Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, April 22, 2026 features 80 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "ENCOURAGED".
Total Clues
80
Longest
ENCOURAGED
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
USC
Featured Clue
"Spurred (on)"
10 Letters
ENCOURAGED
ALLComplete Solution List
"All the world," per Shakespeare's Jaques
5STAGE
Countertop piece
4SLAB
First things first for a chef
4PREP
Villain in the Bible's Christmas story
5HEROD
Titanic
4HUGE
Lead-in to pad or port
4HELI
Spurred (on)
10ENCOURAGED
God served by the ravens Huginn and Muninn
4ODIN
Condition that may involve stimming, for short
4ADHD
Good grief!
6SHEESH
Trojan's sch.
3USC
Some buggies, for short
4ATVS
Rakish
6LOUCHE
Exercise for the arms and back
6PULLUP
Emerge once more
8REAPPEAR
Not squarely balanced
5ATILT
Like some Scots
6CELTIC
Ax
3CAN
Applies, as facial cream
5DAUBS
Paint container
3CAN
Opposed to
6AVERSE
Studies all night, say
5CRAMS
You might pass to one
8TEAMMATE
Like some Scots
6GAELIC
Small advancement
6INROAD
En ___ (with all the judges present)
4BANC
One might be used for battering
3RAM
Tiny slice
6SLIVER
Cry of pain
4YEOW
Apple on a desk
4IMAC
One offering lessons
10INSTRUCTOR
"Strega ___" (1975 children's book)
4NONA
Genesis grandchild
4ENOS
Material for a ceramicist
5GLAZE
It might grow slowly on a face
4GRIN
Fibrous
4ROPY
The face that launched a thousand ships
5HELEN
___ butter
4SHEA
Mind
4TEND
Grand entryway
4ARCH
Jane ___ Institute (wildlife conservation group)
7GOODALL
Professor's URL ender
3EDU
Some prerevolutionary Mideast leaders
5SHAHS
It's going downhill fast!
4LUGE
James who wrote "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"
4AGEE
Supporters of a king or queen?
8BEDSLATS
Dish traditionally flavored with Saigon cinnamon
3PHO
With 31- and 43-Down, an environmentalist motto ... as suggested elsewhere in different ways in this puzzle
6REDUCE
Actress Cuthbert of "The Girl Next Door"
6ELISHA
One of two on a scorpion
6PINCER
Let me know if you're coming
4RSVP
Kachina doll carvers
4HOPI
Alternative to "tsk"
3TUT
Bars on an energy bar, say, for short
3UPC
K Street grp.
3PAC
Tony winner Hagen
3UTA
Former N.B.A. champion Jeremy
3LIN
See 11-Down
5REUSE
German river to the North sea.
4ELBE
Icon on an online shop
4CART
Like a black mamba vis-à-vis a python
8DEADLIER
Golden Bears' school, familiarly
3CAL
___ dreaming?
3AMI
Grp. in the Situation Room
3NSC
Te ___ (Spanish "I love you")
3AMO
Annual show with astronaut-shaped trophies, for short
4VMAS
Is able to
3CAN
See 11-Down
7RECYCLE
Draining
6TIRING
Win over
6ENAMOR
Italian luxury brand
6ARMANI
Teri of {/Tootsie/}
4GARR
Nickname alternative for Liz
5BETSY
___ uncertain terms (clearly)
4INNO
Letters on a Cognac bottle
4VSOP
"And some other authors": Abbr.
4ETAL
Seep
4OOZE
Carolina ___
4WREN
John
3CAN
That stinks!
3UGH