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New York Times Crossword April 8 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 79 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 8 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 79 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#
"I'm afraid not," quaintlyALASNO6Across1 Food brand for FidoALPO4Across7 Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr.INTL4Across11 Cash inREDEEM6Across15 Avocado dip, informallyGUAC4Across16 Take a riskDARE4Across17 Audience's reverent response to a symphony finale?CODASILENCE11Across18 Keenly interestedAVID4Across20 Shakespearean "soon"ANON4Across21 That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven's "Moonlight"?SONATATHING11Across22 CommotionDIN3Across24 Measure of college readiness, for shortPSAT4Across25 Knuckled rub to the scalpNOOGIE6Across26 Publishing house workers: Abbr.EDS3Across27 GoalAIM3Across28 Wood-shaping hand toolRASP4Across29 Tagging symbolsATS3Across31 ___-MagnonCRO3Across32 Vegas opener?LAS3Across33 Perry of popKATY4Across34 Opportunity for a choral understudy?STANZACHANCE12Across36 Belgrade nativeSERB4Across39 "Beats me," in a textIDK3Across40 Caviar, essentiallyROE3Across41 Miss Piggy, for oneSOW3Across42 Assns.ORGS4Across43 Extended comedic riffBIT3Across45 Hindi for "rule"RAJ3Across46 Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot"OLEOLE6Across49 Girl in GlasgowLASS4Across51 Alias initialismAKA3Across52 When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis?FORZAMOMENT11Across53 "Groovy, man"IDIG4Across56 Popular flavor of bubble teaTARO4Across57 "What's Opera, Doc?," e.g.?ARIAKIDDING11Across58 Volunteer's offerICAN4Across60 Hits hardRAMS4Across61 Respond, as a pupil mightDILATE6Across62 Ending with kitchenETTE4Across63 Painter PaulKLEE4Across64 Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4EMINOR6Across65

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Covered passagewayARCADE6Down1 Meteor in a November showerLEONID6Down2 Enhancing accessoriesADDONS6Down3 Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" filmsSEAN4Down4 Original Super Mario Bros. consoleNES3Down5 OversightOMISSION8Down6 Author's representativeAGENT5Down7 Moon over ManaguaLUNA4Down8 TreatyPACT4Down9 What Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are both believed to haveOCEANS6Down10 The Gem StateIDAHO5Down11 Find one's wayNAVIGATE8Down12 Dublin college founded in 1592TRINITY7Down13 Apartment planter sites, perhapsLEDGES6Down14 Good gardening soilLOAM4Down19 Traditional samurai hairstylesTOPKNOTS8Down23 Graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c, for examplePARABOLA8Down25 Frame for a game of poolRACK4Down29 Forehead marking at the start of LentASH3Down30 Convention bldg., in a mailing addressCTR3Down32 Dudes, in British EnglishLADS4Down33 Big name in hardware storesACE3Down35 Underground scurrierSEWERRAT8Down36 Half of a darting motionZIG3Down37 Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leaderARISTIDE8Down38 One-man band, for exampleSOLOACT7Down39 Sentimental sortSOFTIE6Down42 CommentREMARK6Down44 Make ___ (earn vast sums)BANK4Down45 Unit of angular measurementRADIAN6Down46 LikeAKINTO6Down47 Rolling Stones frontmanJAGGER6Down48 Absorber of UV lightOZONE5Down50 CharterLEASE5Down51 Word with cavity or contraceptiveORAL4Down54 One acting rather quiet?MIME4Down55 Savory South Asian rice cakeIDLI4Down56 Lower, as lightsDIM3Down59

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, April 8, 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.