New York Times Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 18 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 62 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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"The Jeffersons" or "The Simpsons," notablySPINOFF7Across1 Team with the mascot Big Al, familiarlyBAMA4Across8 In timeSOONERORLATER13Across12 Dish purportedly invented in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo neighborhoodCALIFORNIAROLL14Across14 New York's ___ ValleyHUDSON6Across15 ThawingDETENTE7Across16 TreatDOCTOR6Across17 New outfit or accessory for a character, in video game-speakMOD3Across18 Things that shouldn't be hiddenFEES4Across19 Non-eco-friendly refrigerantFREON5Across20 Term in the bedroom, maybeSAFEWORD8Across21 UniteWED3Across23 Two-prongedDUAL4Across24 Metros in the 1990sGEOS4Across26 "Wait just a sec"HANGTIGHT9Across27 Cowboy's friend, informallyPARD4Across29 Name that spiked in popularity following a 2013 Disney movieELSA4Across30 FinalizedSET3Across31 "You've got nothing to worry about"RESTEASY8Across34 All-time scoring leader for the Miami Heat, familiarlyDWADE5Across36 Routine surfacesMATS4Across38 Browns, on a scoreboardCLE3Across39 Mathematics writer GardnerMARTIN6Across40 Words of endorsementIMFORIT7Across41 ArrivedMADEIT6Across43 Make-believe sorrowCROCODILETEARS14Across44 Cause of amusement to a vet, maybeROOKIEMISTAKE13Across46 Daredevil's calculationODDS4Across47 Some fairy tale charactersDAMSELS7Across48

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Did business with, in a waySOLDTO6Down1 Blowgun projectilePOISONDART10Down2 Words before "a penny" or "a treat"INFOR5Down3 Fifth-most abundant element in the universeNEON4Down4 Lieutenant in "Catch-22"ORR3Down5 IntoFONDOF6Down6 Breakfast dish that might go over well?FRIEDEGGS9Down7 How people get into a swimming pool, typicallyBAREFOOT8Down8 Yom Kippur observersATONERS7Down9 Like the cheese in fondueMELTED6Down10 Backdrop for many van Gogh paintingsARLES5Down11 BlitzedSAUCED6Down12 ___ pull-downs (exercise)LAT3Down13 Item in a list on the fridge, maybeCHORE5Down14 Texas air hub, for shortDFW3Down17 Silky-haired toyMALTESE7Down18 Start to giveSAG3Down21 "Hey, no backing out now!"WEHADADEAL10Down22 Still wafflingUNDECIDED9Down25 Relatives of ottomansHASSOCKS8Down27 Texter's affectionate sign-offILY3Down28 It's not fit for human consumptionPETFOOD7Down29 Cutting stuffSATIRE6Down31 Cuts a line?EDITS5Down32 It takes two hands to showTEN3Down33 Musketeer's toolRAMROD6Down34 Nissan modelALTIMA6Down35 Brings about, as havocWREAKS6Down37 Less than milli-, more than nano-MICRO5Down38 Paint optionMATTE5Down40 Metric for a venture capitalist, in briefROI3Down42 Play (with)MESS4Down43 Calc. calculationLIM3Down45

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, April 18, 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.