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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
NYT Crossword Today's Hints and Answer
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NYT Crossword Answers for 29 April 2026
Across
1. *Failed internet company?
COMBUST
8. Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process
SPARGE
14. Exaggerated the merits of
OVERSOLD
16. "That's actually pretty neat!"
OHCOOL
17. Trait for a good waiter?
PATIENCE
18. Ingredient in shepherd's pie
POTATO
19. Strange
ODD
20. Pirate's booty
LOOT
22. Swabbie's tool
MOP
23. In the ___ (intensely focused)
ZONE
25. *Assurance from an internet company?
COMPROMISE
28. "Your pick"
ANY
29. Lightly strike, as a windowpane
TAPAT
30. Many a 24-hour eatery
DINER
31. *Puzzling question for an internet company?
COMPOSER
33. Some épéeists' moves
LUNGES
34. Had remorse for
RUED
35. Trial version
DEMO
36. One-___ (pithy jokes)
LINERS
39. *Exposure for an internet company?
COMPRESS
43. Ancient theater
ODEON
44. Assuages
CALMS
45. Status ___
QUO
46. *Illustrative story from an internet company?
COMPARABLE
48. What a track athlete may do three times in one attempt
JUMP
49. World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego)
ACE
50. Just
MERE
51. ___ Guofeng, successor to Mao Zedong
HUA
52. Samples
TASTES
54. Rose up
REBELLED
59. Get situated
ORIENT
60. Shoe with a "kitten" variety
STILETTO
61. Zeroes
RESETS
62. *Blog message from an internet company?
COMPOST
Down
1. Robber's pursuer
COP
2. Reproductive cells
OVA
3. "Wall Street," for the U.S. financial industry
METONYM
4. Half of many a union-to-be
BRIDE
5. Secondhand
USED
6. Recipient of many dad jokes
SON
7. "Little People, Big World" network
TLC
8. Deep sleep
SOPOR
9. Uncurated Instagram collections
PHOTODUMPS
10. Do something
ACT
11. On a different network, say
ROAMING
12. Visit
GOTOSEE
13. They usually get no reception
ELOPERS
15. Coastal resort city in southern California
DELMAR
21. Select, with "for"
OPT
23. Actor Efron
ZAC
24. "Mrs. Lennon" writer
ONO
25. They're on the docket
CASES
26. Paper view?
OPED
27. Student's subspecialty
MINOR
29. Where seeds might be placed
TOURNAMENT
32. Before surgery, for short
PREOP
33. "___ at 'em!"
LEMME
35. Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g.
DOLL
36. Part of URL
LOCATOR
37. "Actually, this matters to me a lot!"
IDOCARE
38. The Road Runner, to Wile E. Coyote
NEMESIS
39. Poles tossed in a Highland competition
CABERS
40. On par with
EQUALTO
41. Total
SUM
42. Soak (up), as gravy
SOP
44. Elevator part
CAR
47. Takes a breather
RESTS
48. Derby drink
JULEP
51. Spot for a ship's captain
HELM
53. Control center?
TEE
55. … and so on
ETC
56. Life story, for short
BIO
57. Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., informally
ETS
58. Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues
DOT
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