NYT Crossword April 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Words ___ Friends 4 5A Dunderheads 5 10A Starting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida 4 14A Reduce to a pulp 4 18A Actress ___ Grace Moretz 5 19A "The game's ___": Henry V 5 20A Mystery writer? 4 21A Soothing succulent 4 22A HOT woman worth fighting for? 11 24A Throwing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken 9 26A 2010-12's ___ Spring 4 27A Coronary insert 5 28A GOT in the ballpark? 10 29A Gomez of "Only Murders in the Building" 6 31A Under, poetically 5 33A Trick 4 34A Music to a comedian's ears 5 36A Some 1960s-style protests 6 39A Contents of a black-and-white pod 5 43A BOB Dylan album? 14 47A Impossible to read, perhaps 6 48A Word before cut or class 3 49A Fragrant compound 5 50A "It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.) 5 52A Butcher's cut 4 53A Takes a little off 5 55A Time's 2023 Person of the Year 5 58A A.I.-powered video hoaxes 9 60A In ___ 4 61A Portuguese wine 7 63A Put out again 7 64A MOB wives? 15 68A Casino supervisor 7 71A Surround 7 72A Poker in the Olympics? 4 76A How an urgent text may be written 9 79A Affect emotionally 5 80A Carne ___ 5 81A Word on either side of "à" 4 82A Org. founded to fund foreign projects 5 84A Vapes, familiarly 5 86A King's title, in brief 3 87A Turkish summit 6 89A SOAP film? 14 93A Alternative to a Les Paul, for short 5 94A Dad's deflection 6 95A One of the seven deadly sins 5 96A Vegetables rarely cut with a knife 4 98A Switch positions 5 101A Washington or Berlin 6 104A KID napper's demand? 10 109A Loses emotional control, in gamer-speak 5 111A Socialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" 4 112A Winning country at the 2022 World Cup 9 113A THE big game? 11 115A "You're full of baloney!" 4 116A "Right on, man" 4 117A "Baywatch" actress Eleniak 5 118A Breathers 5 119A Goals 4 120A Reference 4 121A Fall perennial 5 122A Primatologists' subjects 4

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1D One of a reporter's W's 5 2D Line of latitude? 10 3D Squishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily 7 4D Brooding sort 3 5D Nutty 4 6D Frequently 5 7D 2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live" 5 8D Nickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones 7 9D What a mess 3 10D Kid's repeated request 4 11D Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. 4 12D Idiot mistakes 6 13D Pear variety 5 14D Dazzling displays of skill 13 15D Utah ski resort 4 16D Linger in the bath 4 17D Roll call response 4 18D Nickname that's an alternative to Chuck 4 23D Native Oklahomans 6 25D Bad lighting? 5 28D Treaty of ___, official close to the War of 1812 5 30D Some N.S.F.W. texts 5 32D Madre's hermano 3 35D Spicy dips 9 37D Named, informally 4 38D Madre's baby 4 40D Manipulates dishonestly 5 41D Common Wordle starting word (for all those vowels) 5 42D Feel 5 43D Crunchy sandwiches, for short 4 44D ___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality 4 45D Fresh cut 5 46D Prickly patch 5 47D Fetter 6 51D Disappearing from the earth 9 54D Hip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics 13 56D Bona ___ 4 57D Council of ___ (Counter-Reformation body) 5 59D Mild oath 3 61D Trading card error 6 62D Bowed, musically 4 65D Big inits. in 1990s internet 3 66D Genre for Stevie Ray Vaughan 5 67D Celebrity chef DiSpirito 5 68D Gyro wraps 5 69D Like krypton 5 70D Turkic language 5 73D Basic drumming pattern 10 74D Steinbeck's "East of ___" 4 75D Place for Christmas lights 4 77D "Not interested" 4 78D Head toward bankruptcy, say 4 80D According to 5 83D Matt of "Oppenheimer" 5 85D Overly bright and showy 6 88D Used DoorDash, say 5 90D ___Mari Method (tidying system) 3 91D Hams 7 92D Advance in a video game 7 94D "That was true for me, too" 6 97D Storage area 5 99D Demand from a disgruntled customer 5 100D Unreliable sort, in slang 5 102D What a Bohr! 5 103D Diamonds, but not clubs 4 104D Dark green 4 105D "The Office" receptionist 4 106D Mild oath 4 107D "Don't worry, boss!" 4 108D Kind of hike 4 110D Position removed by the February Revolution 4 113D Drink "for two," in song 3 114D Portuguese greeting 3