Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, April 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, April 24, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.9 letters. The longest answer is "DONOTDISTURB".
Total Clues
68
Longest
DONOTDISTURB
Avg Length
5.9
Shortest
FIT
Featured Clue
"Peace sign"
12 Letters
DONOTDISTURB
ALLComplete Solution List
Once-in-a-lifetime events
6BIRTHS
They might have good track records
8ATHLETES
"Ah, right right right"
6OHISEE
Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr.
8THEOLOGY
Oscar winner for "The African Queen"
6BOGART
Low volume?
8TEASPOON
Treat mercifully
5SPARE
Charges
5BILLS
Concern for a seamstress
3FIT
Sounds good
4LETS
Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique
5DUMAS
Green
4CASH
Rocker Brian
3ENO
Green spots
5OASES
Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20
5DARTS
Peace sign
12DONOTDISTURB
"The best cheese of its type in the world," per George Orwell
7STILTON
Approach surreptitiously
7SNEAKUP
Where somebody might be washed up?
12DESERTISLAND
One who's generous to a fault, say
5DOTER
They're held in bondage
5SERFS
Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars"
3RAF
Neural transmitter
4AXON
Certain exposition
5ESSAY
Children's author Kinney
4JEFF
^
3WTF
Something you might get at a wedding
5INLAW
Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025
5HENRI
It has a light bulb
8DAFFODIL
No comment.
6DENIAL
Toss and turn, perhaps
8LIEAWAKE
Role for John Travolta on "Welcome Back, Kotter"
6VINNIE
Takes to the next level
8ELEVATES
Tree nymphs
6DRYADS
Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way
8BOBSLEDS
Perish the thought!
8IHOPENOT
Tubes that go down?
8RIGATONI
The first of these was Terrible
5TSARS
Accounted for
4HERE
Murderer of Osiris, in myth
3SET
Every now and then
7ATTIMES
You just can't take it
12THELASTSTRAW
Recovers
5HEALS
Competitor's setback
4LOSS
Half of hip-hop's Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike
3ELP
How a troublemaker might go
6TOOFAR
One prioritizing self-care?
6EGOIST
Electronica instruments, informally
6SYNTHS
Professional
12BUSINESSLIKE
Woodworkers' grooves
5DADOS
Vicious circle.
5CABAL
Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping
5OTTER
Attire
5DRESS
From time past
5OLDEN
Coalesce
5UNIFY
Surname of a Tolstoy heroine
8KARENINA
Game ___
8UNAFRAID
Acrobat's display
8PDFFILES
Secondhand offerings
7RESALES
Dillydally
6DAWDLE
Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking
6OXTAIL
Brittle confection
6TOFFEE
Finish up with
5ENDAT
Female donkey
5JENNY
Where the Red Delicious apple originated
4IOWA
Dauphin, e.g.
4HEIR
Number one, informally
3FAV
It might have a director's commentary
3DVD