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NYT Crossword — April 24, 2026

Friday’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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Across

34 clues

1Once-in-a-lifetime events

7They might have good track records

15"Ah, right right right"

16Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr.

17Oscar winner for "The African Queen"

19Treat mercifully

21Concern for a seamstress

22"Sounds good!"

23Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique

27Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20

31"The best cheese of its type in the world," per George Orwell

32Approach surreptitiously

36Where somebody might be washed up?

38One who's generous to a fault, say

41They're held in bondage

42Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars"

43Neural transmitter

44Certain exposition

45Children's author Kinney

47Something you might get at a wedding

48Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025

49It has a light bulb

52Toss and turn, perhaps

53Role for John Travolta on "Welcome Back, Kotter"

54Takes to the next level

Down

34 clues

1Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way

2"Perish the thought!"

3Tubes that go down?

4The first of these was Terrible

6Murderer of Osiris, in myth

7Every now and then

8You just can't take it

10Competitor's setback

11Half of hip-hop's Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike

12How a troublemaker might go

13One prioritizing self-care?

14Electronica instruments, informally

23Woodworkers' grooves

24Vicious circle?

26Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping

29From time past

33Surname of a Tolstoy heroine

35Acrobat's display

37Secondhand offerings

39Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking

40Brittle confection

44Finish up with

45Female donkey

47Where the Red Delicious apple originated

48Dauphin, e.g.

50Number one, informally

51It might have a director's commentary

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Stats & info

Friday, Apr 24, 2026

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

25/200

Black / letter cells

5.9

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 24, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAndrew Spooner

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 34 down

Longest entries

28APeace sign?12 ltrs 36AWhere somebody might be washed up?12 ltrs 8DYou just can't take it12 ltrs 20DProfessional12 ltrs 7AThey might have good track records8 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 25 black squares and averages 5.9 letters per entry.