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NYT Crossword — April 28, 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

33 clues

5Nail polish brand

8Some cantina fare

13"Hip hip hooray!," e.g.

15Sink-or-swim competition?

17Handles a few unresolved issues

20Site to build on

21Gossip, slangily

24Welcome at the door, say

27Linguist's concern

30Serious in manner

31Bagel topping

32Not perfect, but acceptable

38Blade that's pulled

39Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin

40Station set up in a kitchen

46Coins of Cuba

47Ingredients in some tropical smoothies

49Foreign Service assignments

50Madrid mister

52Promise to pay

54Journalist, informally

58Like children, ideally, in an old adage … or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across

63Astronomer Carl

66Civil rights activist Parks

Down

41 clues

2Kind of seed or pet

3Sometimes-raised part of a shoe

4Emphatic confirmation

5Nocturnal hooter

6Painter Veronese

7Langston Hughes poem

10Script supervisor's concern

12Slugger Sammy

14"Raising Hell" rap trio

16Council ___ (British equivalent of a housing project)

18Part of a piano or loom

23Boots on the ground

25Rep.'s counterpart

26Ray of McDonald's

27Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally

28Naan alternative

29Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II

33Kid-lit girl with a blueberry pail

34Greek goddess of the earth

37They help you drive farther

41Ballpark fig.

42Snooping (around)

43"___ thou not minister to a mind diseased …?": Macbeth

44Significant periods

49Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney

50Islam's largest branch

51Alternative to a tap on the shoulder

53Works of praise

55"Othello" villain

56Some supports

57___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"

59Minor complaint

60Unspecified amount

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 28, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorHal Moore

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17AHandles a few unresolved issues15 ltrs 58ALike children, ideally, in an old adage … or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across15 ltrs 32ANot perfect, but acceptable11 ltrs 40AStation set up in a kitchen11 ltrs 10DScript supervisor's concern10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.