Clues with Pictures

Now that NYT supports only their own apps for displaying and playing crosswords, they can experiment with innovative designs.

Here are 57 picture clues from 8 recent crosswords that have them.
(Puzzles with just one or two emojis are not included.)

Wednesday, February 18, 2026   by Victor Schmitt
21 Across	🕘⏳⏰	SIGNSOFTHETIMES
39 Across	🤙👏👋	SYMBOLICGESTURES
57 Across	💬🗣️🗯️	FIGURESOFSPEECH
Sunday, April 27, 2025   by Jacob Reed
20 Across		SANTACLAUS
22 Across		THEONERING
43 Across		STAYINALIVE
45 Across		MOONSHINE
57 Across		SEARCHHISTORY
67 Across		BALLETSLIPPER
81 Across		STILETTOS
84 Across		EMILYBRONTE
7 Down	😂	LOL
8 Down	😂😂😂	LMAO
Sunday, January 26, 2025   by Rich Proulx
19 Down		ARCANE
29 Down		ERODE
46 Down		BETRAY
67 Down		UNIT
82 Down		ESCAPE
101 Down		EMIT
107 Down		ESPY
Wednesday, July 17, 2024   by Alex Eaton-Salners
18 Across		YOUREWELCOME
25 Across		ILOVEYOU
27 Across		PLEASE
52 Across		THANKS
23 Down		HELLO
40 Down		SORRY
Thursday, February 29, 2024   by Esha Datta
18 Across		FIDDLERCRAB
24 Across		HARPSEAL
34 Across		TRUMPETERSWAN
51 Across		HORNBILL
Thursday, September 28, 2023   by Ricky Cruz
17 Across		MONSTERSINC
30 Across		BALLERINA
45 Across		PALESTINE
61 Across		FALLINGFLAT
Sunday, July 9, 2023   by Christina Iverson
23 Across		CHARACTERSKETCHES
38 Across		SPITTINGIMAGE
49 Across		COMPUTERICON
66 Across		LEGALREPRESENTATION
82 Across		LOTTODRAWING
95 Across		MOVINGPICTURE
114 Across		SPORTSILLUSTRATED
Sunday, February 9, 2020   by Brian Kulman
1 Across	With 115-Across, 🦍 👩 🏢	KING
16 Across	🎅 🌃 🎁	ELF
23 Across	💍 🧝 🌋	THELORDOFTHERINGS
26 Across	👨 💗 📱	HER
38 Across	🚢 🧑‍🎨 🧊	TITANIC
42 Across	📰 💰 🛷	CITIZENKANE
55 Across	🐘 🐁 🎪	DUMBO
60 Across	🚀 🦧 🗽	PLANETOFTHEAPES
72 Across	🚌 🚧 💣	SPEED
82 Across	☂️ 👜 🎠	MARYPOPPINS
87 Across	⚰️ 🦇 🏰	DRACULA
101 Across	👨‍👦 🎹 🔮	BIG
102 Across	⚾ ♀️ 😢	ALEAGUEOFTHEIROWN
112 Across	🧸 🍺 🚬	TED
30 Down	🧚 ☠️ 🐊	PAN
88 Down	🥊 🦋 🐝	ALI

Older picture clues

There are older puzzles with picture clues, some even from the pre-Shortz era. Here are some examples: