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New York Times Crossword April 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 17 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 70 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#
12-12, sayTIED4Across1 Make an all-out effortGOBIG5Across5 50, on a tableTIN3Across10 Sea creature known to mourn its deadORCA4Across13 Long-stemmed mushroomENOKI5Across14 WowAWE3Across15 Medicare subsection covering ambulance servicesPARTB5Across16 Get to the point?TAPER5Across18 Half a chocolate barKAT3Across19 Settle a billSQUAREUP8Across20 Georgia hometown of R.E.M. and the B-52sATHENS6Across22 Small pieces fromBITSOF6Across24 MultitudeHOST4Across26 Looks over brieflyGLANCESAT9Across27 Word after back or snackPACK4Across30 Sticker that usually comes in sets of three or four?PRONG5Across32 Did some knifework onDICED5Across33 Solo pilot?HAN3Across35 Worst of all imaginable chronologiesDARKESTTIMELINE15Across36 "What's the issue …?"AND3Across39 Start to season, as a skilletREOIL5Across40 "Storage Wars" networkAANDE5Across41 AwakenSTIR4Across42 Voting, e.g.CIVICDUTY9Across44 "Altho ..."OTOH4Across46 Set of notes in a seventh chordTETRAD6Across48 "Stop being such a baby!"GROWUP6Across49 Negative Nancy or Debbie DownerNAYSAYER8Across51 First Super Bowl won by the Kansas City Chiefs in 50 yearsLIV3Across55 Gal on the screenGADOT5Across56 [You're boring me]SNORE5Across58 First of allONE3Across59 Result fromOWETO5Across60 Chewy Japanese noodleUDON4Across61 "___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish)POR3Across62 Look with a curled lipSNEER5Across63 Mizzen, e.g.MAST4Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
OutperformsTOPS4Down1 Modern home of ancient MesopotamiaIRAQ4Down2 Neutral shadeECRU4Down3 Informational repositoryDATABANK8Down4 End of a gay pride sloganGETUSEDTOIT11Down5 "Bad news aside ..."ONAPOSITIVENOTE15Down6 Catchy tuneBOP3Down7 Maker of the iconic Billy bookcaseIKEA4Down8 What's going around?GIRTH5Down9 Gets the memoTAKESAHINT10Down10 2000 song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet"IWANTCANDY10Down11 Safety devices for trapeze artistsNETS4Down12 "Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets")BRINGER7Down17 "You get the picture"ETC3Down21 Old-school danceHOP3Down23 Discussion guiderFACILITATOR11Down25 2008 Clint Eastwood film centered around an attempted car theftGRANTORINO10Down27 Act superior toLORDITOVER10Down28 Pro ___TEM3Down29 Bend it like Beckham!KNEE4Down31 BlackBerrys, e.g., for shortPDAS4Down32 Seriously, in modern slangDEADASS7Down34 1/86,400 of a day: Abbr.SEC3Down37 Opium product used by Anna Karenina and Victor FrankensteinLAUDANUM8Down38 Big fightROW3Down43 ExclaimCRY3Down45 High honors in science fictionHUGOS5Down47 SludgeGLOP4Down49 Sacrifice in some chess gambitsPAWN4Down50 Weird Al Yankovic parody of the Kinks's "Lola"YODA4Down52 Mythical loverEROS4Down53 Monthly expenseRENT4Down54 Student center?DEE3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, April 17, 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.