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NYT Crossword April 5, 2026 Answers

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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from April 5, 2026, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.

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1A They need fans to stay cool 5 6A Philippine marinades 6 12A Second first lady, after Martha 7 19A Cheap cigar 6 20A Philippine capital 6 21A Contrition 7 22A Prime-time time 6 23A We're literally giving away our rental cars! 14 25A Resembling bone 7 27A Overnight option 3 28A Pull some strings? 5 29A Phony social media follower 3 30A It hurts how much we’re overcharging for this detergent! 12 34A ___ Constitution 3 37A Winter measure 8 40A "Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball 4 41A Spider's pouch 6 43A Inappropriately appropriated 7 45A Crush a test 5 48A Muse depicted with a lyre 5 49A Like raw footage 5 51A Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state 4 53A Competition with clowns, maybe 5 55A Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly 4 56A Scrooge's shout 3 57A Our planes don't have seats! 13 61A Social worker? 3 62A Undertake, as a journey 7 64A College admissions fig. 3 65A Whence St. Francis 6 67A Quite spirited 6 68A Bulletin board addition 7 71A A chair might cover one 6 74A Place to store magazines 6 76A Broody genre 3 77A First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team 7 78A Bump on the head, say? 3 80A Our tech products fall apart easily! 13 84A However, in texts 3 85A Sportsbook figures 4 87A Grinning Face With Sweat, for one 5 88A Winnow 4 89A Some exits in Exeter 5 91A Japanese healing discipline 5 93A Hägar the Horrible's dog 5 95A Like a wrung-out mop 7 97A Some commotion in a sheepfold 6 99A Rep 4 101A Most ridiculous 8 104A Monopolist's portion 3 105A Our cable channel is devoted to censorship! 12 109A Dripping, say 3 110A White's longtime co-host 5 111A Many a book fair sponsor, for short 3 112A [Look below for more info] 7 115A Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans! 14 121A Bolts (down) 6 122A Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize 7 123A Monkey's place, maybe 6 124A Article of jewelry worn around the biceps 6 125A Erudite 7 126A Stylishly elegant 6 127A Shoe leather for Elvis 5

Down

1D "This. Means. War!" 6 2D Our soap is deadly! 17 3D Serpentine shape in architecture 4 4D Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly 4 5D High class? 7 6D Big letters in bowling 3 7D "Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff 5 8D Common soccer score 6 9D Two-year periods 7 10D Common soccer cheer 3 11D With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo 3 12D ___ rock (music genre) 5 13D Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII 6 14D Encroach (on) 7 15D Horror movie staple 4 16D Grande's perfume line 3 17D Major research lab for astronauts, for short 3 18D Actress Jamie ___ Curtis 3 19D Highfalutin sorts 5 24D Yank 3 26D Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself 7 31D Accordion fold 5 32D Iridescent shell material 5 33D Dirt pie ingredients 5 34D Our magazine hates everything and everyone! 17 35D Squelched 5 36D Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office" 5 38D Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu" 3 39D Animated TV series set in the 31st century 8 42D LSAT alternative, for some law schools 3 44D See 11-Down 5 46D Lab label 5 47D Afternoon socials 4 49D It'll take you for a ride 4 50D Mama's mama 4 52D Natl. economic yardsticks 4 54D Discounted 6 58D Zero chance 6 59D Something well-taken? 5 60D Chartreuse or brandy, e.g. 8 63D Mess up 3 66D Part of a sch. year 3 68D Orange cone, say 5 69D "No cause for alarm!"? 4 70D Land rover 5 72D Home of Qatar Airways 4 73D A long time, in Spain 4 75D Tach stats 4 77D Sax player Clarence 7 78D "The Greek" in a 1964 film 5 79D Optimal 5 81D Emergency option for a fighter pilot 5 82D High, wispy clouds 5 83D Alice of TV's "Queen of the South" 5 86D Manage moguls, say 3 90D "___ expected" 3 92D Like many legal phrases 7 94D Fried Japanese fare 7 96D Impersonates 7 98D 1997 Demi Moore military drama 6 100D Hampers 6 102D Fixed rate 6 103D Statistics tool used to find significant differences 5 106D Not real 5 107D ___ out an existence 3 108D They might be loaded or stolen 5 110D Headliner 4 113D Neutral tone 4 114D April or May, e.g. 4 115D Q3 starter: Abbr. 3 116D Luau instrument, in brief 3 117D Mme., across the Pyrenees 3 118D "The Bachelor" network 3 119D Actress Gadot 3 120D Foxy 3

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