Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, April 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 2, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "THATSHIPHASSAILED".
Total Clues
78
Longest
THATSHIPHASSAILED
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
PHO
Featured Clue
""Too late to do anything about it now""
17 Letters
THATSHIPHASSAILED
ALLComplete Solution List
Fanatical groups
5CULTS
Dish often topped with lime and cilantro
3PHO
Sci-fi warrior
4JEDI
One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven
5OPERA
Team behind the cameras
4CREW
Actor Epps of "House"
4OMAR
Question after "Well, well, well ..."
14WHATHAVEWEHERE
Jerk
4YANK
"Family Guy" character with a nasal voice
4LOIS
Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs
3COO
Word with market or list
5PRICE
"Too late to do anything about it now"
17THATSHIPHASSAILED
One who has a lot to show?
7REALTOR
Bungee jumping requirement
4CORD
First name in beauty products
5ESTEE
Egg carton?
3SAC
Holders of hammers and anvils
4EARS
One cause of deterioration
3USE
Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses
11WHALESHARKS
Genre for DMX or DMC
3RAP
Coffee maker inserts
4PODS
Actor Somerhalder of "Lost"
3IAN
Gas company with a triangular logo
5CITGO
One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football
4UTES
Player on the bench?
7PIANIST
Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer
17THANKSBUTNOTHANKS
Oodles
5HEAPS
Member of a Tolkien army
3ORC
Object in Pixar's logo
4LAMP
Demolish
4RAZE
Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across?
10LAUGHLINES
School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI
4ETON
Fun-size
4TINY
Irritating "cloud"
5GNATS
Beech or birch
4WOOD
Ernie who has won the British Open twice
3ELS
Shoelace protector
5AGLET
Part of a Batman costume
4COWL
Until
4UPTO
Had an uplifting experience?
9LEVITATED
Bridge framework
7TRESTLE
Shop item with teeth
3SAW
Before surgery, in brief
5PREOP
"Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit)
3HER
Be shy?
3OWE
Some kicks on Route 66, maybe
7JOYRIDE
Bit of info on a résumé
5EMAIL
___-Ball
5DANCE
Teed off
5IRKED
Group in a loft
5CHOIR
Sound in a cave
4ECHO
Course standard
3PAR
Gumbo, e.g.
4STEW
Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius
4SCAR
Punch in the face, say
4SOCK
Extend a tour of duty
4REUP
The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3
4ESSO
It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief
3SSN
Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products
9ARTISANAL
Cloths for custodians
4RAGS
TV ad
4SPOT
Stead
4LIEU
Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi
4EAST
Create a PDF of, maybe
4SCAN
Hang
7SUSPEND
Slightest idea
7INKLING
Airer of the game show "Wipeout"
3TBS
Bess's beau on Broadway
5PORGY
Eczema symptom
4ITCH
Pitched
5THREW
Cool beans!
5NEATO
Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet"
5KAZOO
Followers of articles
5NOUNS
Parcel out
4METE
Whisper that might accompany a tap
4PSST
Broadband letters
3LTE
Need a day off, say
3AIL
Big Apple airport code
3LGA