The April 26 2026 Puzzle Answers. Solutions listed below sorted by their clue number on the puzzle.
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- Across
- 1a Touch up text EDIT
- 5a One might be used for stepping up or sitting down STOOL
- 10a Hoot or holler YELL
- 14a “Let’s go, guys!” CMON
- 18a Like the Islamic calendar LUNAR
- 20a Windy City airport OHARE
- 21a Birmingham bum ARSE
- 22a “Stay in your ___!” LANE
- 23a Fashion item for an aspiring grocer? MARKETWATCH
- 25a ? for an aspiring nanny? KIDGLOVES
- 27a Place to dive in DEEPEND
- 28a Became apparent AROSE
- 30a Stands around an art gallery EASELS
- 31a Neither’s counterpart NOR
- 32a Small detail SPEC
- 33a Central INNER
- 34a ? for an aspiring manicurist? DIGITALSHORTS
- 40a Outmoded component of a car’s dashboard CDDRIVE
- 43a Biblical garden EDEN
- 44a Did some doughnuts? BAKED
- 45a Dermatology case ACNE
- 47a What gives a wine tartness ACID
- 48a Quip MOT
- 49a Fragile mineral MICA
- 50a ? for an aspiring housekeeper? DUSTJACKET
- 53a Scored 100 on a test ACEDIT
- 55a Soaks up the sun TANS
- 59a ___ One (presidential helicopter) MARINE
- 60a Church spaces NAVES
- 61a Your wish is his command GENIE
- 62a Córdoba’s country: Abbr. ARG
- 63a Soccer star Hamm MIA
- 66a Corporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues DRESSFORTHEJOBYOUWANT
- 72a One in 100: Abbr. SEN
- 73a Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame YAO
- 74a Holiday seasons YULES
- 75a Works on an ice cream cone LICKS
- 76a Tawdry SORDID
- 79a All over again ANEW
- 80a Japanese floor mat TATAMI
- 81a ? for an aspiring travel agent? VENTURECAP
- 85a In the distance AFAR
- 87a Wiping cloth RAG
- 88a Italian cooking staple, for short EVOO
- 89a “Progress through technology” automaker AUDI
- 90a Like contact lenses for astigmatism TORIC
- 92a “I wasn’t ___ yesterday” BORN
- 93a Make it through GETPAST
- 96a … for an aspiring dry cleaner? STEAMERTRUNKS
- 99a Machines in some print shops FAXES
- 100a Tour de France peaks ALPS
- 101a Nutrient in avocados FAT
- 102a Apartment cooler, for short ACUNIT
- 104a Palm spring? OASIS
- 106a Stroll SAUNTER
- 110a ? for an aspiring flutist? WINDSOCKS
- 112a ? for an aspiring photographer? SHOTGLASSES
- 115a Used the doorbell RANG
- 116a Hides FURS
- 117a As of now SOFAR
- 118a Solution strength TITER
- 119a It has its ups and downs YOYO
- 120a Accomplishment FEAT
- 121a UnitedHealthcare competitor AETNA
- 122a Absolutely nothing NADA
- Down
- 1d Massachusetts’ state tree ELM
- 2d Pair DUAD
- 3d Memo starter INRE
- 4d Consumed, say TAKENIN
- 5d Planted SOWN
- 6d Trumpeter Jones THAD
- 7d Bit in a horse’s mouth? OAT
- 8d Group spotted on an Alaskan cruise, perhaps ORCAPOD
- 9d “Hanukkah in Santa Monica” songwriter Tom LEHRER
- 10d Jabbers YAKS
- 11d Lake from which the Niagara River flows ERIE
- 12d Trip strip LSD
- 13d Tale as old as time LEGEND
- 14d Anyone’s game CLOSERACE
- 15d Independent thinker MAVERICK
- 16d Justice Kagan in ?83, e.g. ONEL
- 17d Scottish loch NESS
- 19d Transplant, as a plant REPOT
- 24d Large measure of computer data TERABIT
- 26d Earth LAND
- 29d Four 2-Downs OCTAD
- 32d Yacht’s pronoun SHE
- 33d Freeze frames? ICETRAYS
- 34d Calls for DEMANDS
- 35d “It’s truly important to me” IDOCARE
- 36d Settle the score GETEVEN
- 37d Standing eau? LAC
- 38d Blade runner? SKATER
- 39d Dirty film SCUM
- 41d Compete VIE
- 42d Summer setting in Somerset, in brief EDT
- 46d Fed. intelligence group NSA
- 49d “Come home soon” MISSYOU
- 51d “___ Dreams of Sushi” (acclaimed 2011 documentary) JIRO
- 52d Sharp-cornered ANGULAR
- 54d From abroad? DES
- 56d Insect with more than 14,000 known species ANT
- 57d PubMed org. NIH
- 58d “I’m outta here!” SEEYA
- 61d Super food? GOODEATS
- 63d Patisserie treat MACARON
- 64d Stain from a pen INKMARK
- 65d Name tags? ATSIGNS
- 67d Jamie with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame FARR
- 68d End of Q2 JUN
- 69d World Cup cheer OLE
- 70d “Watch your back!” BEWARE
- 71d Intelligent humor WIT
- 76d Like rush-hour traffic STOPANDGO
- 77d Post-op area, in brief ICU
- 78d Pops DADS
- 80d Diplomatic TACTFUL
- 81d Not do much of anything, say VEG
- 82d Night before EVE
- 83d Like a comedian who bombs NOTFUNNY
- 84d Stack at a falafel shop PITAS
- 86d Tree whose wood is used for telephone poles FIR
- 90d One clicking with an audience? TAPSHOE
- 91d Meditation syllables OMS
- 92d Interrupts rudely BUTTSIN
- 94d Grid line AXIS
- 95d Leave on a trip SETOFF
- 97d Michigan politician Slotkin ELISSA
- 98d Charged RANAT
- 102d Out of its correct position AWRY
- 103d Florentine farewell CIAO
- 104d Pod in Creole cooking OKRA
- 105d Helper: Abbr. ASST
- 106d Marvel-ous Lee STAN
- 107d Taj Mahal city AGRA
- 108d ___ noche (tonight: Sp.) ESTA
- 109d Marsh grass REED
- 111d Stick used for breaking CUE
- 113d O’er and o’er OFT
- 114d Madrid Mme. SRA
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