NYT Crossword April 2, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Fanatical groups 5 6A Dish often topped with lime and cilantro 3 9A Sci-fi warrior 4 13A One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven 5 14A Team behind the cameras 4 15A Actor Epps of "House" 4 16A Question after "Well, well, well ..." 10 18A Jerk 4 19A "Family Guy" character with a nasal voice 4 20A Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs 3 21A Word with market or list 5 22A "Too late to do anything about it now" 13 26A One who has a lot to show? 7 28A Bungee jumping requirement 4 29A First name in beauty products 5 30A Egg carton? 3 31A Holders of hammers and anvils 4 35A One cause of deterioration 3 36A Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses 7 40A Genre for DMX or DMC 3 41A Coffee maker inserts 4 43A Actor Somerhalder of "Lost" 3 44A Gas company with a triangular logo 5 46A One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football 4 48A Player on the bench? 7 50A Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer 13 54A Oodles 5 55A Member of a Tolkien army 3 56A Object in Pixar's logo 4 59A Demolish 4 60A Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across? 10 63A School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI 4 64A Fun-size 4 65A Irritating "cloud" 5 66A Beech or birch 4 67A Ernie who has won the British Open twice 3 68A Shoelace protector 5

Down

1D Part of a Batman costume 4 2D Until 4 3D Had an uplifting experience? 9 4D Bridge framework 7 5D Shop item with teeth 3 6D Before surgery, in brief 5 7D "Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit) 3 8D Be shy 3 9D Some kicks on Route 66, maybe 7 10D Bit of info on a résumé 5 11D Ball 5 12D Teed off 5 14D Group in a loft 5 17D Sound in a cave 4 21D Course standard 3 23D Gumbo, e.g. 4 24D Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius 4 25D Punch in the face, say 4 26D Extend a tour of duty 4 27D The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3 4 30D It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief 3 32D Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products 9 33D Cloths for custodians 4 34D TV ad 4 37D Stead 4 38D Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi 4 39D Create a PDF of, maybe 4 42D Hang 7 45D Slightest idea 7 47D Airer of the game show "Wipeout" 3 48D Bess's beau on Broadway 5 49D Eczema symptom 4 50D Pitched 5 51D "Cool beans!" 5 52D Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet" 5 53D Followers of articles 5 57D Parcel (out) 4 58D Whisper that might accompany a tap 4 60D Broadband letters 3 61D Need a day off, say 3 62D Big Apple airport code 3