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New York Times Crossword April 28 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 28 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 74 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#
SoreACHY4Across1 Nail polish brandOPI3Across5 Some cantina fareTACOS5Across8 "Hip hip hooray!," e.g.CHEER5Across13 Sink-or-swim competition?WATERPOLO9Across15 Handles a few unresolved issuesTIESUPLOOSEENDS15Across17 Like tearsSALINE6Across19 Site to build onLOT3Across20 Gossip, slangilyTEA3Across21 Build onADDTO5Across22 Welcome at the door, sayASKIN5Across24 Linguist's concernGRAMMAR7Across27 Serious in mannerSTERN5Across30 Bagel toppingLOX3Across31 Not perfect, but acceptableCLOSEENOUGH11Across32 BickeringATIT4Across36 Blade that's pulledOAR3Across38 Casual farewell often used outside its language of originCIAO4Across39 Station set up in a kitchenMISEENPLACE11Across40 Bit of intelTIP3Across45 Coins of CubaPESOS5Across46 Ingredients in some tropical smoothiesPAPAYAS7Across47 Foreign Service assignmentsPOSTS5Across49 Madrid misterSENOR5Across50 Church seatPEW3Across51 Promise to payIOU3Across52 Journalist, informallySCRIBE6Across54 Like children, ideally, in an old adage … or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-AcrossSEENANDNOTHEARD15Across58 RigorousSTRINGENT9Across62 Astronomer CarlSAGAN5Across63 IrritableTESTY5Across64 [As written]SIC3Across65 Civil rights activist ParksROSA4Across66

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Play partsACTS4Down1 Kind of seed or petCHIA4Down2 Sometimes-raised part of a shoeHEEL4Down3 Emphatic confirmationYESIAM6Down4 Nocturnal hooterOWL3Down5 Painter VeronesePAOLO5Down6 Langston Hughes poemITOO4Down7 Due + 1TRE3Down8 MimicAPE3Down9 Script supervisor's concernCONTINUITY10Down10 ___ daysOLDEN5Down11 Slugger SammySOSA4Down12 "Raising Hell" rap trioRUNDMC6Down14 Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)ESTATE6Down16 Part of a piano or loomPEDAL5Down18 Boots on the groundTROOPS6Down23 Rep.'s counterpartSEN3Down25 Ray of McDonald'sKROC4Down26 Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informallyGLAM4Down27 Naan alternativeROTI4Down28 Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. IIAXISPOWERS10Down29 Mexican wrapSERAPE6Down30 Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pailSAL3Down33 Greek goddess of the earthGAIA4Down34 Brewing needHOPS4Down35 They help you drive fartherTEES4Down37 Ballpark fig.EST3Down41 Snooping (around)NOSING6Down42 "___ thou not minister to a mind diseased …?": MacbethCANST5Down43 Significant periodsEPOCHS6Down44 Overdue debtARREAR6Down48 Golfer Calvin or QB RodneyPEETE5Down49 Islam's largest branchSUNNI5Down50 Alternative to a tap on the shoulderPSST4Down51 Works of praiseODES4Down53 "Othello" villainIAGO4Down55 Some supportsBRAS4Down56 ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"EDNA4Down57 Minor complaintNIT3Down59 Unspecified amountANY3Down60 Not RxOTC3Down61

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, April 28, 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.