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New York Times Crossword April 12 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 12 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 136 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Words ___ FriendsWITH4Across1 DunderheadsDOLTS5Across5 Starting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to FloridaCUBA4Across10 Reduce to a pulpMASH4Across14 Actress ___ Grace MoretzCHLOE5Across18 "The game's ___": Henry VAFOOT5Across19 Mystery writer?ANON4Across20 Soothing succulentALOE4Across21 HOT woman worth fighting for?HELENOFTROY11Across22 Throwing weapon known in Japanese as a shurikenNINJASTAR9Across24 2010-12's ___ SpringARAB4Across26 Coronary insertSTENT5Across27 GOT in the ballpark?GIVEORTAKE10Across28 Gomez of "Only Murders in the Building"SELENA6Across29 Under, poeticallyNEATH5Across31 TrickRUSE4Across33 Music to a comedian's earsLAUGH5Across34 Some 1960s-style protestsLIEINS6Across36 Contents of a black-and-white podORCAS5Across39 BOB Dylan album?BLONDEONBLONDE14Across43 Impossible to read, perhapsINCODE6Across47 Word before cut or classLOW3Across48 Fragrant compoundESTER5Across49 "It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.)TENPM5Across50 Butcher's cutLOIN4Across52 Takes a little offTRIMS5Across53 Time's 2023 Person of the YearSWIFT5Across55 A.I.-powered video hoaxesDEEPFAKES9Across58 In ___SITU4Across60 Portuguese wineMADEIRA7Across61 Put out againREISSUE7Across63 MOB wives?MAILORDERBRIDES15Across64 Casino supervisorPITBOSS7Across68 SurroundENCLOSE7Across71 Poker in the Olympics?EPEE4Across72 How an urgent text may be writtenINALLCAPS9Across76 Affect emotionallyTOUCH5Across79 Carne ___ASADA5Across80 Word on either side of "à"TETE4Across81 Org. founded to fund foreign projectsUSAID5Across82 Vapes, familiarlyECIGS5Across84 King's title, in briefREV3Across86 Turkish summitARARAT6Across87 SOAP film?SNAKESONAPLANE14Across89 Alternative to a Les Paul, for shortSTRAT5Across93 Dad's deflectionASKMOM6Across94 One of the seven deadly sinsGREED5Across95 Vegetables rarely cut with a knifePEAS4Across96 Switch positionsONOFF5Across98 Washington or BerlinIRVING6Across101 KID napper's demand?KEEPITDOWN10Across104 Loses emotional control, in gamer-speakTILTS5Across109 Socialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"EDIE4Across111 Winning country at the 2022 World CupARGENTINA9Across112 THE big game?TEXASHOLDEM11Across113 "You're full of baloney!"LIAR4Across115 "Right on, man"IDIG4Across116 "Baywatch" actress EleniakERIKA5Across117 BreathersLULLS5Across118 GoalsENDS4Across119 ReferenceCITE4Across120 Fall perennialASTER5Across121 Primatologists' subjectsAPES4Across122

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One of a reporter's W'sWHERE5Down1 Line of latitude?ILLALLOWIT10Down2 Squishy part of a cat's paw, cutesilyTOEBEAN7Down3 Brooding sortHEN3Down4 NuttyDAFT4Down5 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down6 2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live"LORNE5Down7 Nickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed JonesTOOTALL7Down8 What a messSTY3Down9 Kid's repeated requestCANI4Down10 Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.UNIV4Down11 Idiot mistakesBONERS6Down12 Pear varietyANJOU5Down13 Dazzling displays of skillMASTERCLASSES13Down14 Utah ski resortALTA4Down15 Linger in the bathSOAK4Down16 Roll call responseHERE4Down17 Nickname that's an alternative to ChuckCHAS4Down18 Native OklahomansOSAGES6Down23 Bad lighting?ARSON5Down25 Treaty of ___, official close to the War of 1812GHENT5Down28 Some N.S.F.W. textsNUDES5Down30 Madre's hermanoTIO3Down32 Spicy dipsHOTSALSAS9Down35 Named, informallyIDED4Down37 Madre's babyNENE4Down38 Manipulates dishonestlyCOOKS5Down40 Common Wordle starting word (for all those vowels)ADIEU5Down41 FeelSENSE5Down42 Crunchy sandwiches, for shortBLTS4Down43 ___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personalityLORI4Down44 Fresh cutNEWDO5Down45 Prickly patchBRIER5Down46 FetterIMPEDE6Down47 Disappearing from the earthPERISHING9Down51 Hip-hop artists with unintelligible lyricsMUMBLERAPPERS13Down54 Bona ___FIDE4Down56 Council of ___ (Counter-Reformation body)TRENT5Down57 Mild oathFIE3Down59 Trading card errorMISCUT6Down61 Bowed, musicallyARCO4Down62 Big inits. in 1990s internetAOL3Down65 Genre for Stevie Ray VaughanBLUES5Down66 Celebrity chef DiSpiritoROCCO5Down67 Gyro wrapsPITAS5Down68 Like kryptonINERT5Down69 Turkic languageTATAR5Down70 Basic drumming patternPARADIDDLE10Down73 Steinbeck's "East of ___"EDEN4Down74 Place for Christmas lightsEAVE4Down75 "Not interested"PASS4Down77 Head toward bankruptcy, saySINK4Down78 According toASPER5Down80 Matt of "Oppenheimer"DAMON5Down83 Overly bright and showyGARISH6Down85 Used DoorDash, sayATEIN5Down88 ___Mari Method (tidying system)KON3Down90 HamsEMOTERS7Down91 Advance in a video gameLEVELUP7Down92 "That was true for me, too"ASDIDI6Down94 Storage areaATTIC5Down97 Demand from a disgruntled customerFIXIT5Down99 Unreliable sort, in slangFLAKE5Down100 What a Bohr!NIELS5Down102 Diamonds, but not clubsGEMS4Down103 Dark greenKALE4Down104 "The Office" receptionistERIN4Down105 Mild oathEGAD4Down106 "Don't worry, boss!"ONIT4Down107 Kind of hikeWAGE4Down108 Position removed by the February RevolutionTSAR4Down110 Drink "for two," in songTEA3Down113 Portuguese greetingOLA3Down114

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.