NYT Crossword April 12 2026 Answers

All 136 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Lance Enfinger and John KugelmanEdited by Will Shortz“Initial Thoughts”

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1W2I3T4H5D6O7L8T9S10C11U12B13A14M15A16S17H18CHLOE19AFOOT20ANON21ALOE22HELEN23OFTROY24NINJ25ASTAR26ARAB27STENT28GIVEORTAKE29SELE30NA31NEA32TH33RUSE34LAUG35H36LIE37I38NS39OR40C41A42S43B44LONDEO45N46BLONDE47INCODE48LOW49ESTER50TEN51PM52LOIN53TRI54MS55SWI56F57T58DEEP59FAKES60SITU61MADEIR62A63REISSUE64M65AILORDER66B67RIDES68P69I70TBOSS71ENCLOSE72E73P74E75E76INALLCA77P78S79TOUCH80ASADA81TETE82USAI83D84ECI85GS86REV87ARAR88AT89SNA90K91ESONAP92LANE93STRAT94ASKMOM95GREED96PE97AS98ONO99F100F101IRVI102N103G104K105E106EPITD107O108WN109TIL110TS111EDIE112ARGENTINA113TEXASH114OLDEM115LIAR116IDIG117ERIKA118LULLS119ENDS120CITE121ASTER122APES

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES136 CLUES

ACROSS

1AWords ___ Friends4 lettersWITH

5ADunderheads5 lettersDOLTS

10AStarting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida4 lettersCUBA

14AReduce to a pulp4 lettersMASH

18AActress ___ Grace Moretz5 lettersCHLOE

19A"The game's ___": Henry V5 lettersAFOOT

20AMystery writer?4 lettersANON

21ASoothing succulent4 lettersALOE

22AHOT woman worth fighting for?11 lettersHELENOFTROY

24AThrowing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken9 lettersNINJASTAR

