NYT Crossword Answers 04/24/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Once-in-a-lifetime events BIRTHS
• 7A They might have good track records ATHLETES
• 15A “Ah, right right right” OHISEE
• 16A Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. THEOLOGY
• 17A Oscar winner for “The African Queen” BOGART
• 18A Low volume? TEASPOON
• 19A Treat mercifully SPARE
• 20A Charges BILLS
• 21A Concern for a seamstress FIT
• 22A “Sounds good!” LETS
• 23A Best-selling author who founded Paris’s Théâtre Historique DUMAS
• 24A “Green” CASH
• 25A Rocker Brian ENO
• 26A Green spots OASES
• 27A Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20 DARTS
• 28A Peace sign? DONOTDISTURB
• 31A “The best cheese of its type in the world,” per George Orwell STILTON
• 32A Approach surreptitiously SNEAKUP
• 36A Where somebody might be washed up? DESERTISLAND
• 38A One who’s generous to a fault, say DOTER
• 41A They’re held in bondage SERFS
• 42A Org. whose motto translates to “Through adversity to the stars” RAF
• 43A Neural transmitter AXON
• 44A Certain exposition ESSAY
• 45A Children’s author Kinney JEFF
• 46A ?!?!?! WTF
• 47A Something you might get at a wedding INLAW
• 48A Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025 HENRI
• 49A It has a light bulb DAFFODIL
• 51A No comment? DENIAL
• 52A Toss and turn, perhaps LIEAWAKE
• 53A Role for John Travolta on “Welcome Back, Kotter” VINNIE
• 54A Takes to the next level ELEVATES
• 55A Tree nymphs DRYADS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way BOBSLEDS
• 2D “Perish the thought!” IHOPENOT
• 3D Tubes that go down? RIGATONI
• 4D The first of these was Terrible TSARS
• 5D Accounted for HERE
• 6D Murderer of Osiris, in myth SET
• 7D Every now and then ATTIMES
• 8D You just can’t take it THELASTSTRAW
• 9D Recovers HEALS
• 10D Competitor’s setback LOSS
• 11D Half of hip-hop’s Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike ELP
• 12D How a troublemaker might go TOOFAR
• 13D One prioritizing self-care? EGOIST
• 14D Electronica instruments, informally SYNTHS
• 20D Professional BUSINESSLIKE
• 23D Woodworkers’ grooves DADOS
• 24D Vicious circle? CABAL
• 26D Animal known to hold another’s paws while sleeping OTTER
• 27D Attire DRESS
• 29D From time past OLDEN
• 30D Coalesce UNIFY
• 33D Surname of a Tolstoy heroine KARENINA
• 34D Game UNAFRAID
• 35D Acrobat’s display PDFFILES
• 37D Secondhand offerings RESALES
• 38D Dillydally DAWDLE
• 39D Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking OXTAIL
• 40D Brittle confection TOFFEE
• 44D Finish up with ENDAT
• 45D Female donkey JENNY
• 47D Where the Red Delicious apple originated IOWA
• 48D Dauphin, e.g. HEIR
• 50D Number one, informally FAV
• 51D It might have a director’s commentary DVD