NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 6, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorJohn Ewbank
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBONG→
5A
Bit of smoke (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWISP→
9A
Primate native to Madagascar (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLEMUR→
14A
Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet (4)
Starts with I, ends with QIRAQ→
15A
Up the ___ (raise the stakes) (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
16A
Wipe off, as a blackboard (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
17A
Gotham City SOS (9)
Starts with B, ends with LBATSIGNAL→
19A
Krypton and xenon (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGASES→
20A
Casino machines (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOTS→
21A
Tavern perch (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSTOOL→
23A
The first "T" of TNT (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
24A
"Sure thing" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYEP→
26A
Administered an oath to (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSWOREIN→
28A
Dissension cause, in Greek myth (14)
Starts with A, ends with DAPPLEOFDISCORD→
33A
Clog or pump (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOE→
34A
Exclamation of faux innocence (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMOI→
35A
One of 88 on a piano (3)
Starts with K, ends with YKEY→
36A
Not square (3)
Starts with H, ends with PHIP→
37A
Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAPPENDS→
40A
Poetic homage (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
43A
Sedan or coupe (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCAR→
45A
The "G" in L.G.B.T. (3)
Starts with G, ends with YGAY→
46A
Much-admired person (4)
Starts with I, ends with LIDOL→
47A
"Take it easy, will you?!" (14)
Starts with C, ends with KCUTMESOMESLACK→
51A
Food court loiterer, say (7)
Starts with M, ends with TMALLRAT→
52A
Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDHL→
53A
Industrious little insect (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
54A
Made a boo-boo (5)
Starts with E, ends with DERRED→
57A
"Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga" (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALIAS→
61A
"___ truly ..." (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYOURS→
63A
Poker tell, perhaps (9)
Starts with E, ends with HEYETWITCH→
65A
Green ___ (special military headwear) (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBERET→
66A
Field of study (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
67A
Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (4)
Starts with V, ends with OVETO→
68A
Idyllic places (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEDENS→
69A
Office message (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
70A
Give off, as radiation (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
Down
1D
Protective wear for lobster eaters (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBIBS→
2D
Exam that doesn't need pen or paper (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
3D
Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024 (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONATO→
4D
Men's fashion magazine (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGQSTYLE→
5D
Show a dog's excitement, as a tail (3)
Starts with W, ends with GWAG→
7D
Field goal percentage, for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
8D
Politico Nancy (6)
Starts with P, ends with IPELOSI→
9D
Certain submission moves in wrestling (8)
Starts with L, ends with SLEGLOCKS→
10D
Period to live through (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
11D
Jedi who trained Luke, formally (10)
Starts with M, ends with AMASTERYODA→
12D
Bit of log-in info (6)
Starts with U, ends with DUSERID→
13D
Sticky tree secretion (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRESIN→
18D
"Now it's clear!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
22D
Cries of pain (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOWS→
25D
Ceremonial splendor (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPOMP→
27D
Kind of deer (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
28D
It's flicked from a cigarette (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
29D
___ Beta Kappa (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPHI→
30D
Highbrow critics may sneer at it (10)
Starts with P, ends with EPOPCULTURE→
32D
___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODIEGO→
37D
Possible causes of in-flight disputes (8)
Starts with A, ends with SARMRESTS→
38D
"Platoon" setting, in brief (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNAM→
39D
Not natural, as hair color (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDYED→
42D
Antlered animal (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
44D
The Falcons, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
46D
"'Tis but a scratch" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EILLLIVE→
47D
Went paddling (6)
Starts with C, ends with DCANOED→
48D
Part of the body with a lobe (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
49D
Go live on the internet, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSTREAM→
50D
Playwright George Bernard ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSHAW→
51D
Fence-sitter's response (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMAYBE→
55D
Jane of Brit Lit (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
56D
Judge (to be) (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDEEM→
58D
Tabloid twosome (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
59D
When Macbeth meets the witches (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACTI→
60D
Basketball attempt (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOT→
62D
Stimpy's canine pal (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
64D
"___ Te Ching" (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 6, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by John Ewbank and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps (BONG); Bit of smoke (WISP); Primate native to Madagascar (LEMUR).
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