Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, April 20, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, April 20, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "CHOOCHOOTRAINS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
CHOOCHOOTRAINS
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ASP
Featured Clue
"Locomotives, to kids"
14 Letters
CHOOCHOOTRAINS
ALLComplete Solution List
Solicit with a goodie
5TEMPT
School support grps.
4PTAS
Egyptian cobra
3ASP
Well-informed
5AWARE
Teaser, for short
5PROMO
Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names
3LIL
Low red card in a deck
11TWOOFHEARTS
George Gershwin's lyricist brother
3IRA
Window shades
6BLINDS
Follow orders
4OBEY
Locomotives, to kids
14CHOOCHOOTRAINS
Comic figure at a circus
5CLOWN
Impressive
3OOH
Stir up, as waters
4ROIL
The worst
9THISSUCKS
Backward
3ASS
Walk wearily
7TRAIPSE
___-Magnon (early human)
3CRO
City and its surroundings
9METROAREA
German refusal
4NEIN
Alternative to com or edu
3ORG
Ridiculous
5SILLY
"Don't mention it — it was easy"
14NOTROUBLEATALL
Just doin' my job
4ITRY
Insect with pincers
6EARWIG
X, for a sorority
3CHI
"I need to use the bathroom" ... or what the shaded squares spell?
11NATURECALLS
Skirt feature
3HEM
Decorations around the United Nations
5FLAGS
Sauer hot dog topping
5KRAUT
Triage sites, for short
3ERS
Mascara coats one
4LASH
Full of know-how
5SAVVY
Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally
3TAT
Gross!
3EWW
Chinese revolutionary
3MAO
Football all-star game
7PROBOWL
Cookware coating
6TEFLON
National museum in Madrid.
5PRADO
Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt
5TORSO
Fig. from an out-of-order ATM?
3AMT
...---... in Morse
3SOS
Cover story, in court
5ALIBI
Sound that warns of a tornado
5SIREN
What coins are exchanged for at an arcade
5PLAYS
Phnom ___ (Cambodia's capital)
4PENH
Kool-Aid rival
3HIC
Site of Pearl Harbor
4OAHU
Not far away
5CLOSE
Lift
5HOIST
Throw out
4TOSS
Valentine's Day flower
4ROSE
Stow tightly, with "in"
4CRAM
Cigarette substance
3TAR
Move in a hurry, old-style
3HIE
Craft brew designation letters
3IPA
Medium-sized battery
5CCELL
Filtered food for whales
5KRILL
PlayStation maker
4SONY
Matador charger
4TORO
Pasta-sauce brand
4RAGU
Golfer McIlroy
4RORY
Big U.S./Canada falls
7NIAGARA
The boondocks
6STICKS
Specialty
5NICHE
Catchall survey option
5OTHER
Cuts at the margins
5TRIMS
Apps undergoing testing
5BETAS
"Sometimes you just gotta ___"
5LAUGH
Flubs
4ERRS
Slack-jawed feeling
3AWE
Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars
3NFL
In the style of
3ALA
Bathroom, informally
3LAV
Sweetie, to Brits
3LUV
Total dump
3STY