New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 04/23/2026. The April 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “Truth be told ?”FACTIS
- 7a “___ so!” (German “I see!”)ACH
- 10a HoaxSHAM
- 14a Big name in skin careAVEENO
- 15a Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notesMAO
- 16a AshenPALE
- 17a Spot for a catnap?WINDOWSILL
- 19a Innings : baseball :: ___ : curlingENDS
- 20a Lead-in to GeoNAT
- 21a Symbol of mass densityRHO
- 22a They’re noisy little buggersCICADAS
- 24a Kinkajou cousinCOATI
- 26a Expected outcomeNORM
- 27a CircaABOUT
- 29a Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingoFEELSEEN
- 33a On guardALERT
- 34a CenterMIDST
- 35a Opus ___DEI
- 36a Follower of open or closed, sartoriallyTOED
- 37a Spaghetti-strapped tops, informallyCAMIS
- 38a Pass (out)CONK
- 39a Reaction to a sockOOF
- 40a Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have “ugh” in the middleDONUT
- 41a Queen’s collaborator on the 1981 hit “Under Pressure”BOWIE
- 42a What the “Music City Miracle” and the “Immaculate Reception” took place inNFLGAMES
- 44a Alternative to bow tiesPENNE
- 45a It might follow “ye”OLDE
- 46a “___ days are gone”THOSE
- 48a Test release?TIMESUP
- 51a Qt. or pt.AMT
- 52a G.I. entertainersUSO
- 55a Trawling, sayASEA
- 56a When many rainbows appearPRIDEMONTH
- 59a Like some chancesSLIM
- 60a Steering aidOAR
- 61a Sign on a restroom doorLADIES
- 62a Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”KENS
- 63a Science guy BillNYE
- 64a Ring comboONETWO
- Down
- 1d Babe in the woodsFAWN
- 2d Adidas competitorAVIA
- 3d *Material for a sidewalkCENT
- 4d Media exec SarandosTED
- 5d “You game?”INOROUT
- 6d *To a degreeSOWHAT
- 7d “Why ___ even here?”AMI
- 8d It might come after trigCALC
- 9d *Lack of pulchritudeHOLINESS
- 10d Pickle portionsSPEARS
- 11d Something that’s kept in the family … or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzleHANDMEDOWN
- 12d Alan of “M*A*S*H”ALDA
- 13d State of a playroom, oftenMESS
- 18d LushSOT
- 23d Young studCOLT
- 24d Bungee jumping necessityCORD
- 25d “Assuming there’s no other option for me ?”IFIMUST
- 27d WithdrawnALOOF
- 28d *Choice cutBEEFLOMEIN
- 30d Go over for publicationEDIT
- 31d Start of a counting rhymeEENIE
- 32d Company that famously used the Beatles’ “Revolution” in a 1987 TV commercialNIKE
- 33d Lots and lotsATON
- 34d Thick locksMANE
- 37d *Supermarket shopper’s clippingCOMEUPON
- 38d Alternative to a cupCONE
- 40d Owie kissers, perhapsDADS
- 41d Member of a wedding partyBESTMAN
- 43d TwinklesGLEAMS
- 44d *Sport that uses malletsPOMELO
- 47d “You ___ me worried!”HAD
- 48d Something to be doneTASK
- 49d Louisiana’s Grand ___ State ParkISLE
- 50d Speak while looking up, perhapsPRAY
- 52d Foot or stoneUNIT
- 53d Goulash, e.g.STEW
- 54d Really, reallyOHSO
- 57d WrathIRE
- 58d Weird Al’s “___ to a Superhero”ODE