NYT Crossword Clues for April 20, 2026

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Across Clues

Solicit with a goodie 5 letters / Daily

TEMPT Reveal Hide

School support grps. 4 letters / Daily

PTAS Reveal Hide

10A

Egyptian cobra 3 letters / Daily

ASP Reveal Hide

13A

Well-informed 5 letters / Daily

AWARE Reveal Hide

14A

Teaser, for short 5 letters / Daily

PROMO Reveal Hide

15A

Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names 3 letters / Daily

LIL Reveal Hide

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Low red card in a deck 11 letters / Daily

TWOOFHEARTS Reveal Hide

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George Gershwin's lyricist brother 3 letters / Daily

IRA Reveal Hide

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Window shades 6 letters / Daily

BLINDS Reveal Hide

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Follow orders 4 letters / Daily

OBEY Reveal Hide

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Locomotives, to kids 14 letters / Daily

CHOOCHOOTRAINS Reveal Hide

25A

Comic figure at a circus 5 letters / Daily

CLOWN Reveal Hide

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"Impressive!" 3 letters / Daily

OOH Reveal Hide

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Stir up, as waters 4 letters / Daily

ROIL Reveal Hide

28A

"The worst!" 9 letters / Daily

THISSUCKS Reveal Hide

34A

___-backward 3 letters / Daily

ASS Reveal Hide

35A

Walk wearily 7 letters / Daily

TRAIPSE Reveal Hide

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___-Magnon (early human) 3 letters / Daily

CRO Reveal Hide

38A

City and its surroundings 9 letters / Daily

METROAREA Reveal Hide

40A

German refusal 4 letters / Daily

NEIN Reveal Hide

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Alternative to .com or .edu 3 letters / Daily

ORG Reveal Hide

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Ridiculous 5 letters / Daily

SILLY Reveal Hide

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"Don't mention it — it was easy" 14 letters / Daily

NOTROUBLEATALL Reveal Hide

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"Just doin' my job" 4 letters / Daily

ITRY Reveal Hide

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Insect with pincers 6 letters / Daily

EARWIG Reveal Hide

52A

X, for a sorority 3 letters / Daily

CHI Reveal Hide

53A

"I need to use the bathroom" ... or what the shaded squares spell? 11 letters / Daily

NATURECALLS Reveal Hide

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Skirt feature 3 letters / Daily

HEM Reveal Hide

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Decorations around the United Nations 5 letters / Daily

FLAGS Reveal Hide

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"Sauer" hot dog topping 5 letters / Daily

KRAUT Reveal Hide

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Triage sites, for short 3 letters / Daily

ERS Reveal Hide

62A

Mascara coats one 4 letters / Daily

LASH Reveal Hide

63A

Full of know-how 5 letters / Daily

SAVVY Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally 3 letters / Daily

TAT Reveal Hide

"Gross!" 3 letters / Daily

EWW Reveal Hide

Chinese revolutionary 3 letters / Daily

MAO Reveal Hide

Football all-star game 7 letters / Daily

PROBOWL Reveal Hide

Cookware coating 6 letters / Daily

TEFLON Reveal Hide

National museum in Madrid 5 letters / Daily

PRADO Reveal Hide

Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt 5 letters / Daily

TORSO Reveal Hide

Fig. from an out-of-order ATM? 3 letters / Daily

AMT Reveal Hide

...---... in Morse 3 letters / Daily

SOS Reveal Hide

10D

Cover story, in court 5 letters / Daily

ALIBI Reveal Hide

11D

Sound that warns of a tornado 5 letters / Daily

SIREN Reveal Hide

12D

What coins are exchanged for at an arcade 5 letters / Daily

PLAYS Reveal Hide

14D

Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital 4 letters / Daily

PENH Reveal Hide

17D

Kool-Aid rival 3 letters / Daily

HIC Reveal Hide

20D

Site of Pearl Harbor 4 letters / Daily

OAHU Reveal Hide

21D

Not far away 5 letters / Daily

CLOSE Reveal Hide

22D

Lift 5 letters / Daily

HOIST Reveal Hide

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Throw (out) 4 letters / Daily

TOSS Reveal Hide

24D

Valentine's Day flower 4 letters / Daily

ROSE Reveal Hide

25D

Stow tightly, with "in" 4 letters / Daily

CRAM Reveal Hide

28D

Cigarette substance 3 letters / Daily

TAR Reveal Hide

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Move in a hurry, old-style 3 letters / Daily

HIE Reveal Hide

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Many a craft beer, for short 3 letters / Daily

IPA Reveal Hide

31D

Medium-sized battery 5 letters / Daily

CCELL Reveal Hide

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Filtered food for whales 5 letters / Daily

KRILL Reveal Hide

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PlayStation maker 4 letters / Daily

SONY Reveal Hide

35D

Matador charger 4 letters / Daily

TORO Reveal Hide

36D

Pasta sauce brand 4 letters / Daily

RAGU Reveal Hide

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Golfer McIlroy 4 letters / Daily

RORY Reveal Hide

40D

Big U.S./Canada falls 7 letters / Daily

NIAGARA Reveal Hide

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(The) boondocks 6 letters / Daily

STICKS Reveal Hide

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Specialty 5 letters / Daily

NICHE Reveal Hide

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Catchall survey option 5 letters / Daily

OTHER Reveal Hide

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Cuts at the margins 5 letters / Daily

TRIMS Reveal Hide

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Apps undergoing testing 5 letters / Daily

BETAS Reveal Hide

47D

"Sometimes you just gotta ___" 5 letters / Daily

LAUGH Reveal Hide

48D

Flubs 4 letters / Daily

ERRS Reveal Hide

49D

Slack-jawed feeling 3 letters / Daily

AWE Reveal Hide

53D

Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars 3 letters / Daily

NFL Reveal Hide

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In the style of 3 letters / Daily

ALA Reveal Hide

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Bathroom, informally 3 letters / Daily

LAV Reveal Hide

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Sweetie, to Brits 3 letters / Daily

LUV Reveal Hide

57D

Total dump 3 letters / Daily

STY Reveal Hide