NYT Crossword Clues for April 23, 2026

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Across Clues

"Truth be told ..." 6 letters / Daily

FACTIS Reveal Hide

"___ so!" (German "I see!") 3 letters / Daily

ACH Reveal Hide

10A

Hoax 4 letters / Daily

SHAM Reveal Hide

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Big name in skin care 6 letters / Daily

AVEENO Reveal Hide

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Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notes 3 letters / Daily

MAO Reveal Hide

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Ashen 4 letters / Daily

PALE Reveal Hide

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Spot for a catnap? 10 letters / Daily

WINDOWSILL Reveal Hide

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Innings : baseball :: ___ : curling 4 letters / Daily

ENDS Reveal Hide

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Lead-in to Geo 3 letters / Daily

NAT Reveal Hide

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Symbol of mass density 3 letters / Daily

RHO Reveal Hide

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They're noisy little buggers 7 letters / Daily

CICADAS Reveal Hide

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Kinkajou cousin 5 letters / Daily

COATI Reveal Hide

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Expected outcome 4 letters / Daily

NORM Reveal Hide

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Circa 5 letters / Daily

ABOUT Reveal Hide

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Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingo 8 letters / Daily

FEELSEEN Reveal Hide

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On guard 5 letters / Daily

ALERT Reveal Hide

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Center 5 letters / Daily

MIDST Reveal Hide

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Opus ___ 3 letters / Daily

DEI Reveal Hide

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Follower of open or closed, sartorially 4 letters / Daily

TOED Reveal Hide

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Spaghetti-strapped tops, informally 5 letters / Daily

CAMIS Reveal Hide

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Pass (out) 4 letters / Daily

CONK Reveal Hide

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Reaction to a sock 3 letters / Daily

OOF Reveal Hide

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Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have "ugh" in the middle 5 letters / Daily

DONUT Reveal Hide

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Queen's collaborator on the 1981 hit "Under Pressure" 5 letters / Daily

BOWIE Reveal Hide

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What the "Music City Miracle" and the "Immaculate Reception" took place in 8 letters / Daily

NFLGAMES Reveal Hide

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Alternative to bow ties 5 letters / Daily

PENNE Reveal Hide

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It might follow "ye" 4 letters / Daily

OLDE Reveal Hide

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"___ days are gone" 5 letters / Daily

THOSE Reveal Hide

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Test release? 7 letters / Daily

TIMESUP Reveal Hide

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Qt. or pt. 3 letters / Daily

AMT Reveal Hide

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G.I. entertainers 3 letters / Daily

USO Reveal Hide

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Trawling, say 4 letters / Daily

ASEA Reveal Hide

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When many rainbows appear 10 letters / Daily

PRIDEMONTH Reveal Hide

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Like some chances 4 letters / Daily

SLIM Reveal Hide

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Steering aid 3 letters / Daily

OAR Reveal Hide

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Sign on a restroom door 6 letters / Daily

LADIES Reveal Hide

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Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" 4 letters / Daily

KENS Reveal Hide

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Science guy Bill 3 letters / Daily

NYE Reveal Hide

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Ring combo 6 letters / Daily

ONETWO Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Babe in the woods 4 letters / Daily

FAWN Reveal Hide

Adidas competitor 4 letters / Daily

AVIA Reveal Hide

*Material for a sidewalk 6 letters / Daily

CEMENT Reveal Hide

Media exec Sarandos 3 letters / Daily

TED Reveal Hide

"You game?" 7 letters / Daily

INOROUT Reveal Hide

*To a degree 8 letters / Daily

SOMEWHAT Reveal Hide

"Why ___ even here?" 3 letters / Daily

AMI Reveal Hide

It might come after trig 4 letters / Daily

CALC Reveal Hide

*Lack of pulchritude 10 letters / Daily

HOMELINESS Reveal Hide

10D

Pickle portions 6 letters / Daily

SPEARS Reveal Hide

11D

Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzle 10 letters / Daily

HANDMEDOWN Reveal Hide

12D

Alan of "M*A*S*H" 4 letters / Daily

ALDA Reveal Hide

13D

State of a playroom, often 4 letters / Daily

MESS Reveal Hide

18D

Lush 3 letters / Daily

SOT Reveal Hide

23D

Young stud 4 letters / Daily

COLT Reveal Hide

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Bungee jumping necessity 4 letters / Daily

CORD Reveal Hide

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"Assuming there's no other option for me ..." 7 letters / Daily

IFIMUST Reveal Hide

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Withdrawn 5 letters / Daily

ALOOF Reveal Hide

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*Choice cut 8 letters / Daily

BEEFLOIN Reveal Hide

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Go over for publication 4 letters / Daily

EDIT Reveal Hide

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Start of a counting rhyme 5 letters / Daily

EENIE Reveal Hide

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Company that famously used the Beatles' "Revolution" in a 1987 TV commercial 4 letters / Daily

NIKE Reveal Hide

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Lots and lots 4 letters / Daily

ATON Reveal Hide

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Thick locks 4 letters / Daily

MANE Reveal Hide

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*Supermarket shopper's clipping 6 letters / Daily

COUPON Reveal Hide

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Alternative to a cup 4 letters / Daily

CONE Reveal Hide

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Owie kissers, perhaps 4 letters / Daily

DADS Reveal Hide

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Member of a wedding party 7 letters / Daily

BESTMAN Reveal Hide

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Twinkles 6 letters / Daily

GLEAMS Reveal Hide

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*Sport that uses mallets 4 letters / Daily

POLO Reveal Hide

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"You ___ me worried!" 3 letters / Daily

HAD Reveal Hide

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Something to be done 4 letters / Daily

TASK Reveal Hide

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Louisiana's Grand ___ State Park 4 letters / Daily

ISLE Reveal Hide

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Speak while looking up, perhaps 4 letters / Daily

PRAY Reveal Hide

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Foot or stone 4 letters / Daily

UNIT Reveal Hide

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Goulash, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

STEW Reveal Hide

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Really, really 4 letters / Daily

OHSO Reveal Hide

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Wrath 3 letters / Daily

IRE Reveal Hide

58D

Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero" 3 letters / Daily

ODE Reveal Hide