Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 9, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "PINEAPPLEUPSIDEDOWNCAKE".
Total Clues
81
Longest
PINEAPPLEUPSIDEDOWNCAKE
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
DVD
Featured Clue
"Dessert with rings on top, literally"
23 Letters
PINEAPPLEUPSIDEDOWNCAKE
ALLComplete Solution List
Start issuing stock, in Wall Street lingo
5GOIPO
Live the single man's life, slangily
6BACHIT
Part of some box sets
3DVD
Pungent
5ACRID
Stick to
6ADHERE
Joey of kid lit
3ROO
One with thick skin, notably
5RHINO
Customizable Asian-fusion dish
10NOODLEBOWL
Charlatan
5POSER
Ex-Yankee with appearances on "Shark Tank," familiarly
4AROD
Stay singer Lisa
4LOEB
In unison
5ASONE
To an extreme degree
7AWFULLY
[Oh, no!]
4GASP
Stone that's often carved
4JADE
And you __?
3ARE
No thanks
7ILLPASS
Tiny pieces of technology
8NANOBOTS
Amundsen who went to the South Pole 15 years before he flew over the North Pole
5ROALD
Sound of a stone landing in a pool
4PLOP
Tone used to create an antique vibe
5SEPIA
So darling
8LOVEABLE
Scare the bejesus out of
7PETRIFY
Lead-in to Pen
3EPI
Speck in the sea
4ISLE
Zebras in the field?
4REFS
Article of summer wear
7TANKTOP
On which to watch the Beeb
5TELLY
Retail giant with a three-syllable name in four letters
4IKEA
Bring home
4EARN
In base eight
5OCTAL
Oil bigwig?
10ARTCURATOR
Cease-fire
5TRUCE
Bit of ticket info
3ROW
Community traversed by the Pacific Coast Highway
6MALIBU
SHADOW
5UMBRA
__ man
3ANT
Lines 9 through 14 of a classic sonnet
6SESTET
Aerodynamic, maybe
5SLEEK
John Irving's "The World According to ___"
4GARP
Número that's half of dieciséis
4OCHO
Anatomical ring
4IRIS
Dessert with rings on top, literally
23PINEAPPLEUPSIDEDOWNCAKE
Features of leftovers, at times
5ODORS
Dessert in a boat, literally
11BANANASPLIT
Found darling
6ADORED
Jimmy known for shoes
4CHOO
__ Gabler (Ibsen play)
5HEDDA
Opposite of virtually, to texters
3IRL
Ball bearer
3TEE
[That looks so delicious!]
5DROOL
Wheel Of Fortune purchase
5VOWEL
Big name in surround sound
5DOLBY
Dessert with a streusel-like topping, literally
16BLUEBERRYCRUMBLE
Drinks with or without pulp, for short
3OJS
Peaked
3WAN
Cold-weather coat
5FROST
Follower of "Gossip" or "Gone"
4GIRL
Potatoes, in some Asian cuisines
4ALOO
Pole, e.g.
4SLAV
Music producer Brian
3ENO
"Intelligence is the ability to ___ to change": Stephen Hawking
5ADAPT
Triangular dessert, literally
13APPLETURNOVER
Early Ron Howard TV role
4OPIE
Small squabble
4TIFF
Comments
4SAYS
Aromatic bit of attire
3LEI
Some text beneath a headshot, in brief
3BIO
Fish that may return to the ocean to spawn
3EEL
Flashing light
6STROBE
Accessory on "Downton Abbey" or "Bridgerton"
5TIARA
So-called "Rubber City," home of Goodyear
5AKRON
Cereal box abbr.
5NETWT
Sounds of laughter
5PEALS
Pose for which you must plant your body on the mat?
5LOTUS
Working hard
4ATIT
Lipstick unit
4TUBE
It's a lot
4ACRE
Damage caused by a mole, maybe
4LEAK
Syllables of hesitation
3UMS
Norma __
3RAE