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NYT Crossword Answers Apr 28, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 28, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Hal MooreEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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Across 33

  1. 1Sore ↗ACHY
  2. 5Nail polish brand ↗OPI
  3. 8Some cantina fare ↗TACOS
  4. 13"Hip hip hooray!," e.g. ↗CHEER
  5. 15Sink-or-swim competition? ↗WATERPOLO
  6. 17Handles a few unresolved issues ↗TIESUPLOOSEENDS
  7. 19Like tears ↗SALINE
  8. 20Site to build on ↗LOT
  9. 21Gossip, slangily ↗TEA
  10. 22Build on ↗ADDTO
  11. 24Welcome at the door, say ↗ASKIN
  12. 27Linguist's concern ↗GRAMMAR
  13. 30Serious in manner ↗STERN
  14. 31Bagel topping ↗LOX
  15. 32Not perfect, but acceptable ↗CLOSEENOUGH
  16. 36Bickering ↗ATIT
  17. 38Blade that's pulled ↗OAR
  18. 39Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin ↗CIAO
  19. 40Station set up in a kitchen ↗MISEENPLACE
  20. 45Bit of intel ↗TIP
  21. 46Coins of Cuba ↗PESOS
  22. 47Ingredients in some tropical smoothies ↗PAPAYAS
  23. 49Foreign Service assignments ↗POSTS
  24. 50Madrid mister ↗SENOR
  25. 51Church seat ↗PEW
  26. 52Promise to pay ↗IOU
  27. 54Journalist, informally ↗SCRIBE
  28. 58Like children, ideally, in an old adage … or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across ↗SEENANDNOTHEARD
  29. 62Rigorous ↗STRINGENT
  30. 63Astronomer Carl ↗SAGAN
  31. 64Irritable ↗TESTY
  32. 65[As written] ↗SIC
  33. 66Civil rights activist Parks ↗ROSA

Down 41

  1. 1Play parts ↗ACTS
  2. 2Kind of seed or pet ↗CHIA
  3. 3Sometimes-raised part of a shoe ↗HEEL
  4. 4Emphatic confirmation ↗YESIAM
  5. 5Nocturnal hooter ↗OWL
  6. 6Painter Veronese ↗PAOLO
  7. 7Langston Hughes poem ↗ITOO
  8. 8Due + 1 ↗TRE
  9. 9Mimic ↗APE
  10. 10Script supervisor's concern ↗CONTINUITY
  11. 11___ days ↗OLDEN
  12. 12Slugger Sammy ↗SOSA
  13. 14"Raising Hell" rap trio ↗RUNDMC
  14. 16Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project) ↗ESTATE
  15. 18Part of a piano or loom ↗PEDAL
  16. 23Boots on the ground ↗TROOPS
  17. 25Rep.'s counterpart ↗SEN
  18. 26Ray of McDonald's ↗KROC
  19. 27Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally ↗GLAM
  20. 28Naan alternative ↗ROTI
  21. 29Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II ↗AXISPOWERS
  22. 30Mexican wrap ↗SERAPE
  23. 33Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail ↗SAL
  24. 34Greek goddess of the earth ↗GAIA
  25. 35Brewing need ↗HOPS
  26. 37They help you drive farther ↗TEES
  27. 41Ballpark fig. ↗EST
  28. 42Snooping (around) ↗NOSING
  29. 43"___ thou not minister to a mind diseased …?": Macbeth ↗CANST
  30. 44Significant periods ↗EPOCHS
  31. 48Overdue debt ↗ARREAR
  32. 49Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney ↗PEETE
  33. 50Islam's largest branch ↗SUNNI
  34. 51Alternative to a tap on the shoulder ↗PSST
  35. 53Works of praise ↗ODES
  36. 55"Othello" villain ↗IAGO
  37. 56Some supports ↗BRAS
  38. 57___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking" ↗EDNA
  39. 59Minor complaint ↗NIT
  40. 60Unspecified amount ↗ANY
  41. 61Not Rx ↗OTC