NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 28, 2026
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Clues74
Across33
Down41
ConstructorHal Moore
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
5A
Nail polish brand (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOPI→
8A
Some cantina fare (5)
Starts with T, ends with STACOS→
13A
"Hip hip hooray!," e.g. (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCHEER→
15A
Sink-or-swim competition? (9)
Starts with W, ends with OWATERPOLO→
17A
Handles a few unresolved issues (15)
Starts with T, ends with STIESUPLOOSEENDS→
19A
Like tears (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESALINE→
20A
Site to build on (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
21A
Gossip, slangily (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
22A
Build on (5)
Starts with A, ends with OADDTO→
24A
Welcome at the door, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASKIN→
27A
Linguist's concern (7)
Starts with G, ends with RGRAMMAR→
30A
Serious in manner (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSTERN→
31A
Bagel topping (3)
Starts with L, ends with XLOX→
32A
Not perfect, but acceptable (11)
Starts with C, ends with HCLOSEENOUGH→
36A
Bickering (4)
Starts with A, ends with TATIT→
38A
Blade that's pulled (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
39A
Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCIAO→
40A
Station set up in a kitchen (11)
Starts with M, ends with EMISEENPLACE→
45A
Bit of intel (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTIP→
46A
Coins of Cuba (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPESOS→
47A
Ingredients in some tropical smoothies (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPAPAYAS→
49A
Foreign Service assignments (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSTS→
50A
Madrid mister (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSENOR→
51A
Church seat (3)
Starts with P, ends with WPEW→
52A
Promise to pay (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
54A
Journalist, informally (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESCRIBE→
58A
62A
Rigorous (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSTRINGENT→
63A
Astronomer Carl (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSAGAN→
64A
Irritable (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTESTY→
65A
[As written] (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSIC→
66A
Civil rights activist Parks (4)
Starts with R, ends with AROSA→
Down
1D
Play parts (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
2D
Kind of seed or pet (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACHIA→
3D
Sometimes-raised part of a shoe (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHEEL→
4D
Emphatic confirmation (6)
Starts with Y, ends with MYESIAM→
5D
Nocturnal hooter (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOWL→
6D
Painter Veronese (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPAOLO→
7D
Langston Hughes poem (4)
Starts with I, ends with OITOO→
8D
Due + 1 (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETRE→
10D
Script supervisor's concern (10)
Starts with C, ends with YCONTINUITY→
11D
___ days (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOLDEN→
12D
Slugger Sammy (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOSA→
14D
"Raising Hell" rap trio (6)
Starts with R, ends with CRUNDMC→
16D
Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project) (6)
Starts with E, ends with EESTATE→
18D
Part of a piano or loom (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPEDAL→
23D
Boots on the ground (6)
Starts with T, ends with STROOPS→
25D
Rep.'s counterpart (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSEN→
26D
Ray of McDonald's (4)
Starts with K, ends with CKROC→
27D
Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGLAM→
28D
Naan alternative (4)
Starts with R, ends with IROTI→
29D
Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II (10)
Starts with A, ends with SAXISPOWERS→
30D
Mexican wrap (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESERAPE→
33D
Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
34D
Greek goddess of the earth (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGAIA→
35D
Brewing need (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHOPS→
37D
They help you drive farther (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
41D
Ballpark fig. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
42D
Snooping (around) (6)
Starts with N, ends with GNOSING→
43D
"___ thou not minister to a mind diseased …?": Macbeth (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCANST→
44D
Significant periods (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEPOCHS→
48D
Overdue debt (6)
Starts with A, ends with RARREAR→
49D
Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPEETE→
50D
Islam's largest branch (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISUNNI→
51D
Alternative to a tap on the shoulder (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
53D
Works of praise (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
55D
"Othello" villain (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIAGO→
56D
Some supports (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAS→
57D
___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDNA→
59D
Minor complaint (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNIT→
60D
Unspecified amount (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
61D
Not Rx (3)
Starts with O, ends with COTC→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 28, 2026?+
74 clues: 33 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Hal Moore and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Sore (ACHY); Nail polish brand (OPI); Some cantina fare (TACOS).
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