26A2010-12's ___ Spring4 lettersARAB

27ACoronary insert5 lettersSTENT

28AGOT in the ballpark?10 lettersGIVEORTAKE

29AGomez of "Only Murders in the Building"6 lettersSELENA

31AUnder, poetically5 lettersNEATH

33ATrick4 lettersRUSE

34AMusic to a comedian's ears5 lettersLAUGH

36ASome 1960s-style protests6 lettersLIEINS

39AContents of a black-and-white pod5 lettersORCAS

43ABOB Dylan album?14 lettersBLONDEONBLONDE

47AImpossible to read, perhaps6 lettersINCODE

48AWord before cut or class3 lettersLOW

49AFragrant compound5 lettersESTER

50A"It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.)5 lettersTENPM

52AButcher's cut4 lettersLOIN

53ATakes a little off5 lettersTRIMS

55ATime's 2023 Person of the Year5 lettersSWIFT

58AA.I.-powered video hoaxes9 lettersDEEPFAKES

60AIn ___4 lettersSITU

61APortuguese wine7 lettersMADEIRA

63APut out again7 lettersREISSUE

64AMOB wives?15 lettersMAILORDERBRIDES

68ACasino supervisor7 lettersPITBOSS

71ASurround7 lettersENCLOSE

72APoker in the Olympics?4 lettersEPEE

76AHow an urgent text may be written9 lettersINALLCAPS

79AAffect emotionally5 lettersTOUCH

80ACarne ___5 lettersASADA

81AWord on either side of "à"4 lettersTETE

82AOrg. founded to fund foreign projects5 lettersUSAID

84AVapes, familiarly5 lettersECIGS

86AKing's title, in brief3 lettersREV

87ATurkish summit6 lettersARARAT

89ASOAP film?14 lettersSNAKESONAPLANE

93AAlternative to a Les Paul, for short5 lettersSTRAT

94ADad's deflection6 lettersASKMOM

95AOne of the seven deadly sins5 lettersGREED

96AVegetables rarely cut with a knife4 lettersPEAS

98ASwitch positions5 lettersONOFF

101AWashington or Berlin6 lettersIRVING

104AKID napper's demand?10 lettersKEEPITDOWN

109ALoses emotional control, in gamer-speak5 lettersTILTS

111ASocialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"4 lettersEDIE

112AWinning country at the 2022 World Cup9 lettersARGENTINA

113ATHE big game?11 lettersTEXASHOLDEM

115A"You're full of baloney!"4 lettersLIAR

116A"Right on, man"4 lettersIDIG

117A"Baywatch" actress Eleniak5 lettersERIKA

118ABreathers5 lettersLULLS

119AGoals4 lettersENDS

120AReference4 lettersCITE

121AFall perennial5 lettersASTER

122APrimatologists' subjects4 lettersAPES

DOWN

1DOne of a reporter's W's5 lettersWHERE

2DLine of latitude?10 lettersILLALLOWIT

3DSquishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily7 lettersTOEBEAN

4DBrooding sort3 lettersHEN

5DNutty4 lettersDAFT

6DFrequently5 lettersOFTEN

7D2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live"5 lettersLORNE

8DNickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones7 lettersTOOTALL

9DWhat a mess3 lettersSTY

10DKid's repeated request4 lettersCANI

11DPart of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.4 lettersUNIV

12DIdiot mistakes6 lettersBONERS

13DPear variety5 lettersANJOU

14DDazzling displays of skill13 lettersMASTERCLASSES

15DUtah ski resort4 lettersALTA

16DLinger in the bath4 lettersSOAK

17DRoll call response4 lettersHERE

18DNickname that's an alternative to Chuck4 lettersCHAS

23DNative Oklahomans6 lettersOSAGES

25DBad lighting?5 lettersARSON

28DTreaty of ___, official close to the War of 18125 lettersGHENT

30DSome N.S.F.W. texts5 lettersNUDES

32DMadre's hermano3 lettersTIO

35DSpicy dips9 lettersHOTSALSAS

37DNamed, informally4 lettersIDED

38DMadre's baby4 lettersNENE

40DManipulates dishonestly5 lettersCOOKS

41DCommon Wordle starting word (for all those vowels)5 lettersADIEU

42DFeel5 lettersSENSE

43DCrunchy sandwiches, for short4 lettersBLTS

44D___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality4 lettersLORI

45DFresh cut5 lettersNEWDO

46DPrickly patch5 lettersBRIER

47DFetter6 lettersIMPEDE

51DDisappearing from the earth9 lettersPERISHING

54DHip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics13 lettersMUMBLERAPPERS

56DBona ___4 lettersFIDE

57DCouncil of ___ (Counter-Reformation body)5 lettersTRENT

59DMild oath3 lettersFIE

61DTrading card error6 lettersMISCUT

62DBowed, musically4 lettersARCO

65DBig inits. in 1990s internet3 lettersAOL

66DGenre for Stevie Ray Vaughan5 lettersBLUES

67DCelebrity chef DiSpirito5 lettersROCCO

68DGyro wraps5 lettersPITAS

69DLike krypton5 lettersINERT

70DTurkic language5 lettersTATAR

73DBasic drumming pattern10 lettersPARADIDDLE

74DSteinbeck's "East of ___"4 lettersEDEN

75DPlace for Christmas lights4 lettersEAVE

77D"Not interested"4 lettersPASS

78DHead toward bankruptcy, say4 lettersSINK

80DAccording to5 lettersASPER

83DMatt of "Oppenheimer"5 lettersDAMON

85DOverly bright and showy6 lettersGARISH

88DUsed DoorDash, say5 lettersATEIN

90D___Mari Method (tidying system)3 lettersKON

91DHams7 lettersEMOTERS

92DAdvance in a video game7 lettersLEVELUP

94D"That was true for me, too"6 lettersASDIDI

97DStorage area5 lettersATTIC

99DDemand from a disgruntled customer5 lettersFIXIT

100DUnreliable sort, in slang5 lettersFLAKE

102DWhat a Bohr!5 lettersNIELS

103DDiamonds, but not clubs4 lettersGEMS

104DDark green4 lettersKALE

105D"The Office" receptionist4 lettersERIN

106DMild oath4 lettersEGAD

107D"Don't worry, boss!"4 lettersONIT

108DKind of hike4 lettersWAGE

110DPosition removed by the February Revolution4 lettersTSAR

113DDrink "for two," in song3 lettersTEA

114DPortuguese greeting3 lettersOLA

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