New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 04/28/2026. The April 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a SoreACHY
- 5a Nail polish brandOPI
- 8a Some cantina fareTACOS
- 13a “Hip hip hooray!,” e.g.CHEER
- 15a Sink-or-swim competition?WATERPOLO
- 17a Handles a few unresolved issuesTIESUPLOOSEENDS
- 19a Like tearsSALINE
- 20a Site to build onLOT
- 21a Gossip, slangilyTEA
- 22a Build onADDTO
- 24a Welcome at the door, sayASKIN
- 27a Linguist’s concernGRAMMAR
- 30a Serious in mannerSTERN
- 31a Bagel toppingLOX
- 32a Not perfect, but acceptableCLOSEENOUGH
- 36a BickeringATIT
- 38a Blade that’s pulledOAR
- 39a Casual farewell often used outside its language of originCIAO
- 40a Station set up in a kitchenMISEENPLACE
- 45a Bit of intelTIP
- 46a Coins of CubaPESOS
- 47a Ingredients in some tropical smoothiesPAPAYAS
- 49a Foreign Service assignmentsPOSTS
- 50a Madrid misterSENOR
- 51a Church seatPEW
- 52a Promise to payIOU
- 54a Journalist, informallySCRIBE
- 58a Like children, ideally, in an old adage ? or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-AcrossSEENANDNOTHEARD
- 62a RigorousSTRINGENT
- 63a Astronomer CarlSAGAN
- 64a IrritableTESTY
- 65a [As written]SIC
- 66a Civil rights activist ParksROSA
- Down
- 1d Play partsACTS
- 2d Kind of seed or petCHIA
- 3d Sometimes-raised part of a shoeHEEL
- 4d Emphatic confirmationYESIAM
- 5d Nocturnal hooterOWL
- 6d Painter VeronesePAOLO
- 7d Langston Hughes poemITOO
- 8d Due + 1TRE
- 9d MimicAPE
- 10d Script supervisor’s concernCONTINUITY
- 11d ___ daysOLDEN
- 12d Slugger SammySOSA
- 14d “Raising Hell” rap trioRUNDMC
- 16d Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)ESTATE
- 18d Part of a piano or loomPEDAL
- 23d Boots on the groundTROOPS
- 25d Rep.’s counterpartSEN
- 26d Ray of McDonald’sKROC
- 27d Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informallyGLAM
- 28d Naan alternativeROTI
- 29d Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. IIAXISPOWERS
- 30d Mexican wrapSERAPE
- 33d Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pailSAL
- 34d Greek goddess of the earthGAIA
- 35d Brewing needHOPS
- 37d They help you drive fartherTEES
- 41d Ballpark fig.EST
- 42d Snooping (around)NOSING
- 43d “___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ??”: MacbethCANST
- 44d Significant periodsEPOCHS
- 48d Overdue debtARREAR
- 49d Golfer Calvin or QB RodneyPEETE
- 50d Islam’s largest branchSUNNI
- 51d Alternative to a tap on the shoulderPSST
- 53d Works of praiseODES
- 55d “Othello” villainIAGO
- 56d Some supportsBRAS
- 57d ___ Lewis, the “Grande Dame of Southern Cooking”EDNA
- 59d Minor complaintNIT
- 60d Unspecified amountANY
- 61d Not RxOTC