NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 26, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues140
Across65
Down75
TitleWell-Suited
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Touch up text (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
5A
One might be used for stepping up or sitting down (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSTOOL→
10A
Hoot or holler (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYELL→
14A
"Let's go, guys!" (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCMON→
18A
Like the Islamic calendar (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLUNAR→
20A
Windy City airport (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOHARE→
21A
Birmingham bum (4)
Starts with A, ends with EARSE→
22A
"Stay in your ___!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELANE→
23A
Fashion item for an aspiring grocer? (11)
Starts with M, ends with HMARKETWATCH→
25A
… for an aspiring nanny? (9)
Starts with K, ends with SKIDGLOVES→
27A
Place to dive in (7)
Starts with D, ends with DDEEPEND→
28A
Became apparent (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAROSE→
30A
Stands around an art gallery (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEASELS→
31A
Neither's counterpart (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
32A
Small detail (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSPEC→
33A
Central (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINNER→
34A
… for an aspiring manicurist? (13)
Starts with D, ends with SDIGITALSHORTS→
40A
Outmoded component of a car's dashboard (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECDDRIVE→
43A
Biblical garden (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
44A
Did some doughnuts? (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBAKED→
45A
Dermatology case (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
47A
What gives a wine tartness (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
49A
Fragile mineral (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMICA→
50A
… for an aspiring housekeeper? (10)
Starts with D, ends with TDUSTJACKET→
53A
Scored 100 on a test (6)
Starts with A, ends with TACEDIT→
55A
Soaks up the sun (4)
Starts with T, ends with STANS→
59A
___ One (presidential helicopter) (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMARINE→
60A
Church spaces (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNAVES→
61A
Your wish is his command (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGENIE→
62A
Córdoba's country: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with GARG→
63A
Soccer star Hamm (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
66A
Corporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues (21)
Starts with D, ends with TDRESSFORTHEJOBYOUWANT→
72A
One in 100: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSEN→
73A
Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame (3)
Starts with Y, ends with OYAO→
74A
Holiday seasons (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYULES→
75A
Works on an ice cream cone (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLICKS→
76A
Tawdry (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSORDID→
79A
All over again (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
80A
Japanese floor mat (6)
Starts with T, ends with ITATAMI→
81A
… for an aspiring travel agent? (10)
Starts with V, ends with PVENTURECAP→
85A
In the distance (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAFAR→
87A
Wiping cloth (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRAG→
88A
Italian cooking staple, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEVOO→
89A
"Progress through technology" automaker (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAUDI→
90A
Like contact lenses for astigmatism (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTORIC→
92A
"I wasn't ___ yesterday" (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBORN→
93A
Make it through (7)
Starts with G, ends with TGETPAST→
96A
... for an aspiring dry cleaner? (13)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEAMERTRUNKS→
99A
Machines in some print shops (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFAXES→
100A
Tour de France peaks (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALPS→
101A
Nutrient in avocados (3)
Starts with F, ends with TFAT→
102A
Apartment cooler, for short (6)
Starts with A, ends with TACUNIT→
104A
Palm spring? (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOASIS→
106A
Stroll (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSAUNTER→
110A
… for an aspiring flutist? (9)
Starts with W, ends with SWINDSOCKS→
112A
… for an aspiring photographer? (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOTGLASSES→
115A
Used the doorbell (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRANG→
117A
As of now (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOFAR→
118A
Solution strength (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTITER→
119A
It has its ups and downs (4)
Starts with Y, ends with OYOYO→
120A
Accomplishment (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFEAT→
121A
UnitedHealthcare competitor (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAETNA→
122A
Absolutely nothing (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANADA→
Down
1D
Massachusetts' state tree (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
3D
Memo starter (4)
Starts with I, ends with EINRE→
4D
Consumed, say (7)
Starts with T, ends with NTAKENIN→
5D
Planted (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSOWN→
