NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By John EwbankEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps ↗BONG
  2. 5Bit of smoke ↗WISP
  3. 9Primate native to Madagascar ↗LEMUR
  4. 14Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet ↗IRAQ
  5. 15Up the ___ (raise the stakes) ↗ANTE
  6. 16Wipe off, as a blackboard ↗ERASE
  7. 17Gotham City SOS ↗BATSIGNAL
  8. 19Krypton and xenon ↗GASES
  9. 20Casino machines ↗SLOTS
  10. 21Tavern perch ↗STOOL
  11. 23The first "T" of TNT ↗TRI
  12. 24"Sure thing" ↗YEP
  13. 26Administered an oath to ↗SWOREIN
  14. 28Dissension cause, in Greek myth ↗APPLEOFDISCORD
  15. 33Clog or pump ↗SHOE
  16. 34Exclamation of faux innocence ↗MOI
  17. 35One of 88 on a piano ↗KEY
  18. 36Not square ↗HIP
  19. 37Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? ↗APPENDS
  20. 40Poetic homage ↗ODE
  21. 43Sedan or coupe ↗CAR
  22. 45The "G" in L.G.B.T. ↗GAY
  23. 46Much-admired person ↗IDOL
  24. 47"Take it easy, will you?!" ↗CUTMESOMESLACK
  25. 51Food court loiterer, say ↗MALLRAT
  26. 52Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo ↗DHL
  27. 53Industrious little insect ↗ANT
  28. 54Made a boo-boo ↗ERRED
  29. 57"Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga" ↗ALIAS
  30. 61"___ truly ..." ↗YOURS
  31. 63Poker tell, perhaps ↗EYETWITCH
  32. 65Green ___ (special military headwear) ↗BERET
  33. 66Field of study ↗AREA
  34. 67Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council ↗VETO
  35. 68Idyllic places ↗EDENS
  36. 69Office message ↗MEMO
  37. 70Give off, as radiation ↗EMIT

Down 41

  1. 1Protective wear for lobster eaters ↗BIBS
  2. 2Exam that doesn't need pen or paper ↗ORAL
  3. 3Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024 ↗NATO
  4. 4Men's fashion magazine ↗GQSTYLE
  5. 5Show a dog's excitement, as a tail ↗WAG
  6. 6B&Bs ↗INNS
  7. 7Field goal percentage, for one ↗STAT
  8. 8Politico Nancy ↗PELOSI
  9. 9Certain submission moves in wrestling ↗LEGLOCKS
  10. 10Period to live through ↗ERA
  11. 11Jedi who trained Luke, formally ↗MASTERYODA
  12. 12Bit of log-in info ↗USERID
  13. 13Sticky tree secretion ↗RESIN
  14. 18"Now it's clear!" ↗ISEE
  15. 22Cries of pain ↗OWS
  16. 25Ceremonial splendor ↗POMP
  17. 27Kind of deer ↗ROE
  18. 28It's flicked from a cigarette ↗ASH
  19. 29___ Beta Kappa ↗PHI
  20. 30Highbrow critics may sneer at it ↗POPCULTURE
  21. 31Dandy ↗FOP
  22. 32___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend ↗DIEGO
  23. 37Possible causes of in-flight disputes ↗ARMRESTS
  24. 38"Platoon" setting, in brief ↗NAM
  25. 39Not natural, as hair color ↗DYED
  26. 41Medic ↗DOC
  27. 42Antlered animal ↗ELK
  28. 44The Falcons, on scoreboards ↗ATL
  29. 46"'Tis but a scratch" ↗ILLLIVE
  30. 47Went paddling ↗CANOED
  31. 48Part of the body with a lobe ↗EAR
  32. 49Go live on the internet, say ↗STREAM
  33. 50Playwright George Bernard ___ ↗SHAW
  34. 51Fence-sitter's response ↗MAYBE
  35. 55Jane of Brit Lit ↗EYRE
  36. 56Judge (to be) ↗DEEM
  37. 58Tabloid twosome ↗ITEM
  38. 59When Macbeth meets the witches ↗ACTI
  39. 60Basketball attempt ↗SHOT
  40. 62Stimpy's canine pal ↗REN
  41. 64"___ Te Ching" ↗TAO