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New York Times Crossword April 23 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 23 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 78 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#
"Truth be told …"FACTIS6Across1 "___ so!" (German "I see!")ACH3Across7 HoaxSHAM4Across10 Big name in skin careAVEENO6Across14 Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notesMAO3Across15 AshenPALE4Across16 Spot for a catnap?WINDOWSILL10Across17 Innings : baseball :: ___ : curlingENDS4Across19 Lead-in to GeoNAT3Across20 Symbol of mass densityRHO3Across21 They're noisy little buggersCICADAS7Across22 Kinkajou cousinCOATI5Across24 Expected outcomeNORM4Across26 CircaABOUT5Across27 Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingoFEELSEEN8Across29 On guardALERT5Across33 CenterMIDST5Across34 Opus ___DEI3Across35 Follower of open or closed, sartoriallyTOED4Across36 Spaghetti-strapped tops, informallyCAMIS5Across37 Pass (out)CONK4Across38 Reaction to a sockOOF3Across39 Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have "ugh" in the middleDONUT5Across40 Queen's collaborator on the 1981 hit "Under Pressure"BOWIE5Across41 What the "Music City Miracle" and the "Immaculate Reception" took place inNFLGAMES8Across42 Alternative to bow tiesPENNE5Across44 It might follow "ye"OLDE4Across45 "___ days are gone"THOSE5Across46 Test release?TIMESUP7Across48 Qt. or pt.AMT3Across51 G.I. entertainersUSO3Across52 Trawling, sayASEA4Across55 When many rainbows appearPRIDEMONTH10Across56 Like some chancesSLIM4Across59 Steering aidOAR3Across60 Sign on a restroom doorLADIES6Across61 Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie"KENS4Across62 Science guy BillNYE3Across63 Ring comboONETWO6Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Babe in the woodsFAWN4Down1 Adidas competitorAVIA4Down2 *Material for a sidewalkCENT4Down3 Media exec SarandosTED3Down4 "You game?"INOROUT7Down5 *To a degreeSOWHAT6Down6 "Why ___ even here?"AMI3Down7 It might come after trigCALC4Down8 *Lack of pulchritudeHOLINESS8Down9 Pickle portionsSPEARS6Down10 Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzleHANDMEDOWN10Down11 Alan of "M*A*S*H"ALDA4Down12 State of a playroom, oftenMESS4Down13 LushSOT3Down18 Young studCOLT4Down23 Bungee jumping necessityCORD4Down24 "Assuming there's no other option for me …"IFIMUST7Down25 WithdrawnALOOF5Down27 *Choice cutBEEFLOMEIN10Down28 Go over for publicationEDIT4Down30 Start of a counting rhymeEENIE5Down31 Company that famously used the Beatles' "Revolution" in a 1987 TV commercialNIKE4Down32 Lots and lotsATON4Down33 Thick locksMANE4Down34 *Supermarket shopper's clippingCOMEUPON8Down37 Alternative to a cupCONE4Down38 Owie kissers, perhapsDADS4Down40 Member of a wedding partyBESTMAN7Down41 TwinklesGLEAMS6Down43 *Sport that uses malletsPOMELO6Down44 "You ___ me worried!"HAD3Down47 Something to be doneTASK4Down48 Louisiana's Grand ___ State ParkISLE4Down49 Speak while looking up, perhapsPRAY4Down50 Foot or stoneUNIT4Down52 Goulash, e.g.STEW4Down53 Really, reallyOHSO4Down54 WrathIRE3Down57 Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero"ODE3Down58

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, April 23, 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.