6D
Trumpeter Jones (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTHAD→
7D
Bit in a horse's mouth? (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
8D
Group spotted on an Alaskan cruise, perhaps (7)
Starts with O, ends with DORCAPOD→
9D
"Hanukkah in Santa Monica" songwriter Tom (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLEHRER→
10D
Jabbers (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAKS→
11D
Lake from which the Niagara River flows (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
12D
Trip strip (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
13D
Tale as old as time (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLEGEND→
14D
Anyone's game (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECLOSERACE→
15D
Independent thinker (8)
Starts with M, ends with KMAVERICK→
16D
Justice Kagan in ’83, e.g. (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
17D
Scottish loch (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
19D
Transplant, as a plant (5)
Starts with R, ends with TREPOT→
24D
Large measure of computer data (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTERABIT→
29D
Four 2-Downs (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOCTAD→
32D
Yacht's pronoun (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
33D
Freeze frames? (8)
Starts with I, ends with SICETRAYS→
34D
Calls for (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDEMANDS→
35D
"It's truly important to me" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIDOCARE→
36D
Settle the score (7)
Starts with G, ends with NGETEVEN→
37D
Standing eau? (3)
Starts with L, ends with CLAC→
38D
Blade runner? (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSKATER→
39D
Dirty film (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSCUM→
41D
Compete (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVIE→
42D
Summer setting in Somerset, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEDT→
46D
Fed. intelligence group (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
49D
"Come home soon" (7)
Starts with M, ends with UMISSYOU→
51D
"___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary) (4)
Starts with J, ends with OJIRO→
52D
Sharp-cornered (7)
Starts with A, ends with RANGULAR→
54D
From abroad? (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDES→
56D
Insect with more than 14,000 known species (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
57D
PubMed org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNIH→
58D
"I'm outta here!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASEEYA→
61D
Super food? (8)
Starts with G, ends with SGOODEATS→
63D
Patisserie treat (7)
Starts with M, ends with NMACARON→
64D
Stain from a pen (7)
Starts with I, ends with KINKMARK→
65D
Name tags? (7)
Starts with A, ends with SATSIGNS→
67D
Jamie with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (4)
Starts with F, ends with RFARR→
68D
End of Q2 (3)
Starts with J, ends with NJUN→
69D
World Cup cheer (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
70D
"Watch your back!" (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEWARE→
71D
Intelligent humor (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWIT→
76D
Like rush-hour traffic (9)
Starts with S, ends with OSTOPANDGO→
77D
Post-op area, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with UICU→
80D
Diplomatic (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTACTFUL→
81D
Not do much of anything, say (3)
Starts with V, ends with GVEG→
82D
Night before (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
83D
Like a comedian who bombs (8)
Starts with N, ends with YNOTFUNNY→
84D
Stack at a falafel shop (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPITAS→
86D
Tree whose wood is used for telephone poles (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFIR→
90D
One clicking with an audience? (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETAPSHOE→
91D
Meditation syllables (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOMS→
92D
Interrupts rudely (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBUTTSIN→
94D
Grid line (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAXIS→
95D
Leave on a trip (6)
Starts with S, ends with FSETOFF→
97D
Michigan politician Slotkin (6)
Starts with E, ends with AELISSA→
98D
Charged (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRANAT→
102D
Out of its correct position (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAWRY→
103D
Florentine farewell (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCIAO→
104D
Pod in Creole cooking (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKRA→
105D
Helper: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
106D
Marvel-ous Lee (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
107D
Taj Mahal city (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
108D
___ noche (tonight: Sp.) (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
109D
Marsh grass (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREED→
111D
Stick used for breaking (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECUE→
113D
O'er and o'er (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOFT→
114D
Madrid Mme. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASRA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 26, 2026?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rebecca Goldstein and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Touch up text (EDIT); One might be used for stepping up or sitting down (STOOL); Hoot or holler (YELL).
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