April fool, e.g. Crossword Clue

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April fool, e.g. Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a crime (especially a robbery)
2. a playful leap or hop
(verb)
1. jump about playfully

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FOOL (noun)
1. a person who lacks good judgment
2. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
FOOL (verb)
1. fool or hoax
2. spend frivolously and unwisely
APRIL (noun)
1. the month following March and preceding May

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CRAPE

More NYT Crossword (1/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Cattle calls?

5. Visible sign of hard work

10. El ___ (precursor of the Expressionists)

15. Novelist Quindlen who wrote "One True Thing"

16. One of five ... or maybe six?

17. Like darts

18. *Oft-quoted advice in Matthew 7:7

21. Herb related to parsley

22. Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+

23. Races longer than marathons, informally

24. First name in rap?

25. Stat for Aaron Judge

27. Puts the finishing touches on, in a way

28. *24/7/365

32. Some scanners, for short

35. Jan. 1 through today

36. Oodles of time

37. Elate

38. Nobelist Joliot-Curie who synthesized radioactive isotopes

41. Stereotypical dog

42. Bases of shipbuilding

43. Sol, but not Luna

44. Word with sponge or fish

45. Quarterback's asset

46. Shiny little platters

47. *Evening spent playing with the kids, say

52. Stare in astonishment

53. "Just peachy"

54. Possible response to "Tu veux du chocolat?"

55. Idiomatic partner of "lose"

58. Disney still

60. Directive written in currants in "Alice in Wonderland"

62. Tendency to reinforce one's established beliefs … or a hint to answering this puzzle's starred clues

65. Playwright Chekhov

66. Following

67. "Sorry ... hard pass"

68. Corporate musical chairs, for short

69. Rib

70. Quinceañera celebrant, e.g.

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Down

1. Indian spice blend

2. Low soccer score

3. Food writer Molly

4. Fifth Avenue store

5. W-9 fig.

6. One method of sibling torture

7. Oscar-nominated singer/songwriter for "May It Be" (2001)

8. Like a used firepit

9. What might give you a brewed awakening?

10. Narrow kitchen

11. Results of feuds

12. Title for any male in the House of Saud

13. Actor John who has granted more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation

14. Sportsbook calculation

19. Make bubbly

20. Created Yoda, he did

26. Brief letters?

27. Fig. on a driver's license

29. Unit of force

30. Energy-healing practice

31. Fluctuate between normal singing and falsetto

32. Bit of concert merch

33. Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief

34. About a third of an N.F.L. broadcast

37. Highway behemoth

38. Fortune competitor

39. 5.5 yards

40. Subject of astrobiology, in brief

41. Star quality

42. Seattle N.H.L. team

45. Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address

47. Throwing for a loop

48. Bulldog supporters

49. The moment of truth

50. "The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being ___": Mahatma Gandhi

51. Dons, as an apron

52. Really try to get

55. C-section reminder

56. Nada

57. Not fooled by

58. Where the coffee and Wi-Fi might both be strong

59. At Last singer James

61. Adjoin

63. Place to strike a pose?

64. Seam contents

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