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NYT Crossword answers for April 20, 2026

NYT Crossword · April 20, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Monday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with T
  • 6 starts with P
  • 10 starts with A
  • 13 starts with A
  • 14 starts with P
  • 15 starts with L
  • 16 starts with T
  • 18 starts with I
  • 19 starts with B
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with C
  • 25 starts with C
  • 26 starts with O
  • 27 starts with R
  • 28 starts with T
  • 34 starts with A
  • 35 starts with T
  • 37 starts with C
  • 38 starts with M
  • 40 starts with N
  • 41 starts with O
  • 42 starts with S
  • 43 starts with N
  • 50 starts with I
  • 51 starts with E
  • 52 starts with C
  • 53 starts with N
  • 58 starts with H
  • 59 starts with F
  • 60 starts with K
  • 61 starts with E
  • 62 starts with L
  • 63 starts with S
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Solicit with a goodie TEMPT
  • 6 Across: School support grps. PTAS
  • 10 Across: Egyptian cobra ASP
  • 13 Across: Well-informed AWARE
  • 14 Across: Teaser, for short PROMO
  • 15 Across: Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names LIL
  • 16 Across: Low red card in a deck TWOOFHEARTS
  • 18 Across: George Gershwin's lyricist brother IRA
  • 19 Across: Window shades BLINDS
  • 20 Across: Follow orders OBEY
  • 21 Across: Locomotives, to kids CHOOCHOOTRAINS
  • 25 Across: Comic figure at a circus CLOWN
  • 26 Across: "Impressive!" OOH
  • 27 Across: Stir up, as waters ROIL
  • 28 Across: "The worst!" THISSUCKS
  • 34 Across: ___-backward ASS
  • 35 Across: Walk wearily TRAIPSE
  • 37 Across: ___-Magnon (early human) CRO
  • 38 Across: City and its surroundings METROAREA
  • 40 Across: German refusal NEIN
  • 41 Across: Alternative to .com or .edu ORG
  • 42 Across: Ridiculous SILLY
  • 43 Across: "Don't mention it - it was easy" NOTROUBLEATALL
  • 50 Across: "Just doin' my job" ITRY
  • 51 Across: Insect with pincers EARWIG
  • 52 Across: X, for a sorority CHI
  • 53 Across: "I need to use the bathroom" … or what the shaded squares spell? NATURECALLS
  • 58 Across: Skirt feature HEM
  • 59 Across: Decorations around the United Nations FLAGS
  • 60 Across: "Sauer" hot dog topping KRAUT
  • 61 Across: Triage sites, for short ERS
  • 62 Across: Mascara coats one LASH
  • 63 Across: Full of know-how SAVVY
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with T
  • 2 starts with E
  • 3 starts with M
  • 4 starts with P
  • 5 starts with T
  • 6 starts with P
  • 7 starts with T
  • 8 starts with A
  • 9 starts with S
  • 10 starts with A
  • 11 starts with S
  • 12 starts with P
  • 14 starts with P
  • 17 starts with H
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with C
  • 22 starts with H
  • 23 starts with T
  • 24 starts with R
  • 25 starts with C
  • 28 starts with T
  • 29 starts with H
  • 30 starts with I
  • 31 starts with C
  • 32 starts with K
  • 33 starts with S
  • 35 starts with T
  • 36 starts with R
  • 39 starts with R
  • 40 starts with N
  • 42 starts with S
  • 43 starts with N
  • 44 starts with O
  • 45 starts with T
  • 46 starts with B
  • 47 starts with L
  • 48 starts with E
  • 49 starts with A
  • 53 starts with N
  • 54 starts with A
  • 55 starts with L
  • 56 starts with L
  • 57 starts with S
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally TAT
  • 2 Down: "Gross!" EWW
  • 3 Down: Chinese revolutionary MAO
  • 4 Down: Football all-star game PROBOWL
  • 5 Down: Cookware coating TEFLON
  • 6 Down: National museum in Madrid PRADO
  • 7 Down: Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt TORSO
  • 8 Down: Fig. from an out-of-order ATM? AMT
  • 9 Down: ...---... in Morse SOS
  • 10 Down: Cover story, in court ALIBI
  • 11 Down: Sound that warns of a tornado SIREN
  • 12 Down: What coins are exchanged for at an arcade PLAYS
  • 14 Down: Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital PENH
  • 17 Down: Kool-Aid rival HIC
  • 20 Down: Site of Pearl Harbor OAHU
  • 21 Down: Not far away CLOSE
  • 22 Down: Lift HOIST
  • 23 Down: Throw (out) TOSS
  • 24 Down: Valentine's Day flower ROSE
  • 25 Down: Stow tightly, with "in" CRAM
  • 28 Down: Cigarette substance TAR
  • 29 Down: Move in a hurry, old-style HIE
  • 30 Down: Many a craft beer, for short IPA
  • 31 Down: Medium-sized battery CCELL
  • 32 Down: Filtered food for whales KRILL
  • 33 Down: PlayStation maker SONY
  • 35 Down: Matador charger TORO
  • 36 Down: Pasta sauce brand RAGU
  • 39 Down: Golfer McIlroy RORY
  • 40 Down: Big U.S./Canada falls NIAGARA
  • 42 Down: (The) boondocks STICKS
  • 43 Down: Specialty NICHE
  • 44 Down: Catchall survey option OTHER
  • 45 Down: Cuts at the margins TRIMS
  • 46 Down: Apps undergoing testing BETAS
  • 47 Down: "Sometimes you just gotta ___" LAUGH
  • 48 Down: Flubs ERRS
  • 49 Down: Slack-jawed feeling AWE
  • 53 Down: Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars NFL
  • 54 Down: In the style of ALA
  • 55 Down: Bathroom, informally LAV
  • 56 Down: Sweetie, to Brits LUV
  • 57 Down: Total dump STY
Show the solved grid
1T2E3M4P5T6P7T8A9S10A11S12P13AWARE14PROMO15LIL16TWOOF17HEARTS18IRA19BLINDS20OBEY21C22HOOCHOO23T24RAINS25CLOWN26OOH27ROIL28T29H30ISSU31C32K33S34ASS35T36RAIPSE37CRO38MET39ROAREA40NEIN41ORG42SILLY43N44O45TROU46B47L48E49ATALL50ITRY51EARWIG52CHI53N54ATURECA55L56L57S58HEM59FLAGS60KRAUT61ERS62LASH63SAVVY

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