NYT Crossword Answers for April 20, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for April 20, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Solicit with a goodie View hint and explanation

TEMPT

School support grps. View hint and explanation

PTAS

10A

Egyptian cobra View hint and explanation

ASP

13A

Well-informed View hint and explanation

AWARE

14A

Teaser, for short View hint and explanation

PROMO

15A

Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names View hint and explanation

LIL

16A

Low red card in a deck View hint and explanation

TWOOFHEARTS

18A

George Gershwin's lyricist brother View hint and explanation

IRA

19A

Window shades View hint and explanation

BLINDS

20A

Follow orders View hint and explanation

OBEY

21A

Locomotives, to kids View hint and explanation

CHOOCHOOTRAINS

25A

Comic figure at a circus View hint and explanation

CLOWN

26A

"Impressive!" View hint and explanation

OOH

27A

Stir up, as waters View hint and explanation

ROIL

28A

"The worst!" View hint and explanation

THISSUCKS

34A

___-backward View hint and explanation

ASS

35A

Walk wearily View hint and explanation

TRAIPSE

37A

___-Magnon (early human) View hint and explanation

CRO

38A

City and its surroundings View hint and explanation

METROAREA

40A

German refusal View hint and explanation

NEIN

41A

Alternative to .com or .edu View hint and explanation

ORG

42A

Ridiculous View hint and explanation

SILLY

43A

"Don't mention it — it was easy" View hint and explanation

NOTROUBLEATALL

50A

"Just doin' my job" View hint and explanation

ITRY

51A

Insect with pincers View hint and explanation

EARWIG

52A

X, for a sorority View hint and explanation

CHI

53A

"I need to use the bathroom" ... or what the shaded squares spell? View hint and explanation

NATURECALLS

58A

Skirt feature View hint and explanation

HEM

59A

Decorations around the United Nations View hint and explanation

FLAGS

60A

"Sauer" hot dog topping View hint and explanation

KRAUT

61A

Triage sites, for short View hint and explanation

ERS

62A

Mascara coats one View hint and explanation

LASH

63A

Full of know-how View hint and explanation

SAVVY

Down Answers

Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally View hint and explanation

TAT

"Gross!" View hint and explanation

EWW

Chinese revolutionary View hint and explanation

MAO

Football all-star game View hint and explanation

PROBOWL

Cookware coating View hint and explanation

TEFLON

National museum in Madrid View hint and explanation

PRADO

Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt View hint and explanation

TORSO

Fig. from an out-of-order ATM? View hint and explanation

AMT

...---... in Morse View hint and explanation

SOS

10D

Cover story, in court View hint and explanation

ALIBI

11D

Sound that warns of a tornado View hint and explanation

SIREN

12D

What coins are exchanged for at an arcade View hint and explanation

PLAYS

14D

Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital View hint and explanation

PENH

17D

Kool-Aid rival View hint and explanation

HIC

20D

Site of Pearl Harbor View hint and explanation

OAHU

21D

Not far away View hint and explanation

22D

Lift View hint and explanation

HOIST

23D

Throw (out) View hint and explanation

TOSS

24D

Valentine's Day flower View hint and explanation

ROSE

25D

Stow tightly, with "in" View hint and explanation

CRAM

28D

Cigarette substance View hint and explanation

TAR

29D

Move in a hurry, old-style View hint and explanation

HIE

30D

Many a craft beer, for short View hint and explanation

IPA

31D

Medium-sized battery View hint and explanation

CCELL

32D

Filtered food for whales View hint and explanation

KRILL

33D

PlayStation maker View hint and explanation

SONY

35D

Matador charger View hint and explanation

TORO

36D

Pasta sauce brand View hint and explanation

RAGU

39D

Golfer McIlroy View hint and explanation

RORY

40D

Big U.S./Canada falls View hint and explanation

NIAGARA

42D

(The) boondocks View hint and explanation

STICKS

43D

Specialty View hint and explanation

NICHE

44D

Catchall survey option View hint and explanation

OTHER

45D

Cuts at the margins View hint and explanation

TRIMS

46D

Apps undergoing testing View hint and explanation

BETAS

47D

"Sometimes you just gotta ___" View hint and explanation

LAUGH

48D

Flubs View hint and explanation

ERRS

49D

Slack-jawed feeling View hint and explanation

AWE

53D

Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars View hint and explanation

NFL

54D

In the style of View hint and explanation

ALA

55D

Bathroom, informally View hint and explanation

LAV

56D

Sweetie, to Brits View hint and explanation

LUV

57D

Total dump View hint and explanation

STY