NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 30, 2026
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Clues76
Across36
Down40
ConstructorLance Enfinger and John Kugelman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Grammy-winning singer who's had both a "Farewell Tour" and a "Here We Go Again Tour" (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
5A
Carry out orders (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOBEY→
9A
Some images carved in Egyptian tombs (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
13A
Class that might be all play and no work? (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADRAMA→
14A
"Seriously, dude …" (9)
Starts with C, ends with NCOMEONMAN→
16A
One robed in a kittel, maybe (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRABBI→
17A
Part of an evacuation plan (9)
Starts with E, ends with EEXITROUTE→
18A
Former carrier over Mauna Kea (9)
Starts with I, ends with RISLANDAIR→
20A
References as references (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCITES→
21A
It ends "But the way of the ungodly shall perish" (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPSALMONE→
22A
Sin/cos (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
23A
Billy goat's cry (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMAA→
24A
Vulpine (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
26A
Revealing statement? (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATADA→
30A
First movie to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSHREK→
33A
Telegram enders (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOPS→
35A
Setting for "Biohackers" and "Bones" (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLAB→
36A
Tag line (7)
Starts with Y, ends with TYOUREIT→
38A
Mocking name for failed businesses of the early 2000s (7)
Starts with D, ends with BDOTBOMB→
41A
What "R" might stand for on an envelope (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERHODE→
43A
Company named after a volcano (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAETNA→
44A
Loves of the past (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEXES→
46A
Be left at a loss? (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
47A
Objectivist Rand (3)
Starts with A, ends with NAYN→
48A
Kind of rally (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPEP→
50A
Hit list (8)
Starts with P, ends with TPOPCHART→
55A
"There it is!" (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVOILA→
58A
Seafood dish known as the King of Salads (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECRABLOUIE→
59A
Film angling for awards … or what's depicted three times in this puzzle? (9)
Starts with O, ends with TOSCARBAIT→
61A
Utah's ___ Canyon Waterfall (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOGDEN→
62A
"Well, I never!" (9)
Starts with W, ends with EWHATNERVE→
63A
Leaves the slip, perhaps (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAILS→
64A
Comic ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSANS→
65A
Some informal wear (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
66A
Tonsillectomy specialists, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
Down
1D
Vulgar (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCRASS→
2D
"___ español?" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHABLA→
3D
Funeral home professional (8)
Starts with E, ends with REMBALMER→
4D
Hotshot lawyer (9)
Starts with R, ends with RRAINMAKER→
5D
Holder of a large bed (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOCEAN→
6D
Least aerodynamic, maybe (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBOXIEST→
7D
Qatari title (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
8D
"And ___, here we are" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with TYET→
9D
Rub with oil (6)
Starts with A, ends with TANOINT→
10D
Graphic novels? (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSMUT→
11D
What am I, chopped liver? (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPATE→
12D
Super Mario World console, in brief (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSNES→
13D
Gen Z slang for awesome style (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
15D
Largest of the dolphin family (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
19D
___ good turn (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADOA→
22D
Toys for tots, perhaps (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTYPO→
25D
49er's score (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
28D
Pulitzer-winning Kendrick Lamar album (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDAMN→
29D
1974 Eurovision winners (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
30D
"Auld Lang ___" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESYNE→
31D
Chess-playing Mechanical Turk of 1770, for one (4)
Starts with H, ends with XHOAX→
32D
Cartoonist and inventor Goldberg (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUBE→
33D
Put away (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTOW→
34D
Tour guide's admonition (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAYCLOSE→
37D
Company that bought out Applebee's in 2007 (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
39D
Golf Hall-of-Famer who was honored with a 1953 ticker-tape parade in New York (8)
Starts with B, ends with NBENHOGAN→
42D
Shortchange (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDEPRIVE→
45D
Green icons on Rotten Tomatoes (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSPLATS→
47D
Station announcement, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with BAPB→
49D
Take in (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEARN→
51D
Hall's former partner (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOATES→
52D
Fear for a launderer (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAUDIT→
53D
Bank notes featuring the temple of Angkor Wat (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRIELS→
54D
Hamiltons (4)
Starts with T, ends with STENS→
55D
Exchanged words? (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVOWS→
56D
Org. in some company lawsuits (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHA→
57D
Little Engine's belief (4)
Starts with I, ends with NICAN→
58D
Word with giver or taker (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECARE→
60D
"You ___!" ("I agree!") (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBET→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 30, 2026?+
76 clues: 36 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Grammy-winning singer who's had both a "Farewell Tour" and a "Here We Go Again Tour" (CHER); Carry out orders (OBEY); Some images carved in Egyptian tombs (ASPS).
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