NYT Crossword April 23, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Truth be told …" 6 7A "___ so!" (German "I see!") 3 10A Hoax 4 14A Big name in skin care 6 15A Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notes 3 16A Ashen 4 17A Spot for a catnap? 10 19A Innings : baseball :: ___ : curling 4 20A Lead-in to Geo 3 21A Symbol of mass density 3 22A They're noisy little buggers 7 24A Kinkajou cousin 5 26A Expected outcome 4 27A Circa 5 29A Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingo 8 33A On guard 5 34A Center 5 35A Opus ___ 3 36A Follower of open or closed, sartorially 4 37A Spaghetti-strapped tops, informally 5 38A Pass (out) 4 39A Reaction to a sock 3 40A Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have "ugh" in the middle 5 41A Queen's collaborator on the 1981 hit "Under Pressure" 5 42A What the "Music City Miracle" and the "Immaculate Reception" took place in 8 44A Alternative to bow ties 5 45A It might follow "ye" 4 46A "___ days are gone" 5 48A Test release? 7 51A Qt. or pt. 3 52A G.I. entertainers 3 55A Trawling, say 4 56A When many rainbows appear 10 59A Like some chances 4 60A Steering aid 3 61A Sign on a restroom door 6 62A Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" 4 63A Science guy Bill 3 64A Ring combo 6

Down

1D Babe in the woods 4 2D Adidas competitor 4 3D *Material for a sidewalk 4 4D Media exec Sarandos 3 5D "You game?" 7 6D *To a degree 6 7D "Why ___ even here?" 3 8D It might come after trig 4 9D *Lack of pulchritude 8 10D Pickle portions 6 11D Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzle 10 12D Alan of "M*A*S*H" 4 13D State of a playroom, often 4 18D Lush 3 23D Young stud 4 24D Bungee jumping necessity 4 25D "Assuming there's no other option for me …" 7 27D Withdrawn 5 28D *Choice cut 10 30D Go over for publication 4 31D Start of a counting rhyme 5 32D Company that famously used the Beatles' "Revolution" in a 1987 TV commercial 4 33D Lots and lots 4 34D Thick locks 4 37D *Supermarket shopper's clipping 8 38D Alternative to a cup 4 40D Owie kissers, perhaps 4 41D Member of a wedding party 7 43D Twinkles 6 44D *Sport that uses mallets 6 47D "You ___ me worried!" 3 48D Something to be done 4 49D Louisiana's Grand ___ State Park 4 50D Speak while looking up, perhaps 4 52D Foot or stone 4 53D Goulash, e.g. 4 54D Really, really 4 57D Wrath 3 58D Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero" 3