NYT Crossword April 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "The Jeffersons" or "The Simpsons," notably 7 8A Team with the mascot Big Al, familiarly 4 12A In time 13 14A Dish purportedly invented in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo neighborhood 14 15A New York's ___ Valley 6 16A Thawing 7 17A Treat 6 18A New outfit or accessory for a character, in video game-speak 3 19A Things that shouldn't be hidden 4 20A Non-eco-friendly refrigerant 5 21A Term in the bedroom, maybe 8 23A Unite 3 24A Two-pronged 4 26A Metros in the 1990s 4 27A "Wait just a sec" 9 29A Cowboy's friend, informally 4 30A Name that spiked in popularity following a 2013 Disney movie 4 31A Finalized 3 34A "You've got nothing to worry about" 8 36A All-time scoring leader for the Miami Heat, familiarly 5 38A Routine surfaces 4 39A Browns, on a scoreboard 3 40A Mathematics writer Gardner 6 41A Words of endorsement 7 43A Arrived 6 44A Make-believe sorrow 14 46A Cause of amusement to a vet, maybe 13 47A Daredevil's calculation 4 48A Some fairy tale characters 7

Down

1D Did business with, in a way 6 2D Blowgun projectile 10 3D Words before "a penny" or "a treat" 5 4D Fifth-most abundant element in the universe 4 5D Lieutenant in "Catch-22" 3 6D Into 6 7D Breakfast dish that might go over well? 9 8D How people get into a swimming pool, typically 8 9D Yom Kippur observers 7 10D Like the cheese in fondue 6 11D Backdrop for many van Gogh paintings 5 12D Blitzed 6 13D ___ pull-downs (exercise) 3 14D Item in a list on the fridge, maybe 5 17D Texas air hub, for short 3 18D Silky-haired toy 7 21D Start to give 3 22D "Hey, no backing out now!" 10 25D Still waffling 9 27D Relatives of ottomans 8 28D Texter's affectionate sign-off 3 29D It's not fit for human consumption 7 31D Cutting stuff 6 32D Cuts a line? 5 33D It takes two hands to show 3 34D Musketeer's tool 6 35D Nissan model 6 37D Brings about, as havoc 6 38D Less than milli-, more than nano- 5 40D Paint option 5 42D Metric for a venture capitalist, in brief 3 43D Play (with) 4 45D Calc. calculation 3