Daily Themed Crossword April 13, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the April 13, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
April 13, 2026 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | First three letters of The Alphabet Song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Game show hosts (anagram of cms): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | What's up ___? (Bugs Bunny opener) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Australian hopper informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Exclamation similar to ohh | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Japanese heavyweight wrestling form | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Low-___ (diet choice) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Like two ___ in a pod | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Look after someone (anagram of dent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Chip and ___ (cartoon chipmunks) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | ___ & the Blowfish Grammy-winning rock group who came up with their name during their college days at the University of South Carolina | HOOTIE | 6 | |
| #12 | Salt and ___ shakers | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Tombstone letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Fashion magazine of French origin (sounds like L) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | The Producers director Brooks | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Kung ___ chicken (Chinese delicacy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ carte food order: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Chinese frying pan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Pig fat used as a cooking ingredient (rhymes with bard) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Blu-___ (disc format) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Put in some stitches say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | By the power vested ___ ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Give credit where credit is ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Talking ___ rock band whose members met at RISD before becoming legends of '70s and '80s new wave | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | School for toddlers say: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Furry red monster of Sesame Street | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Antioxidant berry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Snaky swimmers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | College-town band known for Losing My Religion whose early gigs in Athens led to a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | REM | 3 | |
| #30 | Long bone in the leg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Longest African river | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | The Bard's hullabaloo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ Floyd psychedelic trailblazing group originally formed by architecture students at Regent Street Polytechnic | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Shaggy's buddy Scooby-___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Temporary teacher informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Rainbow shape | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ constrictor (large snake) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | British chart-topping band known for Yellow whose members became friends during orientation at University College London | Show answer | 8 | |
| #39 | Pancake syrup | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Hurray! or Ole! in a stadium | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | ___ Na Na American rock and roll group | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Tune for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Prefix with present to mean everywhere at once | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | The Da Vinci ___ (Dan Brown novel) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | What a red light signifies | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Princess Fiona's lover who is a green ogre | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | King Kong for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Liquid that is also called black gold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ... and a partridge in a ___ tree | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Queen of Jazz ___ Fitzgerald | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Trim the lawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ box mythological object that released evils into the world | Show answer | 8 | |
| #53 | Upper limbs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Dedicated poem | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Vampire ___ indie rockers who started out with a rap collaboration while still at Columbia University | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | Actor Neeson of Taken | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Take legal action | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Can I buy you a ___? (question you may hear at a pub) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | What Adele said from the other side? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | What ___ is new? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | No ___ no gain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Snake seen in hieroglyphics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | ___-Town (Illinois city nickname) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Vowels that end Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | School's URL ending | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Flash ___ (spontaneous performers) | Show answer | 3 |
How the April 13, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for April 13, 2026, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is COLDPLAY at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for April 13, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
April 13, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the April 13, 2026 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 66 clues with answers from 3 to 8 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for April 13, 2026 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the April 13, 2026 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.