FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 67 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 33 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword April 3 2026 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the April 3, 2026 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Santa's pointy-eared helper
ELF
3
4A
Bill ___, small screen's "Science Guy"
NYE
3
7A
Explosive letters
TNT
3
10A
"Mamma ___!" (Meryl Streep starrer)
MIA
3
11A
Big ___ Wolf ("Little Red Riding Hood" antagonist)
BAD
3
12A
"Boo-___!" (crying sound)
HOO
3
13A
Actress and supermodel Kate ___ (anagram of "punto")
UPTON
5
16A
"Fantastic Beasts ___ Where to Find Them"
AND
3
17A
Bank lobby machine: Abbr.
ATM
3
18A
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor Wheaton
WIL
3
20A
Did you know? This New Zealand bird, which shares its name with a fuzzy fruit, can lay eggs that weigh up to 20% of its body weight!
KIWI
4
22A
Remove from one's computer
DELETE
6
25A
___ urchin (marine creature)
SEA
3
26A
Suffix with "project" for a thrown object
ILE
3
27A
___ Heuer (luxury watch brand)
TAG
3
29A
Jane Goodall's title
DAME
4
33A
Did you know? This duck-billed mammal featured on "Phineas and Ferb" as Perry is one of the only mammals that can lay eggs!
PLATYPUS
8
36A
Lover's squabble
SPAT
4
37A
"It's ___-brainer": 2 wds.
ANO
3
38A
___ and Superman four-act drama written in 1903 by George Bernard Shaw which is based on the Don Juan theme
MAN
3
40A
Santa ___, Southern California city
ANA
3
41A
Joan of ___
ARC
3
44A
Did you know? The praying ___, an insect whose species is featured in "A Bug's Life," can lay up to 400 eggs in just an inch-long sac!
MANTIS
6
46A
Service provider?
PASTOR
6
49A
Antipollution agency: Abbr.
EPA
3
50A
FBI employee, for short
AGT
3
51A
Collision sound in a comic strip
BAM
3
53A
Did you know? This animal featured in "Jaws" lays its eggs in a tough case called a "mermaid's purse"
SHARK
5
57A
Second of April?
PEE
3
58A
"Once ___ blue moon": 2 wds.
INA
3
59A
Prefix with "natal" or "classical"
NEO
3
60A
Venomous snake from Egypt
ASP
3
61A
Head of House Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones
NED
3
62A
NFL stats: Abbr
TDS
3
1D
Did you know? This large flightless Australian bird's eggs are dark green in color, almost like a gemstone
EMU
3
2D
ChapStick target
LIP
3
3D
"That's a big ___ lie" (blatant)
FAT
3
4D
LA Lakers or Miami Heat organization: Abbr.
NBA
3
5D
Pulls with force
YANKS
5
6D
___ Murphy of "Dr. Dolittle"
EDDIE
5
7D
Bangkok native
THAI
4
8D
"This is ___ a drill!" ("This is the real thing!")
NOT
3
9D
Actor Hanks from "A Man Called Otto"
TOM
3
14D
Be behind on bills
OWE
3
15D
___-gritty (basic detail)
NITTY
5
19D
Jump, like a frog
LEAP
4
21D
Rolls of bills
WADS
4
22D
Guacamole or salsa, for one
DIP
3
23D
"___ Enchanted," 2004 musical film
ELLA
4
24D
"... ___, mean, fightin' machine!" ("Stripes" dialogue)
LEAN
4
28D
Chewy candy store purchase
GUM
3
30D
"You deserve ___ on the back": 2 wds.
APAT
4
31D
___-pedi (beauty treatment)
MANI
4
32D
Plane touchdown approximations: Abbr.
ETAS
4
34D
Fit ___ (suit perfectly): 3 wds.
TOAT
4
35D
"It's the ___ old story ..."
SAME
4
39D
Snoozes like a cat?
NAPS
4
42D
Did you know? This American bird lays summer sky-like blue eggs, which is also Tiffany & Co.'s signature blue!
ROBIN
5
43D
Heavy lifter on a construction site
CRANE
5
45D
Casual refusal
NAH
3
46D
___ John's Pizza (popular pizza chain)
PAPA
4
47D
"Rock of ___" (2012 musical comedy)
AGES
4
48D
Word that can precede or follow "dance"
STEP
4
52D
Like the men in a Jon Hamm period drama title
MAD
3
54D
Farm insect?
ANT
3
55D
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuks My Name is ___
RED
3
56D
Boxing stats: Abbr.
KOS
3
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for April 3, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the April 3, 2026 puzzle
The April 3, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 34 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the April 3 2026 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.