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NYT Crossword — April 14, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1Safe place to stand on a diamond

9Chatted via Teams, say

13Tail-less cat breed

15Defense grp. since 1949

16"Been a while! Any updates?"

19Take giant steps

20"Oof, that's rough"

21Locale for a lab rat

22Board game set in a mansion

24To the ___ degree

26Talks through a sticking point, say

34Big name in pest control

35Catch the vibe of

36Network junction points

38Force of habit, for some, in brief

39Chess defeats

40Basic unit of work

41Boring routines

43Whiskey portion of a boilermaker

44Online storage option since 2011

47Cincinnati trio?

48Capital of Qatar

51Disney film featuring the Oscar-winning song "Let It Go"

55Temp workers dressed in red

57Ranch fixtures for livestock

61Colorful eye part

62Quintet seen in order in 16-, 26-, 44- and 57-Across

63"Come on already!"

64Direction for prairie schooners

66"Green-eyed" emotion

Down

39 clues

2Circus crowd chorus

3Grabbed, as sale items

5Lederhosen typically end just above one

6"Totes adorbs!"

7Bowmaker's wood

9Like most TV shows, nowadays

10Chichén Itzá people

11Prep school on the Thames

12___ Ross, George Clooney's role on "ER"

14Zombie's status

18Belief in God or gods

22Count in the cereal aisle

23Furnish with temporarily

24Expert in stealth

25Scouting party

27Burn while ironing, say

28Lipton choices

29Done with boozing

30Apply to, as an ointment

37Lawn-starting tool

42Automaker with a six-star logo

45___ Sea, body between Sicily and Greece

46Early 007 adversary

50Piano practice piece

51"Just so you know," online

52Few and far between

53Soul legend Redding

54Salsa quality

55Dot on a transit map

56Jailhouse weapon

58Originally named

59Actress Scala

60Complete dump

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 14, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorMark Diehl

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

16A"Been a while! Any updates?"15 ltrs 57ARanch fixtures for livestock15 ltrs 26ATalks through a sticking point, say11 ltrs 44AOnline storage option since 201111 ltrs 3DGrabbed, as sale items10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.