Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, April 13, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, April 13, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "HURRICANESEASON".
Total Clues
78
Longest
HURRICANESEASON
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
GEL
Featured Clue
"Risky time for beach property owners"
15 Letters
HURRICANESEASON
ALLComplete Solution List
Undergoes a chemical change
6REACTS
Yosemite or Yellowstone
4PARK
Hairstyling stuff
3GEL
Send out of the country, as goods
6EXPORT
One of many in an autumn pile
4LEAF
Alter ___ (secondary identity)
3EGO
Rap songs and such
11HIPHOPMUSIC
Certain endurance race, in brief
3TRI
Bowling venue
5ALLEY
Singer Tori
4AMOS
You got that right!
4AMEN
Brewski
4BEER
Places to stick wallets
10HIPPOCKETS
__ of the D'Urbervilles
4TESS
There's ___ in 'team,' but there is one in 'win'
3NOI
Longtime TV brand
3RCA
Paula of "American Idol"
5ABDUL
Something named on a license plate
5STATE
Risky time for beach property owners
15HURRICANESEASON
Chose
5OPTED
Highway stopover
5MOTEL
Married
3WED
Keg attachment
3TAP
French fashion magazine
4ELLE
Singer with the 1961 #1 hit "Hit the Road Jack"
10RAYCHARLES
The Thin Man terrier
4ASTA
Salt Lake City's home
4UTAH
"___, and ye shall find" (Matthew 7:7)
4SEEK
Tehre are two in tihs clue
5TYPOS
___ B, a.k.a. Scary Spice
3MEL
"Woo-hoo!" ... as suggested by the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across
11THREECHEERS
Slight amount
3BIT
The slightest amount
4ATAD
Make fizzy, as a drink
6AERATE
Actress ___ de Armas
3ANA
Freight car weights
4TONS
Picnic food holder
6BASKET
Physical therapy and such, informally
5REHAB
Send out of the country, as a disgraced leader
5EXILE
Fruit pastry that pairs well with vanilla ice cream
9APPLETART
Stick together
6COHERE
Land of Priam and Hector
4TROY
Motor oil brand
3STP
Pleasingly round
5PLUMP
Author of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
5AESOP
___ d'etre (justification for being)
6RAISON
Colonel Sanders's chain
3KFC
See what I mean?
5GETME
Wading bird
5EGRET
Gird one's ___
5LOINS
__ tai: cocktail
3MAI
Japanese dog
5AKITA
Big banking inits. in the U.K.
4HSBC
Sportscaster Howard who cried "Down goes Frazier!"
6COSELL
Responded to a doctor's request
6SAIDAH
Greek P
3RHO
Baking quantity
3CUP
Fish ladder locale
3DAM
Chicago-style pizza chain
3UNO
Live and __ live
3LET
Right now
9ASWESPEAK
Nursery rhyme's "little piggy"
3TOE
Finish line
3END
Gag
5RETCH
Observes
4SEES
Afghan language
6PASHTO
Features of lasagna or an onion
6LAYERS
Dance from Cuba
5RUMBA
Stayed home for dinner
5ATEIN
Site where Allies met in 1945
5YALTA
Showed again, as on TV
5RERAN
City NE of Manchester
5LEEDS
Barely manage, with "out"
3EKE
Rich cake whose name comes from German
5TORTE
Strong suit
5ASSET
Ellington's "Take ___ Train"
4THEA
Tit for ___
3TAT
Taxi!
3CAB