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NYT Crossword — April 20, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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33 clues

1Solicit with a goodie

6School support grps.

10Egyptian cobra

13Well-informed

14Teaser, for short

15Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names

16Low red card in a deck

18George Gershwin's lyricist brother

19Window shades

20Follow orders

21Locomotives, to kids

25Comic figure at a circus

26"Impressive!"

27Stir up, as waters

37___-Magnon (early human)

38City and its surroundings

40German refusal

41Alternative to .com or .edu

43"Don't mention it — it was easy"

50"Just doin' my job"

51Insect with pincers

52X, for a sorority

53"I need to use the bathroom" … or what the shaded squares spell?

58Skirt feature

59Decorations around the United Nations

60"Sauer" hot dog topping

61Triage sites, for short

62Mascara coats one

63Full of know-how

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43 clues

1Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally

3Chinese revolutionary

4Football all-star game

5Cookware coating

6National museum in Madrid

7Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt

8Fig. from an out-of-order ATM?

9...---... in Morse

10Cover story, in court

11Sound that warns of a tornado

12What coins are exchanged for at an arcade

14Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital

17Kool-Aid rival

20Site of Pearl Harbor

24Valentine's Day flower

25Stow tightly, with "in"

28Cigarette substance

29Move in a hurry, old-style

30Many a craft beer, for short

31Medium-sized battery

32Filtered food for whales

33PlayStation maker

35Matador charger

36Pasta sauce brand

39Golfer McIlroy

40Big U.S./Canada falls

42(The) boondocks

44Catchall survey option

45Cuts at the margins

46Apps undergoing testing

47"Sometimes you just gotta ___"

49Slack-jawed feeling

53Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars

54In the style of

55Bathroom, informally

56Sweetie, to Brits

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 20, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

44/181

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 20, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorFreddie Cheng

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 43 down

Longest entries

21ALocomotives, to kids14 ltrs 43A"Don't mention it — it was easy"14 ltrs 16ALow red card in a deck11 ltrs 53A"I need to use the bathroom" … or what the shaded squares spell?11 ltrs 28A"The worst!"9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.