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NYT Crossword April 12 2026 Answers

All 136 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

Constructed by Lance Enfinger and John KugelmanEdited by Will Shortz“Initial Thoughts”
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1AWords ___ Friends4 lettersSee answer ›5ADunderheads5 lettersSee answer ›10AStarting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida4 lettersSee answer ›14AReduce to a pulp4 lettersSee answer ›18AActress ___ Grace Moretz5 lettersSee answer ›19A"The game's ___": Henry V5 lettersSee answer ›20AMystery writer?4 lettersSee answer ›21ASoothing succulent4 lettersSee answer ›22AHOT woman worth fighting for?11 lettersSee answer ›24AThrowing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken9 lettersSee answer ›26A2010-12's ___ Spring4 lettersSee answer ›27ACoronary insert5 lettersSee answer ›28AGOT in the ballpark?10 lettersSee answer ›29AGomez of "Only Murders in the Building"6 lettersSee answer ›31AUnder, poetically5 lettersSee answer ›33ATrick4 lettersSee answer ›34AMusic to a comedian's ears5 lettersSee answer ›36ASome 1960s-style protests6 lettersSee answer ›39AContents of a black-and-white pod5 lettersSee answer ›43ABOB Dylan album?14 lettersSee answer ›47AImpossible to read, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›48AWord before cut or class3 lettersSee answer ›49AFragrant compound5 lettersSee answer ›50A"It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.)5 lettersSee answer ›52AButcher's cut4 lettersSee answer ›53ATakes a little off5 lettersSee answer ›55ATime's 2023 Person of the Year5 lettersSee answer ›58AA.I.-powered video hoaxes9 lettersSee answer ›60AIn ___4 lettersSee answer ›61APortuguese wine7 lettersSee answer ›63APut out again7 lettersSee answer ›64AMOB wives?15 lettersSee answer ›68ACasino supervisor7 lettersSee answer ›71ASurround7 lettersSee answer ›72APoker in the Olympics?4 lettersSee answer ›76AHow an urgent text may be written9 lettersSee answer ›79AAffect emotionally5 lettersSee answer ›80ACarne ___5 lettersSee answer ›81AWord on either side of "à"4 lettersSee answer ›82AOrg. founded to fund foreign projects5 lettersSee answer ›84AVapes, familiarly5 lettersSee answer ›86AKing's title, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›87ATurkish summit6 lettersSee answer ›89ASOAP film?14 lettersSee answer ›93AAlternative to a Les Paul, for short5 lettersSee answer ›94ADad's deflection6 lettersSee answer ›95AOne of the seven deadly sins5 lettersSee answer ›96AVegetables rarely cut with a knife4 lettersSee answer ›98ASwitch positions5 lettersSee answer ›101AWashington or Berlin6 lettersSee answer ›104AKID napper's demand?10 lettersSee answer ›109ALoses emotional control, in gamer-speak5 lettersSee answer ›111ASocialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"4 lettersSee answer ›112AWinning country at the 2022 World Cup9 lettersSee answer ›113ATHE big game?11 lettersSee answer ›115A"You're full of baloney!"4 lettersSee answer ›116A"Right on, man"4 lettersSee answer ›117A"Baywatch" actress Eleniak5 lettersSee answer ›118ABreathers5 lettersSee answer ›119AGoals4 lettersSee answer ›120AReference4 lettersSee answer ›121AFall perennial5 lettersSee answer ›122APrimatologists' subjects4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DOne of a reporter's W's5 lettersSee answer ›2DLine of latitude?10 lettersSee answer ›3DSquishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily7 lettersSee answer ›4DBrooding sort3 lettersSee answer ›5DNutty4 lettersSee answer ›6DFrequently5 lettersSee answer ›7D2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live"5 lettersSee answer ›8DNickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones7 lettersSee answer ›9DWhat a mess3 lettersSee answer ›10DKid's repeated request4 lettersSee answer ›11DPart of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›12DIdiot mistakes6 lettersSee answer ›13DPear variety5 lettersSee answer ›14DDazzling displays of skill13 lettersSee answer ›15DUtah ski resort4 lettersSee answer ›16DLinger in the bath4 lettersSee answer ›17DRoll call response4 lettersSee answer ›18DNickname that's an alternative to Chuck4 lettersSee answer ›23DNative Oklahomans6 lettersSee answer ›25DBad lighting?5 lettersSee answer ›28DTreaty of ___, official close to the War of 18125 lettersSee answer ›30DSome N.S.F.W. texts5 lettersSee answer ›32DMadre's hermano3 lettersSee answer ›35DSpicy dips9 lettersSee answer ›37DNamed, informally4 lettersSee answer ›38DMadre's baby4 lettersSee answer ›40DManipulates dishonestly5 lettersSee answer ›41DCommon Wordle starting word (for all those vowels)5 lettersSee answer ›42DFeel5 lettersSee answer ›43DCrunchy sandwiches, for short4 lettersSee answer ›44D___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality4 lettersSee answer ›45DFresh cut5 lettersSee answer ›46DPrickly patch5 lettersSee answer ›47DFetter6 lettersSee answer ›51DDisappearing from the earth9 lettersSee answer ›54DHip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics13 lettersSee answer ›56DBona ___4 lettersSee answer ›57DCouncil of ___ (Counter-Reformation body)5 lettersSee answer ›59DMild oath3 lettersSee answer ›61DTrading card error6 lettersSee answer ›62DBowed, musically4 lettersSee answer ›65DBig inits. in 1990s internet3 lettersSee answer ›66DGenre for Stevie Ray Vaughan5 lettersSee answer ›67DCelebrity chef DiSpirito5 lettersSee answer ›68DGyro wraps5 lettersSee answer ›69DLike krypton5 lettersSee answer ›70DTurkic language5 lettersSee answer ›73DBasic drumming pattern10 lettersSee answer ›74DSteinbeck's "East of ___"4 lettersSee answer ›75DPlace for Christmas lights4 lettersSee answer ›77D"Not interested"4 lettersSee answer ›78DHead toward bankruptcy, say4 lettersSee answer ›80DAccording to5 lettersSee answer ›83DMatt of "Oppenheimer"5 lettersSee answer ›85DOverly bright and showy6 lettersSee answer ›88DUsed DoorDash, say5 lettersSee answer ›90D___Mari Method (tidying system)3 lettersSee answer ›91DHams7 lettersSee answer ›92DAdvance in a video game7 lettersSee answer ›94D"That was true for me, too"6 lettersSee answer ›97DStorage area5 lettersSee answer ›99DDemand from a disgruntled customer5 lettersSee answer ›100DUnreliable sort, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›102DWhat a Bohr!5 lettersSee answer ›103DDiamonds, but not clubs4 lettersSee answer ›104DDark green4 lettersSee answer ›105D"The Office" receptionist4 lettersSee answer ›106DMild oath4 lettersSee answer ›107D"Don't worry, boss!"4 lettersSee answer ›108DKind of hike4 lettersSee answer ›110DPosition removed by the February Revolution4 lettersSee answer ›113DDrink "for two," in song3 lettersSee answer ›114DPortuguese greeting3 lettersSee answer ›
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