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NYT Crossword — April 26, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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65 clues

5One might be used for stepping up or sitting down

10Hoot or holler

14"Let's go, guys!"

18Like the Islamic calendar

20Windy City airport

21Birmingham bum

22"Stay in your ___!"

23Fashion item for an aspiring grocer?

25… for an aspiring nanny?

27Place to dive in

28Became apparent

30Stands around an art gallery

31Neither's counterpart

34… for an aspiring manicurist?

40Outmoded component of a car's dashboard

43Biblical garden

44Did some doughnuts?

45Dermatology case

47What gives a wine tartness

49Fragile mineral

50… for an aspiring housekeeper?

53Scored 100 on a test

55Soaks up the sun

59___ One (presidential helicopter)

60Church spaces

61Your wish is his command

62Córdoba's country: Abbr.

63Soccer star Hamm

66Corporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues

72One in 100: Abbr.

73Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame

74Holiday seasons

75Works on an ice cream cone

79All over again

80Japanese floor mat

81… for an aspiring travel agent?

85In the distance

88Italian cooking staple, for short

89"Progress through technology" automaker

90Like contact lenses for astigmatism

92"I wasn't ___ yesterday"

93Make it through

96... for an aspiring dry cleaner?

99Machines in some print shops

100Tour de France peaks

101Nutrient in avocados

102Apartment cooler, for short

104Palm spring?

110… for an aspiring flutist?

112… for an aspiring photographer?

115Used the doorbell

118Solution strength

119It has its ups and downs

120Accomplishment

121UnitedHealthcare competitor

122Absolutely nothing

Down

75 clues

1Massachusetts' state tree

6Trumpeter Jones

7Bit in a horse's mouth?

8Group spotted on an Alaskan cruise, perhaps

9"Hanukkah in Santa Monica" songwriter Tom

11Lake from which the Niagara River flows

13Tale as old as time

14Anyone's game

15Independent thinker

16Justice Kagan in ’83, e.g.

17Scottish loch

19Transplant, as a plant

24Large measure of computer data

32Yacht's pronoun

33Freeze frames?

35"It's truly important to me"

36Settle the score

37Standing eau?

38Blade runner?

42Summer setting in Somerset, in brief

46Fed. intelligence group

49"Come home soon"

51"___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary)

52Sharp-cornered

56Insect with more than 14,000 known species

58"I'm outta here!"

63Patisserie treat

64Stain from a pen

67Jamie with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

69World Cup cheer

70"Watch your back!"

71Intelligent humor

76Like rush-hour traffic

77Post-op area, in brief

81Not do much of anything, say

83Like a comedian who bombs

84Stack at a falafel shop

86Tree whose wood is used for telephone poles

90One clicking with an audience?

91Meditation syllables

92Interrupts rudely

95Leave on a trip

97Michigan politician Slotkin

102Out of its correct position

103Florentine farewell

104Pod in Creole cooking

105Helper: Abbr.

106Marvel-ous Lee

107Taj Mahal city

108___ noche (tonight: Sp.)

111Stick used for breaking

113O'er and o'er

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 26, 2026

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

78/363

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

21 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 26, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeWell-Suited

ConstructorRebecca Goldstein

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split65 across · 75 down

Longest entries

66ACorporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues21 ltrs 34A… for an aspiring manicurist?13 ltrs 96A... for an aspiring dry cleaner?13 ltrs 23AFashion item for an aspiring grocer?11 ltrs 112A… for an aspiring photographer?11 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 78 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.