Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, April 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, April 17, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "DARKESTTIMELINE".
Total Clues
70
Longest
DARKESTTIMELINE
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
TIN
Featured Clue
"Worst of all imaginable chronologies"
15 Letters
DARKESTTIMELINE
ALLComplete Solution List
12-12, say
4TIED
Make an all-out effort
5GOBIG
#50 on a table
3TIN
Sea creature known to mourn its dead
4ORCA
Long-stemmed mushroom
5ENOKI
Wow!
3AWE
Medicare subsection covering ambulance services
5PARTB
Get to the point?
5TAPER
Half a chocolate bar
3KAT
Settle a bill
8SQUAREUP
Georgia hometown of R.E.M. and the B-52s
6ATHENS
Small pieces from
6BITSOF
Multitude
4HOST
Looks over briefly
9GLANCESAT
Word after back or snack
4PACK
Sticker that usually comes in sets of three or four?
5PRONG
Did some knifework on
5DICED
Solo pilot?
3HAN
Worst of all imaginable chronologies
15DARKESTTIMELINE
"What's the issue ...?"
3AND
Start to season, as a skillet
5REOIL
Storage Wars network
5AANDE
Awaken
4STIR
Voting, e.g.
9CIVICDUTY
Altho'
4OTOH
Set of notes in a seventh chord
6TETRAD
Stop being such a baby!
6GROWUP
Negative Nancy or Debbie Downer
8NAYSAYER
First Super Bowl won by the Kansas City Chiefs in 50 years
3LIV
Gal on the screen
5GADOT
You're boring me
5SNORE
First of all
3ONE
Result (from)
5OWETO
Chewy Japanese noodle
4UDON
___ supuesto (of course, in Spanish)
3POR
Look with a curled lip
5SNEER
Mizzen, e.g.
4MAST
Outperforms
4TOPS
Modern home of ancient Mesopotamia
4IRAQ
Neutral shade
4ECRU
Informational repository
8DATABANK
End of a gay pride slogan
11GETUSEDTOIT
"Bad news aside ..."
15ONAPOSITIVENOTE
Catchy tune
3BOP
Maker of the iconic Billy bookcase
4IKEA
What's going around
5GIRTH
Gets the memo
10TAKESAHINT
2000 song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet"
10IWANTCANDY
Safety devices for trapeze artists
4NETS
"Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets")
7BRINGER
You get the picture ...
3ETC
Old school dance
3HOP
Discussion guider
11FACILITATOR
2008 Clint Eastwood film centered around an attempted car theft
10GRANTORINO
Act superior to
10LORDITOVER
Pro
3TEM
Bend it, like Beckham?
4KNEE
BlackBerrys, e.g., for short
4PDAS
Seriously, in modern slang
7DEADASS
1/86,400 of a day: Abbr.
3SEC
Opium product used by Anna Karenina and Victor Frankenstein
8LAUDANUM
Big fight
3ROW
Exclaim
3CRY
High honors in science fiction
5HUGOS
Sludge
4GLOP
Sacrifice in some chess gambits
4PAWN
Weird Al Yankovic parody of the Kinks's "Lola"
4YODA
Mythical lover
4EROS
Monthly expense
4RENT
Student center
3DEE