NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 29, 2026
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Clues74
Across34
Down40
ConstructorJoseph Gangi
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
*Failed internet company? (7)
Starts with C, ends with TCOMBUST→
8A
Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESPARGE→
14A
Exaggerated the merits of (8)
Starts with O, ends with DOVERSOLD→
16A
"That's actually pretty neat!" (6)
Starts with O, ends with LOHCOOL→
17A
Trait for a good waiter? (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPATIENCE→
18A
Ingredient in shepherd's pie (6)
Starts with P, ends with OPOTATO→
19A
Strange (3)
Starts with O, ends with DODD→
20A
Pirate's booty (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOOT→
22A
Swabbie's tool (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMOP→
23A
In the ___ (intensely focused) (4)
Starts with Z, ends with EZONE→
25A
*Assurance from an internet company? (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECOMPROMISE→
28A
"Your pick" (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
29A
Lightly strike, as a windowpane (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTAPAT→
30A
Many a 24-hour eatery (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDINER→
31A
*Puzzling question for an internet company? (8)
Starts with C, ends with RCOMPOSER→
33A
Some épéeists' moves (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLUNGES→
34A
Had remorse for (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRUED→
35A
Trial version (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODEMO→
36A
One-___ (pithy jokes) (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLINERS→
39A
*Exposure for an internet company? (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMPRESS→
43A
Ancient theater (5)
Starts with O, ends with NODEON→
44A
Assuages (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCALMS→
45A
Status ___ (3)
Starts with Q, ends with OQUO→
46A
*Illustrative story from an internet company? (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECOMPARABLE→
48A
What a track athlete may do three times in one attempt (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJUMP→
49A
World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego) (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
51A
___ Guofeng, successor to Mao Zedong (3)
Starts with H, ends with AHUA→
52A
Samples (6)
Starts with T, ends with STASTES→
54A
Rose up (8)
Starts with R, ends with DREBELLED→
59A
Get situated (6)
Starts with O, ends with TORIENT→
60A
Shoe with a "kitten" variety (8)
Starts with S, ends with OSTILETTO→
61A
Zeroes (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRESETS→
62A
*Blog message from an internet company? (7)
Starts with C, ends with TCOMPOST→
Down
1D
Robber's pursuer (3)
Starts with C, ends with PCOP→
2D
Reproductive cells (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
3D
"Wall Street," for the U.S. financial industry (7)
Starts with M, ends with MMETONYM→
4D
Half of many a union-to-be (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRIDE→
5D
Secondhand (4)
Starts with U, ends with DUSED→
6D
Recipient of many dad jokes (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
7D
"Little People, Big World" network (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTLC→
8D
Deep sleep (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOPOR→
9D
Uncurated Instagram collections (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPHOTODUMPS→
10D
Do something (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
11D
On a different network, say (7)
Starts with R, ends with GROAMING→
13D
They usually get no reception (7)
Starts with E, ends with SELOPERS→
15D
Coastal resort city in southern California (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDELMAR→
21D
Select, with "for" (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
23D
Actor Efron (3)
Starts with Z, ends with CZAC→
24D
"Mrs. Lennon" writer (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
25D
They're on the docket (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCASES→
26D
Paper view? (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
27D
Student's subspecialty (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMINOR→
29D
Where seeds might be placed (10)
Starts with T, ends with TTOURNAMENT→
32D
Before surgery, for short (5)
Starts with P, ends with PPREOP→
33D
"___ at 'em!" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEMME→
35D
Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g. (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDOLL→
36D
Part of URL (7)
Starts with L, ends with RLOCATOR→
37D
"Actually, this matters to me a lot!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIDOCARE→
38D
The Road Runner, to Wile E. Coyote (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNEMESIS→
39D
Poles tossed in a Highland competition (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCABERS→
40D
On par with (7)
Starts with E, ends with OEQUALTO→
42D
Soak (up), as gravy (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSOP→
44D
Elevator part (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCAR→
47D
Takes a breather (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTS→
48D
Derby drink (5)
Starts with J, ends with PJULEP→
51D
Spot for a ship's captain (4)
Starts with H, ends with MHELM→
53D
Control center? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
55D
… and so on (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
56D
Life story, for short (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
57D
Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., informally (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
58D
Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDOT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 29, 2026?+
74 clues: 34 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joseph Gangi and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: *Failed internet company? (COMBUST); Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process (SPARGE); Exaggerated the merits of (OVERSOLD).
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