NYT Crossword April 12 2022 Answers (4/12/22)

The New York Times has been publishing Crosswords since 1942, and there is the regular, full-sized Crossword along with the Mini Crossword. This post shares all of the answers to the NYT Crossword published April 12, 2022.

NYT Crossword Answers Guide

Here are all of the answers for the recent New York Times Crossword. Click/tap on the appropriate clue to get the answer. (We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!) You can also find an ongoing post of the latest NYT Crossword answers.

Crossword Clue Answer List
Skunk’s defense
High school exam, for short
Reddish-purple salad ingredient
Apple TV+ alternative
Shakespeare villain who says “I am not what I am”
Literature Nobelist Alice
They’re long for an underdog
Steffi with seven Wimbledon titles
Church choir accompaniment
Temp job?
___/her pronouns
Prevailed
Necklace that can be made with kukui nuts
Prefix with liberal or conservative
Union job?
Ones potentially contacted in “first contact”
Vowel sound at the end of 15- and 26-Across
La Vie en Rose singer Edith
End of a hairy limb
Watery or papery
Yiddish “Yikes!”
Have ambitions (to)
Flex job?
It sells, it’s said
MSNBC competitor
Chaired
Like the opening of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9
Dream job?
It travels at nearly 300 million meters per second
Apple Store offerings
Story of one’s life?
Music is powered by ___: Yo-Yo Ma
Olympian’s sword
Fuzzy bit of car décor
Literature Nobelist Morrison
Some lab liquids
Like Scotch
Well, well, well!
Fizzling firework
Encyclopedia volumes vis-à-vis Wikipedia, e.g.
Deceptive trick
Old-fashioned message carriers
South Asian wrap
Petri dish filler
Coming up next
Small town
Driving force?
One might take off a few marks
Spanish for “foolish”
What may be heard in a herd
Exact lookalike
Slim and trim
Give this for that
Lead-in to pad
Clear up, as ski goggles
Works in a theater
Likely to offend, in brief
George Eliot and George Orwell, for two
Really prosper
___ Man, one of the Avengers
Wonkish sort
America’s Cup vessels
Bottleful in un ristorante
It was once the world’s fourth-largest lake
Sch. system with campuses in Buffalo and Binghamton
Affirmative reply to “Understand?”
Most abundant element in Earth’s crust
Bullet with a trail
Bad break in bowling
Spiced tea
Scruff of the neck
Many a cocktail mixer
Rocks in a cocktail
Big name in online talks

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.