Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, April 16, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, April 16, 2026 features 75 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "RIPPLING".
Total Clues
75
Longest
RIPPLING
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ARI
Featured Clue
"Like a lake on a breezy day"
8 Letters
RIPPLING
ALLComplete Solution List
Ventricle suppliers
5ATRIA
Accepted unquestioningly
5ATEUP
Rx for a root canal
7PAINMED
___ Moshfegh, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" novelist
7OTTESSA
Performer known for her runs
7POPDIVA
Sommeliers' assets
7PALATES
Like some gins and cleaning products
5PINEY
Wipe clean
5ERASE
Fast fliers
7FALCONS
Insect nicknamed for its small size
7NOSEEUM
{/Midsommar/} director Aster
3ARI
Nova network
3PBS
Sport that takes place in an octagon, in brief
3MMA
Ilk
4KIND
Risks it
5DARES
Leaning
4BENT
Upper hand
4EDGE
I, Robot author Asimov
5ISAAC
Big deals
4ADOS
Facilities, informally
3LAV
Booking, for short
3RES
Torah writers
7SCRIBES
Unit for ultra-high-speed internet
7GIGABIT
This isn't working?
7LEISURE
Fault line?
7APOLOGY
Home security co.
3ADP
Wail
3CRY
Word seen between here and there
3NOR
Joel's smuggling partner on "The Last of Us"
4TESS
Bouquet
5AROMA
Tzatziki scooper
4PITA
Big payroll service co.
4ETAS
Number of Super Bowl rings for Tom Brady
5SEVEN
Abbr. seen before a person's name
4ATTN
With 65-Across, with extreme precision ... or a hint to reading 15 of this puzzle's answers
4DOWN
Serious
5STERN
See 63-Across
4TOAT
X, for one
3APP
Fields medalist Terence
3TAO
Like a lake on a breezy day
8RIPPLING
Charge
6INDICT
Question from someone seeking reassurance
6AMINOT
Finally
6ATLAST
Service with cups and saucers
6TEASET
Dear
8ESTEEMED
Exercise
3USE
Negation word in French
3PAS
Occasion
5EVENT
Previous times
8DAYSPAST
Welcome sight in musical chairs
8OPENSEAT
Source of a deal with The Devil?
5TAROT
Sham
4FAKE
Like most of Nevada
4ARID
"Yeah, nice try"
4UMNO
Gymnasts' rolls?
4MATS
Kid who might get grounded
4BRAT
Take off the market
6DELIST
Reroute
6DIVERT
Something a reality show lacks
6SCRIPT
Igneous rock that composes most of Venus's surface
6BASALT
Be against, in a way
4ABUT
Achievement for Whoopi Goldberg and Rita Moreno, in brief
4EGOT
Planned
6SLATED
Officially give
6CEDETO
Tool with coarse teeth
6RIPSAW
It's a ___!
6SECRET
Portmanteau for a queer Fortnite player, say
6GAYMER
Fish whose name is Spanish for "pretty"
6BONITO
There's no stopping me!
6IGOTTA
Ruler with an iron fist
6TYRANT
Meander
4ROVE
Fig. with two hyphens
3SSN
Modern intensifying suffix
3ASS
Journalist Curry
3ANN
Glib
3PAT