Kid's repeated request

Crossword Answer — April 12, 2026

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NYT Crossword

Sunday, April 12, 2026

By Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman

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Across

  1. 1. Words ___ Friends — Answer: WITH
  2. 5. Dunderheads — Answer: DOLTS
  3. 10. Starting point of Diana Nyad's 2013 swim to Florida — Answer: CUBA
  4. 14. Reduce to a pulp — Answer: MASH
  5. 18. Actress ___ Grace Moretz — Answer: CHLOE
  6. 19. "The game's ___": Henry V — Answer: AFOOT
  7. 20. Mystery writer? — Answer: ANON
  8. 21. Soothing succulent — Answer: ALOE. Hint: This plant is often used to calm skin irritations and keep things cool! 🌿
  9. 22. HOT woman worth fighting for? — Answer: HELENOFTROY
  10. 24. Throwing weapon known in Japanese as a shuriken — Answer: NINJASTAR
  11. 26. 2010-12's ___ Spring — Answer: ARAB
  12. 27. Coronary insert — Answer: STENT
  13. 28. GOT in the ballpark? — Answer: GIVEORTAKE
  14. 29. Gomez of "Only Murders in the Building" — Answer: SELENA
  15. 31. Under, poetically — Answer: NEATH. Hint: Think of a word that often follows 'beyond' in a poetic sense! 🌌
  16. 33. Trick — Answer: RUSE
  17. 34. Music to a comedian's ears — Answer: LAUGH
  18. 36. Some 1960s-style protests — Answer: LIEINS
  19. 39. Contents of a black-and-white pod — Answer: ORCAS
  20. 43. BOB Dylan album? — Answer: BLONDEONBLONDE
  21. 47. Impossible to read, perhaps — Answer: INCODE
  22. 48. Word before cut or class — Answer: LOW
  23. 49. Fragrant compound — Answer: ESTER. Hint: A sweet-smelling chemical often found in perfumes and fruit flavors. 🌸
  24. 50. "It's ___. Do you know where your children are?" (old P.S.A.) — Answer: TENPM
  25. 52. Butcher's cut — Answer: LOIN
  26. 53. Takes a little off — Answer: TRIMS
  27. 55. Time's 2023 Person of the Year — Answer: SWIFT
  28. 58. A.I.-powered video hoaxes — Answer: DEEPFAKES
  29. 60. In ___ — Answer: SITU
  30. 61. Portuguese wine — Answer: MADEIRA
  31. 63. Put out again — Answer: REISSUE
  32. 64. MOB wives? — Answer: MAILORDERBRIDES
  33. 68. Casino supervisor — Answer: PITBOSS
  34. 71. Surround — Answer: ENCLOSE
  35. 72. Poker in the Olympics? — Answer: EPEE
  36. 76. How an urgent text may be written — Answer: INALLCAPS
  37. 79. Affect emotionally — Answer: TOUCH
  38. 80. Carne ___ — Answer: ASADA. Hint: A beloved Mexican grilled beef dish that’s perfect for tacos 🌮
  39. 81. Word on either side of "à" — Answer: TETE
  40. 82. Org. founded to fund foreign projects — Answer: USAID
  41. 84. Vapes, familiarly — Answer: ECIGS
  42. 86. King's title, in brief — Answer: REV
  43. 87. Turkish summit — Answer: ARARAT
  44. 89. SOAP film? — Answer: SNAKESONAPLANE
  45. 93. Alternative to a Les Paul, for short — Answer: STRAT
  46. 94. Dad's deflection — Answer: ASKMOM
  47. 95. One of the seven deadly sins — Answer: GREED
  48. 96. Vegetables rarely cut with a knife — Answer: PEAS
  49. 98. Switch positions — Answer: ONOFF
  50. 101. Washington or Berlin — Answer: IRVING
  51. 104. KID napper's demand? — Answer: KEEPITDOWN
  52. 109. Loses emotional control, in gamer-speak — Answer: TILTS
  53. 111. Socialite Sedgwick, the supposed inspiration for Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" — Answer: EDIE
  54. 112. Winning country at the 2022 World Cup — Answer: ARGENTINA
  55. 113. THE big game? — Answer: TEXASHOLDEM
  56. 115. "You're full of baloney!" — Answer: LIAR
  57. 116. "Right on, man" — Answer: IDIG
  58. 117. "Baywatch" actress Eleniak — Answer: ERIKA
  59. 118. Breathers — Answer: LULLS
  60. 119. Goals — Answer: ENDS
  61. 120. Reference — Answer: CITE
  62. 121. Fall perennial — Answer: ASTER
  63. 122. Primatologists' subjects — Answer: APES

