NYT Crossword Clues for April 17, 2026

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Across Clues

12, say 4 letters / Daily

TIED Reveal Hide

Make an all-out effort 5 letters / Daily

GOBIG Reveal Hide

10A

, on a table 3 letters / Daily

TIN Reveal Hide

12A

, say 4 letters / Daily

TIED Reveal Hide

13A

Sea creature known to mourn its dead 4 letters / Daily

ORCA Reveal Hide

14A

Long-stemmed mushroom 5 letters / Daily

ENOKI Reveal Hide

15A

Wow 3 letters / Daily

AWE Reveal Hide

16A

Medicare subsection covering ambulance services 5 letters / Daily

PARTB Reveal Hide

18A

Get to the point? 5 letters / Daily

TAPER Reveal Hide

19A

Half a chocolate bar 3 letters / Daily

KAT Reveal Hide

20A

Settle a bill 8 letters / Daily

SQUAREUP Reveal Hide

22A

Georgia hometown of R.E.M. and the B-52s 6 letters / Daily

ATHENS Reveal Hide

24A

Small pieces from 6 letters / Daily

BITSOF Reveal Hide

26A

Multitude 4 letters / Daily

HOST Reveal Hide

27A

Looks over briefly 9 letters / Daily

GLANCESAT Reveal Hide

30A

Word after back or snack 4 letters / Daily

PACK Reveal Hide

32A

Sticker that usually comes in sets of three or four? 5 letters / Daily

PRONG Reveal Hide

33A

Did some knifework on 5 letters / Daily

DICED Reveal Hide

35A

Solo pilot? 3 letters / Daily

HAN Reveal Hide

36A

Worst of all imaginable chronologies 15 letters / Daily

DARKESTTIMELINE Reveal Hide

39A

"What's the issue ...?" 3 letters / Daily

AND Reveal Hide

40A

Start to season, as a skillet 5 letters / Daily

REOIL Reveal Hide

41A

"Storage Wars" network 5 letters / Daily

AANDE Reveal Hide

42A

Awaken 4 letters / Daily

STIR Reveal Hide

44A

Voting, e.g. 9 letters / Daily

CIVICDUTY Reveal Hide

46A

"Altho ..." 4 letters / Daily

OTOH Reveal Hide

48A

Set of notes in a seventh chord 6 letters / Daily

TETRAD Reveal Hide

49A

"Stop being such a baby!" 6 letters / Daily

GROWUP Reveal Hide

50A

, on a table 3 letters / Daily

TIN Reveal Hide

51A

Negative Nancy or Debbie Downer 8 letters / Daily

NAYSAYER Reveal Hide

55A

First Super Bowl won by the Kansas City Chiefs in 50 years 3 letters / Daily

LIV Reveal Hide

56A

Gal on the screen 5 letters / Daily

GADOT Reveal Hide

58A

[You're boring me] 5 letters / Daily

SNORE Reveal Hide

59A

First of all 3 letters / Daily

ONE Reveal Hide

60A

Result from 5 letters / Daily

OWETO Reveal Hide

61A

Chewy Japanese noodle 4 letters / Daily

UDON Reveal Hide

62A

"___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish) 3 letters / Daily

POR Reveal Hide

63A

Look with a curled lip 5 letters / Daily

SNEER Reveal Hide

64A

Mizzen, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

MAST Reveal Hide

Down Clues

/86,400 of a day: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

SEC Reveal Hide

Modern home of ancient Mesopotamia 4 letters / Daily

IRAQ Reveal Hide

Neutral shade 4 letters / Daily

ECRU Reveal Hide

Informational repository 8 letters / Daily

DATABANK Reveal Hide

End of a gay pride slogan 11 letters / Daily

GETUSEDTOIT Reveal Hide

"Bad news aside ..." 15 letters / Daily

ONAPOSITIVENOTE Reveal Hide

Catchy tune 3 letters / Daily

BOP Reveal Hide

Maker of the iconic Billy bookcase 4 letters / Daily

IKEA Reveal Hide

What's going around? 5 letters / Daily

GIRTH Reveal Hide

10D

Gets the memo 10 letters / Daily

TAKESAHINT Reveal Hide

11D

0 song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet" 10 letters / Daily

IWANTCANDY Reveal Hide

12D

Safety devices for trapeze artists 4 letters / Daily

NETS Reveal Hide

17D

"Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets") 7 letters / Daily

BRINGER Reveal Hide

21D

"You get the picture" 3 letters / Daily

ETC Reveal Hide

23D

Old-school dance 3 letters / Daily

HOP Reveal Hide

25D

Discussion guider 11 letters / Daily

FACILITATOR Reveal Hide

27D

8 Clint Eastwood film centered around an attempted car theft 10 letters / Daily

GRANTORINO Reveal Hide

28D

Act superior to 10 letters / Daily

LORDITOVER Reveal Hide

29D

Pro ___ 3 letters / Daily

TEM Reveal Hide

31D

Bend it like Beckham! 4 letters / Daily

KNEE Reveal Hide

32D

BlackBerrys, e.g., for short 4 letters / Daily

PDAS Reveal Hide

34D

Seriously, in modern slang 7 letters / Daily

DEADASS Reveal Hide

37D

/86,400 of a day: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

SEC Reveal Hide

38D

Opium product used by Anna Karenina and Victor Frankenstein 8 letters / Daily

LAUDANUM Reveal Hide

43D

Big fight 3 letters / Daily

ROW Reveal Hide

45D

Exclaim 3 letters / Daily

CRY Reveal Hide

47D

High honors in science fiction 5 letters / Daily

HUGOS Reveal Hide

49D

Sludge 4 letters / Daily

GLOP Reveal Hide

50D

Sacrifice in some chess gambits 4 letters / Daily

PAWN Reveal Hide

52D

Weird Al Yankovic parody of the Kinks's "Lola" 4 letters / Daily

YODA Reveal Hide

53D

Mythical lover 4 letters / Daily

EROS Reveal Hide

54D

Monthly expense 4 letters / Daily

RENT Reveal Hide

57D

Student center? 3 letters / Daily

DEE Reveal Hide

200D

song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet" 10 letters / Daily

IWANTCANDY Reveal Hide