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NYT Crossword#23892
Monday, April 20, 2026
NYT Crossword Today's Hints and Answer
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NYT Crossword Answers for 20 April 2026
Across
1. Solicit with a goodie
TEMPT
6. School support grps.
PTAS
10. Egyptian cobra
ASP
13. Well-informed
AWARE
14. Teaser, for short
PROMO
15. Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names
LIL
16. Low red card in a deck
TWOOFHEARTS
18. George Gershwin's lyricist brother
IRA
19. Window shades
BLINDS
20. Follow orders
OBEY
21. Locomotives, to kids
CHOOCHOOTRAINS
25. Comic figure at a circus
CLOWN
26. "Impressive!"
OOH
27. Stir up, as waters
ROIL
28. "The worst!"
THISSUCKS
34. ___-backward
ASS
35. Walk wearily
TRAIPSE
37. ___-Magnon (early human)
CRO
38. City and its surroundings
METROAREA
40. German refusal
NEIN
41. Alternative to .com or .edu
ORG
42. Ridiculous
SILLY
43. "Don't mention it — it was easy"
NOTROUBLEATALL
50. "Just doin' my job"
ITRY
51. Insect with pincers
EARWIG
52. X, for a sorority
CHI
53. "I need to use the bathroom" … or what the shaded squares spell?
NATURECALLS
58. Skirt feature
HEM
59. Decorations around the United Nations
FLAGS
60. "Sauer" hot dog topping
KRAUT
61. Triage sites, for short
ERS
62. Mascara coats one
LASH
63. Full of know-how
SAVVY
Down
1. Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally
TAT
2. "Gross!"
EWW
3. Chinese revolutionary
MAO
4. Football all-star game
PROBOWL
5. Cookware coating
TEFLON
6. National museum in Madrid
PRADO
7. Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt
TORSO
8. Fig. from an out-of-order ATM?
AMT
9. ...---... in Morse
SOS
10. Cover story, in court
ALIBI
11. Sound that warns of a tornado
SIREN
12. What coins are exchanged for at an arcade
PLAYS
14. Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital
PENH
17. Kool-Aid rival
HIC
20. Site of Pearl Harbor
OAHU
21. Not far away
CLOSE
22. Lift
HOIST
23. Throw (out)
TOSS
24. Valentine's Day flower
ROSE
25. Stow tightly, with "in"
CRAM
28. Cigarette substance
TAR
29. Move in a hurry, old-style
HIE
30. Many a craft beer, for short
IPA
31. Medium-sized battery
CCELL
32. Filtered food for whales
KRILL
33. PlayStation maker
SONY
35. Matador charger
TORO
36. Pasta sauce brand
RAGU
39. Golfer McIlroy
RORY
40. Big U.S./Canada falls
NIAGARA
42. (The) boondocks
STICKS
43. Specialty
NICHE
44. Catchall survey option
OTHER
45. Cuts at the margins
TRIMS
46. Apps undergoing testing
BETAS
47. "Sometimes you just gotta ___"
LAUGH
48. Flubs
ERRS
49. Slack-jawed feeling
AWE
53. Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars
NFL
54. In the style of
ALA
55. Bathroom, informally
LAV
56. Sweetie, to Brits
LUV
57. Total dump
STY
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