New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 04/08/2026. The April 08 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “I’m afraid not,” quaintlyALASNO
- 7a Food brand for FidoALPO
- 11a Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr.INTL
- 15a Cash inREDEEM
- 16a Avocado dip, informallyGUAC
- 17a Take a riskDARE
- 18a Audience’s reverent response to a symphony finale?CODASILENCE
- 20a Keenly interestedAVID
- 21a Shakespearean “soon”ANON
- 22a That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven’s “Moonlight”?SONATATHING
- 24a CommotionDIN
- 25a Measure of college readiness, for shortPSAT
- 26a Knuckled rub to the scalpNOOGIE
- 27a Publishing house workers: Abbr.EDS
- 28a GoalAIM
- 29a Wood-shaping hand toolRASP
- 31a Tagging symbolsATS
- 32a ___-MagnonCRO
- 33a Vegas opener?LAS
- 34a Perry of popKATY
- 36a Opportunity for a choral understudy?STANZACHANCE
- 39a Belgrade nativeSERB
- 40a “Beats me,” in a textIDK
- 41a Caviar, essentiallyROE
- 42a Miss Piggy, for oneSOW
- 43a Assns.ORGS
- 45a Extended comedic riffBIT
- 46a Hindi for “rule”RAJ
- 49a Chant heard at the start of “Hot Hot Hot”OLEOLE
- 51a Girl in GlasgowLASS
- 52a Alias initialismAKA
- 53a When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis?FORZAMOMENT
- 56a “Groovy, man”IDIG
- 57a Popular flavor of bubble teaTARO
- 58a “What’s Opera, Doc?,” e.g.?ARIAKIDDING
- 60a Volunteer’s offerICAN
- 61a Hits hardRAMS
- 62a Respond, as a pupil mightDILATE
- 63a Ending with kitchenETTE
- 64a Painter PaulKLEE
- 65a Key of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4EMINOR
- Down
- 1d Covered passagewayARCADE
- 2d Meteor in a November showerLEONID
- 3d Enhancing accessoriesADDONS
- 4d Actor Astin of the “Lord of the Rings” filmsSEAN
- 5d Original Super Mario Bros. consoleNES
- 6d OversightOMISSION
- 7d Author’s representativeAGENT
- 8d Moon over ManaguaLUNA
- 9d TreatyPACT
- 10d What Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa are both believed to haveOCEANS
- 11d The Gem StateIDAHO
- 12d Find one’s wayNAVIGATE
- 13d Dublin college founded in 1592TRINITY
- 14d Apartment planter sites, perhapsLEDGES
- 19d Good gardening soilLOAM
- 23d Traditional samurai hairstylesTOPKNOTS
- 25d Graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c, for examplePARABOLA
- 29d Frame for a game of poolRACK
- 30d Forehead marking at the start of LentASH
- 32d Convention bldg., in a mailing addressCTR
- 33d Dudes, in British EnglishLADS
- 35d Big name in hardware storesACE
- 36d Underground scurrierSEWERRAT
- 37d Half of a darting motionZIG
- 38d Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leaderARISTIDE
- 39d One-man band, for exampleSOLOACT
- 42d Sentimental sortSOFTIE
- 44d CommentREMARK
- 45d Make ___ (earn vast sums)BANK
- 46d Unit of angular measurementRADIAN
- 47d LikeAKINTO
- 48d Rolling Stones frontmanJAGGER
- 50d Absorber of UV lightOZONE
- 51d CharterLEASE
- 54d Word with cavity or contraceptiveORAL
- 55d One acting rather quiet?MIME
- 56d Savory South Asian rice cakeIDLI
- 59d Lower, as lightsDIM