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NYT Crossword — April 11, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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1T
2H
3A
4T
5S
6A
7Y
8S
9A
10L
11O
12T
13W
H
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A
V
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14W
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Y
T
H
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L
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G
F
A
C
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15S
E
A
16S
O
F
U
N
17H
E
M
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N
18H
E
L
19D
20S
T
D
21A
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22E
P
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23S
24P
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25M
26A
27N
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29R
30T
31R
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33A
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34C
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35R
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36N
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37D
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38L
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39N
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40P
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41C
42O
43E
44S
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45A
46F
47O
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48B
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49H
50T
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51C
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53A
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54D
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55C
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Across

29 clues
1"How telling"
13Rued remark?
14Question to one who's down
16"Such a blast!"
17Buff bros
18Maintained, as a position
20Part of E.S.T.: Abbr.
21Downed
25"Darn it!"
28Arboreal symbol in Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
32Fulfill ... or fill
33Give a very wide berth
35Heading in a wine list
36A significant accomplishment
38___-eared
39Figures in a speed trap?
41Iowa college
45Not a good way to run?
50X
51Flip remark?
54"Saturday Night Live" features that aren't live
55Term for an ambiguously worded news headline

Down

39 clues
1Your of yore
4It's a steal!
5Spanish blessing
7Hunger
8Aiming mechanisms on bows
9Plug amount
10Moldable soil
11At some time
12___ idol
13Groups studied by cetologists
14Become inconsolable about
15"True West" playwright Sam
19Providers of chops and chips
23Disconsolate
24"The King of Football"
25Cars with a trident logo
26Person playing forward
27Calls home, as a bird might
29Gabbed, gabbed, gabbed
31Farm male
32Remote locations
38Adam's first wife, in Jewish myth
40Hungarian sheepdogs
41Schoolyard retort
42Vows you may stand for
43Spirit of an era
46All right
48Unwanted bit of mail
52Something you owe
53Producer of notes

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Stats & info

Saturday, Apr 11, 2026
15×15
Grid size
68
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
5.6
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Hardest
Saturday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedApr 11, 2026
DaySaturday
ThemeThemeless
ConstructorKareem Ayas
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split29 across · 39 down
Longest entries

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.