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NYT Crossword — April 27, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 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

1Paths for lobbed tennis balls

5Tribe of Arizona

14Short blast from a horn

15Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting"

16Han Solo's response to Leia's "I love you"

17Singer's recovery period

19"Catch my drift?"

21Spot for a soak

23Dear ___ (letter start)

24Pumice or basalt

29Chemical that speeds up a fruit's aging process

32Film director Coen

33"Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's)

34Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly

36Betraying surprise, in a way

39Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"

44Big name in microprocessors

45"Who's Who in the Cast" blurb

46Tie-breaking periods, for short

47How a picture book may be read at bedtime

50___ of hand (magician's skill)

53Congressional history

56Palindrome akin to "Aha!"

57Work well together

58Florida's ___-Dade County

62Jousting weapon

65Device worn by a video gamer … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 39- and 53-Across

68Basic piano chord

69Notes of indebtedness

71Sends frisky messages

72Strong soapmaking solutions

Down

43 clues

1Four-wheelers, in brief

2Word before beer or after square

3Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me"

4"Feed a cold, ___ a fever" (dubious medical advice)

7Many an Olive Garden entree

8Sounding good, as a musical instrument

10Barely get (by)

11Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins

12"Peanuts" or "Pickles"

13Do some booty-shaking

18Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali

22One-eighth of a byte

25Titular Shakespearean king

26Remove outer parts from, as a photo

27Burn until black

28Prego alternative

29Sitar virtuoso Shankar

30Tehran's land

31Grammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums

35Chicago slugger

37"Late Night" host Meyers

38"Hey! Over here!"

40Place to purchase pastrami

41North Carolina university

42Catchall category: Abbr.

43Sport on a horse

48Sheepskin boot brand

49Role for Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies

51Columnist Bombeck

52Doubling-down assertion

53Battery measure

54Chicago airport

55"The Jetsons" boy

60Gentle and submissive

63Garfield in the funny pages, e.g.

64Magazine bigwigs, in brief

66Gradation of color

67Letter before tee

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 27, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 27, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorNeville Fogarty

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 43 down

Longest entries

39ASpinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"15 ltrs 24APumice or basalt12 ltrs 53ACongressional history12 ltrs 11DSnack with celery, peanut butter and raisins10 ltrs 31DGrammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.