NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 27, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 27, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Neville FogartyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Paths for lobbed tennis balls ↗ARCS
  2. 5Tribe of Arizona ↗HOPI
  3. 9Flinch, say ↗REACT
  4. 14Short blast from a horn ↗TOOT
  5. 15Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting" ↗EWAN
  6. 16Han Solo's response to Leia's "I love you" ↗IKNOW
  7. 17Singer's recovery period ↗VOCALREST
  8. 19"Catch my drift?" ↗GETME
  9. 20Shop ↗STORE
  10. 21Spot for a soak ↗TUB
  11. 23Dear ___ (letter start) ↗SIR
  12. 24Pumice or basalt ↗VOLCANICROCK
  13. 29Chemical that speeds up a fruit's aging process ↗RIPENER
  14. 32Film director Coen ↗ETHAN
  15. 33"Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's) ↗ARE
  16. 34Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly ↗AOC
  17. 36Betraying surprise, in a way ↗AGASP
  18. 39Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" ↗VANDERPUMPRULES
  19. 44Big name in microprocessors ↗INTEL
  20. 45"Who's Who in the Cast" blurb ↗BIO
  21. 46Tie-breaking periods, for short ↗OTS
  22. 47How a picture book may be read at bedtime ↗ALOUD
  23. 50___ of hand (magician's skill) ↗SLEIGHT
  24. 53Congressional history ↗VOTINGRECORD
  25. 56Palindrome akin to "Aha!" ↗OHO
  26. 57Work well together ↗GEL
  27. 58Florida's ___-Dade County ↗MIAMI
  28. 62Jousting weapon ↗LANCE
  29. 65Device worn by a video gamer … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 39- and 53-Across ↗VRHEADSET
  30. 68Basic piano chord ↗TRIAD
  31. 69Notes of indebtedness ↗IOUS
  32. 70Gets eyes on ↗SEES
  33. 71Sends frisky messages ↗SEXTS
  34. 72Strong soapmaking solutions ↗LYES
  35. 73Like bourbon ↗OAKY

Down 43

  1. 1Four-wheelers, in brief ↗ATVS
  2. 2Word before beer or after square ↗ROOT
  3. 3Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me" ↗COCO
  4. 4"Feed a cold, ___ a fever" (dubious medical advice) ↗STARVE
  5. 5That girl ↗HER
  6. 6Have debts ↗OWE
  7. 7Many an Olive Garden entree ↗PASTA
  8. 8Sounding good, as a musical instrument ↗INTUNE
  9. 918-wheeler ↗RIG
  10. 10Barely get (by) ↗EKE
  11. 11Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins ↗ANTSONALOG
  12. 12"Peanuts" or "Pickles" ↗COMIC
  13. 13Do some booty-shaking ↗TWERK
  14. 18Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali ↗LEON
  15. 22One-eighth of a byte ↗BIT
  16. 25Titular Shakespearean king ↗LEAR
  17. 26Remove outer parts from, as a photo ↗CROP
  18. 27Burn until black ↗CHAR
  19. 28Prego alternative ↗RAGU
  20. 29Sitar virtuoso Shankar ↗RAVI
  21. 30Tehran's land ↗IRAN
  22. 31Grammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums ↗PENTATONIX
  23. 35Chicago slugger ↗CUB
  24. 37"Late Night" host Meyers ↗SETH
  25. 38"Hey! Over here!" ↗PSST
  26. 40Place to purchase pastrami ↗DELI
  27. 41North Carolina university ↗ELON
  28. 42Catchall category: Abbr. ↗MISC
  29. 43Sport on a horse ↗POLO
  30. 48Sheepskin boot brand ↗UGG
  31. 49Role for Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies ↗DREVIL
  32. 51Columnist Bombeck ↗ERMA
  33. 52Doubling-down assertion ↗IDIDSO
  34. 53Battery measure ↗VOLTS
  35. 54Chicago airport ↗OHARE
  36. 55"The Jetsons" boy ↗ELROY
  37. 59On the waves ↗ASEA
  38. 60Gentle and submissive ↗MEEK
  39. 61___-bitsy ↗ITSY
  40. 63Garfield in the funny pages, e.g. ↗CAT
  41. 64Magazine bigwigs, in brief ↗EDS
  42. 66Gradation of color ↗HUE
  43. 67Letter before tee ↗ESS