Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, April 29, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "DOTCOMPROMISE".
Total Clues
74
Longest
DOTCOMPROMISE
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
ODD
Featured Clue
"*Assurance from an internet company?"
13 Letters
DOTCOMPROMISE
ALLComplete Solution List
*Failed internet company?
10DOTCOMBUST
Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process
6SPARGE
Exaggerated the merits of
8OVERSOLD
"That's actually pretty neat!"
6OHCOOL
Trait for a good waiter?
8PATIENCE
Ingredient in shepherd's pie
6POTATO
Strange
3ODD
Pirate's booty?
4LOOT
Swabbie's tool
3MOP
In the ___ (intensely focused)
4ZONE
*Assurance from an internet company?
13DOTCOMPROMISE
Your pick
3ANY
Lightly strike, as a windowpane
5TAPAT
Many a 24-hour eatery
5DINER
*Puzzling question for an internet company?
11DOTCOMPOSER
Some épéeists' moves
6LUNGES
Had remorse for
4RUED
Trial version
4DEMO
One-___ (pithy jokes)
6LINERS
*Exposure for an internet company?
11DOTCOMPRESS
Ancient theater
5ODEON
Assuages
5CALMS
Status ___
3QUO
*Illustrative story from an internet company?
13DOTCOMPARABLE
What a track athlete may do three times in one attempt
4JUMP
World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego)
3ACE
Just __!
4MERE
___ Guofeng, successor to Mao Zedong
3HUA
Samples
6TASTES
Rose up
8REBELLED
Get situated
6ORIENT
Shoe with a "kitten" variety
8STILETTO
Zeroes
6RESETS
*Blog message from an internet company?
10DOTCOMPOST
Robber's pursuer
3COP
Reproductive cells
3OVA
"Wall Street," for the U.S. financial industry
7METONYM
Half of many a union-to-be
5BRIDE
Secondhand
4USED
Recipient of many dad jokes
3SON
"Little People, Big World" network
3TLC
Deep sleep
5SOPOR
Uncurated Instagram collections
10PHOTODUMPS
Do something
3ACT
On a different network, say
7ROAMING
Visit
7GOTOSEE
They usually get no reception
7ELOPERS
Coastal resort city in southern California
6DELMAR
Select, with {/for/}
3OPT
Actor Efron
3ZAC
"Mrs. Lennon" writer
3ONO
They're on the docket
5CASES
Paper view?
4OPED
Student's subspecialty
5MINOR
Where seeds might be placed
10TOURNAMENT
Before surgery, for short
5PREOP
__ at 'em!
5LEMME
Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g.
4DOLL
Part of URL
7LOCATOR
"Actually, this matters to me a lot!"
7IDOCARE
The Road Runner, to Wile E. Coyote
7NEMESIS
Poles tossed in a Highland competition
6CABERS
On par with
7EQUALTO
Total
3SUM
Soak (up), as gravy
3SOP
Elevator part
3CAR
Takes a breather
5RESTS
Derby drink
5JULEP
Spot for a ship's captain
4HELM
Control center
3TEE
And so on
3ETC
Life story, for short
3BIO
Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., informally
3ETS
Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues
3DOT