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NYT Crossword — April 5, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 138 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

63 clues

1They need fans to stay cool

6Philippine marinades

12Second first lady, after Martha

20Philippine capital

22Prime-time time

23We're literally giving away our rental cars!

25Resembling bone

27Overnight option

28Pull some strings?

29Phony social media follower

30It hurts how much we’re overcharging for this detergent!

34___ Constitution

37Winter measure

40"Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball

41Spider's pouch

43Inappropriately appropriated

48Muse depicted with a lyre

49Like raw footage

51Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state

53Competition with clowns, maybe

55Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly

56Scrooge's shout

57Our planes don't have seats!

61Social worker?

62Undertake, as a journey

64College admissions fig.

65Whence St. Francis

67Quite spirited

68Bulletin board addition

71A chair might cover one

74Place to store magazines

77First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team

78Bump on the head, say?

80Our tech products fall apart easily!

84However, in texts

85Sportsbook figures

87Grinning Face With Sweat, for one

89Some exits in Exeter

91Japanese healing discipline

93Hägar the Horrible's dog

95Like a wrung-out mop

97Some commotion in a sheepfold

101Most ridiculous

104Monopolist's portion

105Our cable channel is devoted to censorship!

109Dripping, say

110White's longtime co-host

111Many a book fair sponsor, for short

112[Look below for more info]

115Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans!

121Bolts (down)

122Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

123Monkey's place, maybe

124Article of jewelry worn around the biceps

126Stylishly elegant

127Shoe leather for Elvis

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75 clues

1"This. Means. War!"

2Our soap is deadly!

3Serpentine shape in architecture

4Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly

6Big letters in bowling

7"Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff

8Common soccer score

9Two-year periods

10Common soccer cheer

11With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo

12___ rock (music genre)

13Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII

14Encroach (on)

15Horror movie staple

16Grande's perfume line

17Major research lab for astronauts, for short

18Actress Jamie ___ Curtis

19Highfalutin sorts

26Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself

31Accordion fold

32Iridescent shell material

33Dirt pie ingredients

34Our magazine hates everything and everyone!

36Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office"

38Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu"

39Animated TV series set in the 31st century

42LSAT alternative, for some law schools

47Afternoon socials

49It'll take you for a ride

52Natl. economic yardsticks

59Something well-taken?

60Chartreuse or brandy, e.g.

66Part of a sch. year

68Orange cone, say

69"No cause for alarm!"?

72Home of Qatar Airways

73A long time, in Spain

77Sax player Clarence

78"The Greek" in a 1964 film

81Emergency option for a fighter pilot

82High, wispy clouds

83Alice of TV's "Queen of the South"

86Manage moguls, say

90"___ expected"

92Like many legal phrases

94Fried Japanese fare

981997 Demi Moore military drama

103Statistics tool used to find significant differences

107___ out an existence

108They might be loaded or stolen

113Neutral tone

114April or May, e.g.

115Q3 starter: Abbr.

116Luau instrument, in brief

117Mme., across the Pyrenees

118"The Bachelor" network

119Actress Gadot

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 5, 2026

21×21

Grid size

138

Total entries

66/375

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

17 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 5, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeBadvertising

ConstructorSamuel A. Donaldson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split63 across · 75 down

Longest entries

2DOur soap is deadly!17 ltrs 34DOur magazine hates everything and everyone!17 ltrs 23AWe're literally giving away our rental cars!14 ltrs 115AGo ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans!14 ltrs 57AOur planes don't have seats!13 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 66 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.