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.
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SUNAPR
5
2026
By Samuel A. Donaldson
MONAPR
6
2026
By John Ewbank
TUEAPR
7
2026
By Adryel W. Robles Ojeda
WEDAPR
8
2026
By Philippe Monfiston
THUAPR
9
2026
By Barbara Lin
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Across 39
- 1Red, white and blue land: Abbr. ↗AMER
- 5El ___, mythical city of gold ↗DORADO
- 11Initials often seen next to THC ↗CBD
- 14Quotes ↗CITES
- 16Gave out, as charm ↗EXUDED
- 17Reply to a ship's captain ↗AYE
- 18It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere ↗EXERCISEBIKE
- 20___ fly, play that results in a run and an out ↗SAC
- 21Dog's reward after a trick ↗TREAT
- 22Connection point ↗NODE
- 23"How can this be?!" ↗OHNO
- 24Decided to pay later, say ↗RANATAB
- 26Combo meal, usually ↗FASTFOOD
- 28Apple tablet ↗IPAD
- 29Idles, with "around" ↗LOAFS
- 31Handy ↗OFUSE
- 32Hair goo ↗GEL
- 33____ track, song that insults another artist ↗DISS
- 34One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice ↗SKATER
- 35Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps ↗BEACHHOTEL
- 38Economic improvement ↗UPTURN
- 41Japanese noodle ↗UDON
- 42Most common word in English ↗THE
- 45Communication method with dits and dahs ↗MORSE
- 46Martial art whose name means "way of the sword" ↗KENDO
- 48So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" ↗LAOS
- 49Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually ↗BLACKKEY
- 51"I can't hear you!" ↗SPEAKUP
- 53Rolling in it ↗RICH
- 54Done ↗OVER
- 56Alleviated ↗EASED
- 57Lawyer: Abbr. ↗ATT
- 58Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across ↗BALLANDCHAIN
- 61Prefix with physical or politics ↗GEO
- 62Marie ___, women's magazine ↗CLAIRE
- 63Dye for body art ↗HENNA
- 64Use salt instead of sugar, say ↗ERR
- 65What an underage person usually gets at a bar? ↗CARDED
- 66Lose one's footing ↗SLIP
Down 40
- 1Star pitcher ↗ACE
- 2Casual musical project ↗MIXTAPE
- 3Everlasting ↗ETERNAL
- 4Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time ↗REREAD
- 5___ Moines, Iowa ↗DES
- 6Big bovines ↗OXEN
- 7Remove, as heavy grime ↗RUBOFF
- 8Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi ↗ADIDAS
- 9Feints, in hockey ↗DEKES
- 10Dedicated lines ↗ODE
- 11Turn in one's chips ↗CASHOUT
- 12Narrow way to win ↗BYANOSE
- 13Toy cipher ring ↗DECODER
- 15Improvisational vocal style ↗SCAT
- 19Language of "amore" ↗ITALIAN
- 23Organ meats ↗OFFAL
- 24Arrange, as a match's outcome ↗RIG
- 25Pear variety ↗BOSC
- 27Unit of arcade currency ↗TOKEN
- 30Cigar residue ↗ASH
- 33Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees ↗DEREK
- 34Bent down ↗STOOPED
- 35___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park ↗BUSCH
- 36One under Attila's rule ↗HUN
- 373 to 1 are good ones ↗ODDS
- 38Resentment ↗UMBRAGE
- 39Better mannered ↗POLITER
- 40John Deere product ↗TRACTOR
- 42Blow the match ↗TAKEANL
- 43Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances? ↗HOUDINI
- 44Supernatural ability, for short ↗ESP
- 46Bulletproof material ↗KEVLAR
- 47What you blink with ↗EYELID
- 48Mascara makes them stand out ↗LASHES
- 50Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day ↗KOALA
- 52Every's partner ↗EACH
- 55Still reddish, as a steak ↗RARE
- 58Secretly loop in on an email ↗BCC
- 59Flanders of "The Simpsons" ↗NED
- 60Siesta ↗NAP