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NYT Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, April 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1"The Jeffersons" or "The Simpsons," notably7 lettersSee answer ›8Team with the mascot Big Al, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›12In time13 lettersSee answer ›14Dish purportedly invented in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo neighborhood14 lettersSee answer ›15New York's ___ Valley6 lettersSee answer ›16Thawing7 lettersSee answer ›17Treat6 lettersSee answer ›18New outfit or accessory for a character, in video game-speak3 lettersSee answer ›19Things that shouldn't be hidden4 lettersSee answer ›20Non-eco-friendly refrigerant5 lettersSee answer ›21Term in the bedroom, maybe8 lettersSee answer ›23Unite3 lettersSee answer ›24Two-pronged4 lettersSee answer ›26Metros in the 1990s4 lettersSee answer ›27"Wait just a sec"9 lettersSee answer ›29Cowboy's friend, informally4 lettersSee answer ›30Name that spiked in popularity following a 2013 Disney movie4 lettersSee answer ›31Finalized3 lettersSee answer ›34"You've got nothing to worry about"8 lettersSee answer ›36All-time scoring leader for the Miami Heat, familiarly5 lettersSee answer ›38Routine surfaces4 lettersSee answer ›39Browns, on a scoreboard3 lettersSee answer ›40Mathematics writer Gardner6 lettersSee answer ›41Words of endorsement7 lettersSee answer ›43Arrived6 lettersSee answer ›44Make-believe sorrow14 lettersSee answer ›46Cause of amusement to a vet, maybe13 lettersSee answer ›47Daredevil's calculation4 lettersSee answer ›48Some fairy tale characters7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Did business with, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›2Blowgun projectile10 lettersSee answer ›3Words before "a penny" or "a treat"5 lettersSee answer ›4Fifth-most abundant element in the universe4 lettersSee answer ›5Lieutenant in "Catch-22"3 lettersSee answer ›6Into6 lettersSee answer ›7Breakfast dish that might go over well?9 lettersSee answer ›8How people get into a swimming pool, typically8 lettersSee answer ›9Yom Kippur observers7 lettersSee answer ›10Like the cheese in fondue6 lettersSee answer ›11Backdrop for many van Gogh paintings5 lettersSee answer ›12Blitzed6 lettersSee answer ›13___ pull-downs (exercise)3 lettersSee answer ›14Item in a list on the fridge, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›17Texas air hub, for short3 lettersSee answer ›18Silky-haired toy7 lettersSee answer ›21Start to give3 lettersSee answer ›22"Hey, no backing out now!"10 lettersSee answer ›25Still waffling9 lettersSee answer ›27Relatives of ottomans8 lettersSee answer ›28Texter's affectionate sign-off3 lettersSee answer ›29It's not fit for human consumption7 lettersSee answer ›31Cutting stuff6 lettersSee answer ›32Cuts a line?5 lettersSee answer ›33It takes two hands to show3 lettersSee answer ›34Musketeer's tool6 lettersSee answer ›35Nissan model6 lettersSee answer ›37Brings about, as havoc6 lettersSee answer ›38Less than milli-, more than nano-5 lettersSee answer ›40Paint option5 lettersSee answer ›42Metric for a venture capitalist, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›43Play (with)4 lettersSee answer ›45Calc. calculation3 lettersSee answer ›