The full solution for the NY Times April 28 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Hal Moore and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchNYT Across Clues
- 1A Sore ACHY
- 5A Nail polish brand OPI
- 8A Some cantina fare TACOS
- 13A “Hip hip hooray!,” e.g. CHEER
- 15A Sink-or-swim competition? WATERPOLO
- 17A Handles a few unresolved issues TIESUPLOOSEENDS
- 19A Like tears SALINE
- 20A Site to build on LOT
- 21A Gossip, slangily TEA
- 22A Build on ADDTO
- 24A Welcome at the door, say ASKIN
- 27A Linguist’s concern GRAMMAR
- 30A Serious in manner STERN
- 31A Bagel topping LOX
- 32A Not perfect, but acceptable CLOSEENOUGH
- 36A Bickering ATIT
- 38A Blade that’s pulled OAR
- 39A Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin CIAO
- 40A Station set up in a kitchen MISEENPLACE
- 45A Bit of intel TIP
- 46A Coins of Cuba PESOS
- 47A Ingredients in some tropical smoothies PAPAYAS
- 49A Foreign Service assignments POSTS
- 50A Madrid mister SENOR
- 51A Church seat PEW
- 52A Promise to pay IOU
- 54A Journalist, informally SCRIBE
- 58A Like children, ideally, in an old adage ? or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across SEENANDNOTHEARD
- 62A Rigorous STRINGENT
- 63A Astronomer Carl SAGAN
- 64A Irritable TESTY
- 65A [As written] SIC
- 66A Civil rights activist Parks ROSA
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Play parts ACTS
- 2D Kind of seed or pet CHIA
- 3D Sometimes-raised part of a shoe HEEL
- 4D Emphatic confirmation YESIAM
- 5D Nocturnal hooter OWL
- 6D Painter Veronese PAOLO
- 7D Langston Hughes poem ITOO
- 8D Due + 1 TRE
- 9D Mimic APE
- 10D Script supervisor’s concern CONTINUITY
- 11D ___ days OLDEN
- 12D Slugger Sammy SOSA
- 14D “Raising Hell” rap trio RUNDMC
- 16D Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project) ESTATE
- 18D Part of a piano or loom PEDAL
- 23D Boots on the ground TROOPS
- 25D Rep.’s counterpart SEN
- 26D Ray of McDonald’s KROC
- 27D Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally GLAM
- 28D Naan alternative ROTI
- 29D Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II AXISPOWERS
- 30D Mexican wrap SERAPE
- 33D Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail SAL
- 34D Greek goddess of the earth GAIA
- 35D Brewing need HOPS
- 37D They help you drive farther TEES
- 41D Ballpark fig. EST
- 42D Snooping (around) NOSING
- 43D “___ thou not minister to a mind diseased ??”: Macbeth CANST
- 44D Significant periods EPOCHS
- 48D Overdue debt ARREAR
- 49D Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney PEETE
- 50D Islam’s largest branch SUNNI
- 51D Alternative to a tap on the shoulder PSST
- 53D Works of praise ODES
- 55D “Othello” villain IAGO
- 56D Some supports BRAS
- 57D ___ Lewis, the “Grande Dame of Southern Cooking” EDNA
- 59D Minor complaint NIT
- 60D Unspecified amount ANY
- 61D Not Rx OTC
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