NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Red, white and blue land: Abbr. AMER
  2. 5El ___, mythical city of gold DORADO
  3. 11Initials often seen next to THC CBD
  4. 14Quotes CITES
  5. 16Gave out, as charm EXUDED
  6. 17Reply to a ship's captain AYE
  7. 18It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere EXERCISEBIKE
  8. 20___ fly, play that results in a run and an out SAC
  9. 21Dog's reward after a trick TREAT
  10. 22Connection point NODE
  11. 23"How can this be?!" OHNO
  12. 24Decided to pay later, say RANATAB
  13. 26Combo meal, usually FASTFOOD
  14. 28Apple tablet IPAD
  15. 29Idles, with "around" LOAFS
  16. 31Handy OFUSE
  17. 32Hair goo GEL
  18. 33____ track, song that insults another artist DISS
  19. 34One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice SKATER
  20. 35Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps BEACHHOTEL
  21. 38Economic improvement UPTURN
  22. 41Japanese noodle UDON
  23. 42Most common word in English THE
  24. 45Communication method with dits and dahs MORSE
  25. 46Martial art whose name means "way of the sword" KENDO
  26. 48So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" LAOS
  27. 49Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually BLACKKEY
  28. 51"I can't hear you!" SPEAKUP
  29. 53Rolling in it RICH
  30. 54Done OVER
  31. 56Alleviated EASED
  32. 57Lawyer: Abbr. ATT
  33. 58Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across BALLANDCHAIN
  34. 61Prefix with physical or politics GEO
  35. 62Marie ___, women's magazine CLAIRE
  36. 63Dye for body art HENNA
  37. 64Use salt instead of sugar, say ERR
  38. 65What an underage person usually gets at a bar? CARDED
  39. 66Lose one's footing SLIP

Down 40

  1. 1Star pitcher ACE
  2. 2Casual musical project MIXTAPE
  3. 3Everlasting ETERNAL
  4. 4Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time REREAD
  5. 5___ Moines, Iowa DES
  6. 6Big bovines OXEN
  7. 7Remove, as heavy grime RUBOFF
  8. 8Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi ADIDAS
  9. 9Feints, in hockey DEKES
  10. 10Dedicated lines ODE
  11. 11Turn in one's chips CASHOUT
  12. 12Narrow way to win BYANOSE
  13. 13Toy cipher ring DECODER
  14. 15Improvisational vocal style SCAT
  15. 19Language of "amore" ITALIAN
  16. 23Organ meats OFFAL
  17. 24Arrange, as a match's outcome RIG
  18. 25Pear variety BOSC
  19. 27Unit of arcade currency TOKEN
  20. 30Cigar residue ASH
  21. 33Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees DEREK
  22. 34Bent down STOOPED
  23. 35___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park BUSCH
  24. 36One under Attila's rule HUN
  25. 373 to 1 are good ones ODDS
  26. 38Resentment UMBRAGE
  27. 39Better mannered POLITER
  28. 40John Deere product TRACTOR
  29. 42Blow the match TAKEANL
  30. 43Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances? HOUDINI
  31. 44Supernatural ability, for short ESP
  32. 46Bulletproof material KEVLAR
  33. 47What you blink with EYELID
  34. 48Mascara makes them stand out LASHES
  35. 50Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day KOALA
  36. 52Every's partner EACH
  37. 55Still reddish, as a steak RARE
  38. 58Secretly loop in on an email BCC
  39. 59Flanders of "The Simpsons" NED
  40. 60Siesta NAP