NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 8, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 8, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 41

  1. 1"I'm afraid not," quaintly ALASNO
  2. 7Food brand for Fido ALPO
  3. 11Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr. INTL
  4. 15Cash in REDEEM
  5. 16Avocado dip, informally GUAC
  6. 17Take a risk DARE
  7. 18Audience's reverent response to a symphony finale? CODASILENCE
  8. 20Keenly interested AVID
  9. 21Shakespearean "soon" ANON
  10. 22That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven's "Moonlight"? SONATATHING
  11. 24Commotion DIN
  12. 25Measure of college readiness, for short PSAT
  13. 26Knuckled rub to the scalp NOOGIE
  14. 27Publishing house workers: Abbr. EDS
  15. 28Goal AIM
  16. 29Wood-shaping hand tool RASP
  17. 31Tagging symbols ATS
  18. 32___-Magnon CRO
  19. 33Vegas opener? LAS
  20. 34Perry of pop KATY
  21. 36Opportunity for a choral understudy? STANZACHANCE
  22. 39Belgrade native SERB
  23. 40"Beats me," in a text IDK
  24. 41Caviar, essentially ROE
  25. 42Miss Piggy, for one SOW
  26. 43Assns. ORGS
  27. 45Extended comedic riff BIT
  28. 46Hindi for "rule" RAJ
  29. 49Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot" OLEOLE
  30. 51Girl in Glasgow LASS
  31. 52Alias initialism AKA
  32. 53When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis? FORZAMOMENT
  33. 56"Groovy, man" IDIG
  34. 57Popular flavor of bubble tea TARO
  35. 58"What's Opera, Doc?," e.g.? ARIAKIDDING
  36. 60Volunteer's offer ICAN
  37. 61Hits hard RAMS
  38. 62Respond, as a pupil might DILATE
  39. 63Ending with kitchen ETTE
  40. 64Painter Paul KLEE
  41. 65Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 EMINOR

Down 38

  1. 1Covered passageway ARCADE
  2. 2Meteor in a November shower LEONID
  3. 3Enhancing accessories ADDONS
  4. 4Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" films SEAN
  5. 5Original Super Mario Bros. console NES
  6. 6Oversight OMISSION
  7. 7Author's representative AGENT
  8. 8Moon over Managua LUNA
  9. 9Treaty PACT
  10. 10What Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are both believed to have OCEANS
  11. 11The Gem State IDAHO
  12. 12Find one's way NAVIGATE
  13. 13Dublin college founded in 1592 TRINITY
  14. 14Apartment planter sites, perhaps LEDGES
  15. 19Good gardening soil LOAM
  16. 23Traditional samurai hairstyles TOPKNOTS
  17. 25Graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c, for example PARABOLA
  18. 29Frame for a game of pool RACK
  19. 30Forehead marking at the start of Lent ASH
  20. 32Convention bldg., in a mailing address CTR
  21. 33Dudes, in British English LADS
  22. 35Big name in hardware stores ACE
  23. 36Underground scurrier SEWERRAT
  24. 37Half of a darting motion ZIG
  25. 38Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leader ARISTIDE
  26. 39One-man band, for example SOLOACT
  27. 42Sentimental sort SOFTIE
  28. 44Comment REMARK
  29. 45Make ___ (earn vast sums) BANK
  30. 46Unit of angular measurement RADIAN
  31. 47Like AKINTO
  32. 48Rolling Stones frontman JAGGER
  33. 50Absorber of UV light OZONE
  34. 51Charter LEASE
  35. 54Word with cavity or contraceptive ORAL
  36. 55One acting rather quiet? MIME
  37. 56Savory South Asian rice cake IDLI
  38. 59Lower, as lights DIM