New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 04/20/2026. The April 20 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Solicit with a goodieTEMPT
- 6a School support grps.PTAS
- 10a Egyptian cobraASP
- 13a Well-informedAWARE
- 14a Teaser, for shortPROMO
- 15a Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop namesLIL
- 16a Low red card in a deckTWOOFHEARTS
- 18a George Gershwin’s lyricist brotherIRA
- 19a Window shadesBLINDS
- 20a Follow ordersOBEY
- 21a Locomotives, to kidsCHOOCHOOTRAINS
- 25a Comic figure at a circusCLOWN
- 26a “Impressive!”OOH
- 27a Stir up, as watersROIL
- 28a “The worst!”THISSUCKS
- 34a ___-backwardASS
- 35a Walk wearilyTRAIPSE
- 37a ___-Magnon (early human)CRO
- 38a City and its surroundingsMETROAREA
- 40a German refusalNEIN
- 41a Alternative to .com or .eduORG
- 42a RidiculousSILLY
- 43a “Don’t mention it ? it was easy”NOTROUBLEATALL
- 50a “Just doin’ my job”ITRY
- 51a Insect with pincersEARWIG
- 52a X, for a sororityCHI
- 53a “I need to use the bathroom” ? or what the shaded squares spell?NATURECALLS
- 58a Skirt featureHEM
- 59a Decorations around the United NationsFLAGS
- 60a “Sauer” hot dog toppingKRAUT
- 61a Triage sites, for shortERS
- 62a Mascara coats oneLASH
- 63a Full of know-howSAVVY
- Down
- 1d Butterfly on the ankle, say, informallyTAT
- 2d “Gross!”EWW
- 3d Chinese revolutionaryMAO
- 4d Football all-star gamePROBOWL
- 5d Cookware coatingTEFLON
- 6d National museum in MadridPRADO
- 7d Trunk for a sculptor to sculptTORSO
- 8d Fig. from an out-of-order ATM?AMT
- 9d …—… in MorseSOS
- 10d Cover story, in courtALIBI
- 11d Sound that warns of a tornadoSIREN
- 12d What coins are exchanged for at an arcadePLAYS
- 14d Phnom ___, Cambodia’s capitalPENH
- 17d Kool-Aid rivalHIC
- 20d Site of Pearl HarborOAHU
- 21d Not far awayCLOSE
- 22d LiftHOIST
- 23d Throw (out)TOSS
- 24d Valentine’s Day flowerROSE
- 25d Stow tightly, with “in”CRAM
- 28d Cigarette substanceTAR
- 29d Move in a hurry, old-styleHIE
- 30d Many a craft beer, for shortIPA
- 31d Medium-sized batteryCCELL
- 32d Filtered food for whalesKRILL
- 33d PlayStation makerSONY
- 35d Matador chargerTORO
- 36d Pasta sauce brandRAGU
- 39d Golfer McIlroyRORY
- 40d Big U.S./Canada fallsNIAGARA
- 42d (The) boondocksSTICKS
- 43d SpecialtyNICHE
- 44d Catchall survey optionOTHER
- 45d Cuts at the marginsTRIMS
- 46d Apps undergoing testingBETAS
- 47d “Sometimes you just gotta ___”LAUGH
- 48d FlubsERRS
- 49d Slack-jawed feelingAWE
- 53d Grp. for the Jets and JaguarsNFL
- 54d In the style ofALA
- 55d Bathroom, informallyLAV
- 56d Sweetie, to BritsLUV
- 57d Total dumpSTY