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  1. 1. One of a reporter's W's — Answer: WHERE
  2. 2. Line of latitude? — Answer: ILLALLOWIT
  3. 3. Squishy part of a cat's paw, cutesily — Answer: TOEBEAN
  4. 4. Brooding sort — Answer: HEN
  5. 5. Nutty — Answer: DAFT
  6. 6. Frequently — Answer: OFTEN
  7. 7. 2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live" — Answer: LORNE
  8. 8. Nickname for the 6'9" Dallas Cowboys great Ed Jones — Answer: TOOTALL
  9. 9. What a mess — Answer: STY
  10. 10. Kid's repeated request — Answer: CANI
  11. 11. Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. — Answer: UNIV
  12. 12. Idiot mistakes — Answer: BONERS
  13. 13. Pear variety — Answer: ANJOU
  14. 14. Dazzling displays of skill — Answer: MASTERCLASSES
  15. 15. Utah ski resort — Answer: ALTA
  16. 16. Linger in the bath — Answer: SOAK
  17. 17. Roll call response — Answer: HERE
  18. 18. Nickname that's an alternative to Chuck — Answer: CHAS
  19. 23. Native Oklahomans — Answer: OSAGES
  20. 25. Bad lighting? — Answer: ARSON
  21. 28. Treaty of ___, official close to the War of 1812 — Answer: GHENT
  22. 30. Some N.S.F.W. texts — Answer: NUDES
  23. 32. Madre's hermano — Answer: TIO
  24. 35. Spicy dips — Answer: HOTSALSAS
  25. 37. Named, informally — Answer: IDED
  26. 38. Madre's baby — Answer: NENE
  27. 40. Manipulates dishonestly — Answer: COOKS
  28. 41. Common Wordle starting word (for all those vowels) — Answer: ADIEU
  29. 42. Feel — Answer: SENSE
  30. 43. Crunchy sandwiches, for short — Answer: BLTS
  31. 44. ___ Greiner, inventor and "Shark Tank" personality — Answer: LORI
  32. 45. Fresh cut — Answer: NEWDO
  33. 46. Prickly patch — Answer: BRIER
  34. 47. Fetter — Answer: IMPEDE
  35. 51. Disappearing from the earth — Answer: PERISHING
  36. 54. Hip-hop artists with unintelligible lyrics — Answer: MUMBLERAPPERS
  37. 56. Bona ___ — Answer: FIDE
  38. 57. Council of ___ (Counter-Reformation body) — Answer: TRENT
  39. 59. Mild oath — Answer: FIE
  40. 61. Trading card error — Answer: MISCUT
  41. 62. Bowed, musically — Answer: ARCO
  42. 65. Big inits. in 1990s internet — Answer: AOL
  43. 66. Genre for Stevie Ray Vaughan — Answer: BLUES
  44. 67. Celebrity chef DiSpirito — Answer: ROCCO
  45. 68. Gyro wraps — Answer: PITAS
  46. 69. Like krypton — Answer: INERT
  47. 70. Turkic language — Answer: TATAR
  48. 73. Basic drumming pattern — Answer: PARADIDDLE
  49. 74. Steinbeck's "East of ___" — Answer: EDEN
  50. 75. Place for Christmas lights — Answer: EAVE
  51. 77. "Not interested" — Answer: PASS
  52. 78. Head toward bankruptcy, say — Answer: SINK
  53. 80. According to — Answer: ASPER
  54. 83. Matt of "Oppenheimer" — Answer: DAMON
  55. 85. Overly bright and showy — Answer: GARISH
  56. 88. Used DoorDash, say — Answer: ATEIN
  57. 90. ___Mari Method (tidying system) — Answer: KON
  58. 91. Hams — Answer: EMOTERS
  59. 92. Advance in a video game — Answer: LEVELUP
  60. 94. "That was true for me, too" — Answer: ASDIDI
  61. 97. Storage area — Answer: ATTIC
  62. 99. Demand from a disgruntled customer — Answer: FIXIT
  63. 100. Unreliable sort, in slang — Answer: FLAKE
  64. 102. What a Bohr! — Answer: NIELS
  65. 103. Diamonds, but not clubs — Answer: GEMS
  66. 104. Dark green — Answer: KALE
  67. 105. "The Office" receptionist — Answer: ERIN
  68. 106. Mild oath — Answer: EGAD
  69. 107. "Don't worry, boss!" — Answer: ONIT
  70. 108. Kind of hike — Answer: WAGE
  71. 110. Position removed by the February Revolution — Answer: TSAR
  72. 113. Drink "for two," in song — Answer: TEA
  73. 114. Portuguese greeting — Answer: OLA

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The answer to Kid's repeated request in the New York Times crossword is CANI — a 4-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on April 12, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 10-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.

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CANI (4 letters)

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The answer is CANI, a 4-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 12, 2026.

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