Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, April 4, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, April 4, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.8 letters. The longest answer is "SOLDIERANTS".
Total Clues
68
Longest
SOLDIERANTS
Avg Length
5.8
Shortest
DEC
Featured Clue
"Protectors of a queen"
11 Letters
SOLDIERANTS
ALLComplete Solution List
Conceited sort, disrespectfully
10POMPOUSASS
They're not hard to beat
4EGGS
Win after ad out, say
10BREAKSERVE
Tire (out)
4POOP
Popular loaves for corned beef sandwiches
10JEWISHRYES
Resort that bans snowboarding
4ALTA
Protectors of a queen
11SOLDIERANTS
When Buddhism's Bodhi Day is observed: Abbr.
3DEC
Tourist hotspot in Uttar Pradesh
4AGRA
Epoch that marked the rise of mammals
6EOCENE
Heaven forbid!
5GODNO
Chart toppers
8HITSONGS
Fulfillment center?
3ELS
Building managers, informally
5SUPES
Best-selling 2010 Kitty Kelley celebrity biography
5OPRAH
The sparkle in some cosmetics
4MICA
Member of a militant Islamist movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan
5TALIB
Low-priced car introduced in 1980
4YUGO
One bit
5ATALL
Mentioned
5CITED
What isn't anyone's fault?
3LET
Unconvincing way of answering "Did you finish the job?"
8ITRIEDTO
Less likely to bite, perhaps
5TAMED
Dennis ___, author of "Mystic River" and "Gone Baby Gone"
6LEHANE
The so-called "Prince of Motown"
4GAYE
Sold-out inits.
3SRO
Person giving anonymously
11SECRETSANTA
Gone
4PAST
Famous French filmmaker who was the son of a famous painter
10JEANRENOIR
Lead-in to girl
4ATTA
Something important to do, in office-speak
10ACTIONITEM
High-protein paste
4MISO
You betcha!
10YESINDEEDY
Lunchbox staples, for short
4PBJS
"Twist, Lick, Dunk" product
4OREO
Cry feebly
4MEWL
Staple of many a free app
6PAIDAD
Some silent yeses
7OKSIGNS
Escort away
8USHEROUT
JunÃpero ___, founder of the San Francisco Mission
5SERRA
One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones"
4ARYA
Scandinavian name that becomes a number if you add an "e" inside it
4SVEN
Type of stanza
6SESTET
Waste watchdog, for short
3EPA
Longstanding code of conduct
10GOLDENRULE
Agreed to a proposal
10GOTENGAGED
Rocket to the moon, e.g.
9SPACESHOT
Average
4SOSO
Roger that
4COPY
Fashionable stars of showbiz, slangily
10GLITTERATI
Crystal and Rock, notably
10OSCARHOSTS
Sun (prefix)
5HELIO
Really!
4ISIT
Target of some filters
9EMAILSPAM
____ deal!
4PACT
Et ___
4ALIA
Certain particle accelerator
8BETATRON
Fisheye, e.g.
4LENS
Nightfall
7DAYSEND
Someone having mixed success at work?
6DEEJAY
Ogre
6MEANIE
Figures in the films "Kazaam" and "Wishmaster"
5GENII
Gospel singer Winans
4CECE
Loose-lipped ones
4RATS
F or G, but not H
4NOTE
Like some tongues
4TIED
One side of the college football rivalry branded as "America's Game"
4ARMY
Eastern philosophy
3TAO