The full solution for the NY Times April 18 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Jesse Cohn and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchNYT Across Clues
- 1A “The Jeffersons” or “The Simpsons,” notably SPINOFF
- 8A Team with the mascot Big Al, familiarly BAMA
- 12A In time SOONERORLATER
- 14A Dish purportedly invented in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo neighborhood CALIFORNIAROLL
- 15A New York’s ___ Valley HUDSON
- 16A Thawing DETENTE
- 17A Treat DOCTOR
- 18A New outfit or accessory for a character, in video game-speak MOD
- 19A Things that shouldn’t be hidden FEES
- 20A Non-eco-friendly refrigerant FREON
- 21A Term in the bedroom, maybe SAFEWORD
- 23A Unite WED
- 24A Two-pronged DUAL
- 26A Metros in the 1990s GEOS
- 27A “Wait just a sec” HANGTIGHT
- 29A Cowboy’s friend, informally PARD
- 30A Name that spiked in popularity following a 2013 Disney movie ELSA
- 31A Finalized SET
- 34A “You’ve got nothing to worry about” RESTEASY
- 36A All-time scoring leader for the Miami Heat, familiarly DWADE
- 38A Routine surfaces MATS
- 39A Browns, on a scoreboard CLE
- 40A Mathematics writer Gardner MARTIN
- 41A Words of endorsement IMFORIT
- 43A Arrived MADEIT
- 44A Make-believe sorrow CROCODILETEARS
- 46A Cause of amusement to a vet, maybe ROOKIEMISTAKE
- 47A Daredevil’s calculation ODDS
- 48A Some fairy tale characters DAMSELS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Did business with, in a way SOLDTO
- 2D Blowgun projectile POISONDART
- 3D Words before “a penny” or “a treat” INFOR
- 4D Fifth-most abundant element in the universe NEON
- 5D Lieutenant in “Catch-22” ORR
- 6D Into FONDOF
- 7D Breakfast dish that might go over well? FRIEDEGGS
- 8D How people get into a swimming pool, typically BAREFOOT
- 9D Yom Kippur observers ATONERS
- 10D Like the cheese in fondue MELTED
- 11D Backdrop for many van Gogh paintings ARLES
- 12D Blitzed SAUCED
- 13D ___ pull-downs (exercise) LAT
- 14D Item in a list on the fridge, maybe CHORE
- 17D Texas air hub, for short DFW
- 18D Silky-haired toy MALTESE
- 21D Start to give SAG
- 22D “Hey, no backing out now!” WEHADADEAL
- 25D Still waffling UNDECIDED
- 27D Relatives of ottomans HASSOCKS
- 28D Texter’s affectionate sign-off ILY
- 29D It’s not fit for human consumption PETFOOD
- 31D Cutting stuff SATIRE
- 32D Cuts a line? EDITS
- 33D It takes two hands to show TEN
- 34D Musketeer’s tool RAMROD
- 35D Nissan model ALTIMA
- 37D Brings about, as havoc WREAKS
- 38D Less than milli-, more than nano- MICRO
- 40D Paint option MATTE
- 42D Metric for a venture capitalist, in brief ROI
- 43D Play (with) MESS
- 45D Calc. calculation LIM
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