↗DEMANDS
  25. 35"It's truly important to me" ↗IDOCARE
  26. 36Settle the score ↗GETEVEN
  27. 37Standing eau? ↗LAC
  28. 38Blade runner? ↗SKATER
  29. 39Dirty film ↗SCUM
  30. 41Compete ↗VIE
  31. 42Summer setting in Somerset, in brief ↗EDT
  32. 46Fed. intelligence group ↗NSA
  33. 49"Come home soon" ↗MISSYOU
  34. 51"___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary) ↗JIRO
  35. 52Sharp-cornered ↗ANGULAR
  36. 54From abroad? ↗DES
  37. 56Insect with more than 14,000 known species ↗ANT
  38. 57PubMed org. ↗NIH
  39. 58"I'm outta here!" ↗SEEYA
  40. 61Super food? ↗GOODEATS
  41. 63Patisserie treat ↗MACARON
  42. 64Stain from a pen ↗INKMARK
  43. 65Name tags? ↗ATSIGNS
  44. 67Jamie with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ↗FARR
  45. 68End of Q2 ↗JUN
  46. 69World Cup cheer ↗OLE
  47. 70"Watch your back!" ↗BEWARE
  48. 71Intelligent humor ↗WIT
  49. 76Like rush-hour traffic ↗STOPANDGO
  50. 77Post-op area, in brief ↗ICU
  51. 78Pops ↗DADS
  52. 80Diplomatic ↗TACTFUL
  53. 81Not do much of anything, say ↗VEG
  54. 82Night before ↗EVE
  55. 83Like a comedian who bombs ↗NOTFUNNY
  56. 84Stack at a falafel shop ↗PITAS
  57. 86Tree whose wood is used for telephone poles ↗FIR
  58. 90One clicking with an audience? ↗TAPSHOE
  59. 91Meditation syllables ↗OMS
  60. 92Interrupts rudely ↗BUTTSIN
  61. 94Grid line ↗AXIS
  62. 95Leave on a trip ↗SETOFF
  63. 97Michigan politician Slotkin ↗ELISSA
  64. 98Charged ↗RANAT
  65. 102Out of its correct position ↗AWRY
  66. 103Florentine farewell ↗CIAO
  67. 104Pod in Creole cooking ↗OKRA
  68. 105Helper: Abbr. ↗ASST
  69. 106Marvel-ous Lee ↗STAN
  70. 107Taj Mahal city ↗AGRA
  71. 108___ noche (tonight: Sp.) ↗ESTA
  72. 109Marsh grass ↗REED
  73. 111Stick used for breaking ↗CUE
  74. 113O'er and o'er ↗OFT
  75. 114Madrid Mme. ↗SRA