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NYT Crossword April 5 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, April 5 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1They need fans to stay cool5 lettersSee answer ›6Philippine marinades6 lettersSee answer ›12Second first lady, after Martha7 lettersSee answer ›19Cheap cigar6 lettersSee answer ›20Philippine capital6 lettersSee answer ›21Contrition7 lettersSee answer ›22Prime-time time6 lettersSee answer ›23We're literally giving away our rental cars!14 lettersSee answer ›25Resembling bone7 lettersSee answer ›27Overnight option3 lettersSee answer ›28Pull some strings?5 lettersSee answer ›29Phony social media follower3 lettersSee answer ›30It hurts how much we’re overcharging for this detergent!12 lettersSee answer ›34___ Constitution3 lettersSee answer ›37Winter measure8 lettersSee answer ›40"Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball4 lettersSee answer ›41Spider's pouch6 lettersSee answer ›43Inappropriately appropriated7 lettersSee answer ›45Crush a test5 lettersSee answer ›48Muse depicted with a lyre5 lettersSee answer ›49Like raw footage5 lettersSee answer ›51Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state4 lettersSee answer ›53Competition with clowns, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›55Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›56Scrooge's shout3 lettersSee answer ›57Our planes don't have seats!13 lettersSee answer ›61Social worker?3 lettersSee answer ›62Undertake, as a journey7 lettersSee answer ›64College admissions fig.3 lettersSee answer ›65Whence St. Francis6 lettersSee answer ›67Quite spirited6 lettersSee answer ›68Bulletin board addition7 lettersSee answer ›71A chair might cover one6 lettersSee answer ›74Place to store magazines6 lettersSee answer ›76Broody genre3 lettersSee answer ›77First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team7 lettersSee answer ›78Bump on the head, say?3 lettersSee answer ›80Our tech products fall apart easily!13 lettersSee answer ›84However, in texts3 lettersSee answer ›85Sportsbook figures4 lettersSee answer ›87Grinning Face With Sweat, for one5 lettersSee answer ›88Winnow4 lettersSee answer ›89Some exits in Exeter5 lettersSee answer ›91Japanese healing discipline5 lettersSee answer ›93Hägar the Horrible's dog5 lettersSee answer ›95Like a wrung-out mop7 lettersSee answer ›97Some commotion in a sheepfold6 lettersSee answer ›99Rep4 lettersSee answer ›101Most ridiculous8 lettersSee answer ›104Monopolist's portion3 lettersSee answer ›105Our cable channel is devoted to censorship!12 lettersSee answer ›109Dripping, say3 lettersSee answer ›110White's longtime co-host5 lettersSee answer ›111Many a book fair sponsor, for short3 lettersSee answer ›112[Look below for more info]7 lettersSee answer ›115Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans!14 lettersSee answer ›121Bolts (down)6 lettersSee answer ›122Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize7 lettersSee answer ›123Monkey's place, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›124Article of jewelry worn around the biceps6 lettersSee answer ›125Erudite7 lettersSee answer ›126Stylishly elegant6 lettersSee answer ›127Shoe leather for Elvis5 lettersSee answer ›

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1"This. Means. War!"6 lettersSee answer ›2Our soap is deadly!17 lettersSee answer ›3Serpentine shape in architecture4 lettersSee answer ›4Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›5High class?7 lettersSee answer ›6Big letters in bowling3 lettersSee answer ›7"Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff5 lettersSee answer ›8Common soccer score6 lettersSee answer ›9Two-year periods7 lettersSee answer ›10Common soccer cheer3 lettersSee answer ›11With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo3 lettersSee answer ›12___ rock (music genre)5 lettersSee answer ›13Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII6 lettersSee answer ›14Encroach (on)7 lettersSee answer ›15Horror movie staple4 lettersSee answer ›16Grande's perfume line3 lettersSee answer ›17Major research lab for astronauts, for short3 lettersSee answer ›18Actress Jamie ___ Curtis3 lettersSee answer ›19Highfalutin sorts5 lettersSee answer ›24Yank3 lettersSee answer ›26Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself7 lettersSee answer ›31Accordion fold5 lettersSee answer ›32Iridescent shell material5 lettersSee answer ›33Dirt pie ingredients5 lettersSee answer ›34Our magazine hates everything and everyone!17 lettersSee answer ›35Squelched5 lettersSee answer ›36Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office"5 lettersSee answer ›38Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu"3 lettersSee answer ›39Animated TV series set in the 31st century8 lettersSee answer ›42LSAT alternative, for some law schools3 lettersSee answer ›44See 11-Down5 lettersSee answer ›46Lab label5 lettersSee answer ›47Afternoon socials4 lettersSee answer ›49It'll take you for a ride4 lettersSee answer ›50Mama's mama4 lettersSee answer ›52Natl. economic yardsticks4 lettersSee answer ›54Discounted6 lettersSee answer ›58Zero chance6 lettersSee answer ›59Something well-taken?5 lettersSee answer ›60Chartreuse or brandy, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›63Mess up3 lettersSee answer ›66Part of a sch. year3 lettersSee answer ›68Orange cone, say5 lettersSee answer ›69"No cause for alarm!"?4 lettersSee answer ›70Land rover5 lettersSee answer ›72Home of Qatar Airways4 lettersSee answer ›73A long time, in Spain4 lettersSee answer ›75Tach stats4 lettersSee answer ›77Sax player Clarence7 lettersSee answer ›78"The Greek" in a 1964 film5 lettersSee answer ›79Optimal5 lettersSee answer ›81Emergency option for a fighter pilot5 lettersSee answer ›82High, wispy clouds5 lettersSee answer ›83Alice of TV's "Queen of the South"5 lettersSee answer ›86Manage moguls, say3 lettersSee answer ›90"___ expected"3 lettersSee answer ›92Like many legal phrases7 lettersSee answer ›94Fried Japanese fare7 lettersSee answer ›96Impersonates7 lettersSee answer ›981997 Demi Moore military drama6 lettersSee answer ›100Hampers6 lettersSee answer ›102Fixed rate6 lettersSee answer ›103Statistics tool used to find significant differences5 lettersSee answer ›106Not real5 lettersSee answer ›107___ out an existence3 lettersSee answer ›108They might be loaded or stolen5 lettersSee answer ›110Headliner4 lettersSee answer ›113Neutral tone4 lettersSee answer ›114April or May, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›115Q3 starter: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›116Luau instrument, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›117Mme., across the Pyrenees3 lettersSee answer ›118"The Bachelor" network3 lettersSee answer ›119Actress Gadot3 lettersSee answer ›120Foxy3 lettersSee answer ›