NYT Crossword April 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps 4 5A Bit of smoke 4 9A Primate native to Madagascar 5 14A Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet 4 15A Up the ___ (raise the stakes) 4 16A Wipe off, as a blackboard 5 17A Gotham City SOS 9 19A Krypton and xenon 5 20A Casino machines 5 21A Tavern perch 5 23A The first "T" of TNT 3 24A "Sure thing" 3 26A Administered an oath to 7 28A Dissension cause, in Greek myth 14 33A Clog or pump 4 34A Exclamation of faux innocence 3 35A One of 88 on a piano 3 36A Not square 3 37A Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? 7 40A Poetic homage 3 43A Sedan or coupe 3 45A The "G" in L.G.B.T. 3 46A Much-admired person 4 47A "Take it easy, will you?!" 14 51A Food court loiterer, say 7 52A Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo 3 53A Industrious little insect 3 54A Made a boo-boo 5 57A "Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga" 5 61A "___ truly ..." 5 63A Poker tell, perhaps 9 65A Green ___ (special military headwear) 5 66A Field of study 4 67A Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council 4 68A Idyllic places 5 69A Office message 4 70A Give off, as radiation 4

Down

1D Protective wear for lobster eaters 4 2D Exam that doesn't need pen or paper 4 3D Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024 4 4D Men's fashion magazine 7 5D Show a dog's excitement, as a tail 3 6D B&Bs 4 7D Field goal percentage, for one 4 8D Politico Nancy 6 9D Certain submission moves in wrestling 8 10D Period to live through 3 11D Jedi who trained Luke, formally 10 12D Bit of log-in info 6 13D Sticky tree secretion 5 18D "Now it's clear!" 4 22D Cries of pain 3 25D Ceremonial splendor 4 27D Kind of deer 3 28D It's flicked from a cigarette 3 29D ___ Beta Kappa 3 30D Highbrow critics may sneer at it 10 31D Dandy 3 32D ___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend 5 37D Possible causes of in-flight disputes 8 38D "Platoon" setting, in brief 3 39D Not natural, as hair color 4 41D Medic 3 42D Antlered animal 3 44D The Falcons, on scoreboards 3 46D "'Tis but a scratch" 7 47D Went paddling 6 48D Part of the body with a lobe 3 49D Go live on the internet, say 6 50D Playwright George Bernard ___ 4 51D Fence-sitter's response 5 55D Jane of Brit Lit 4 56D Judge (to be) 4 58D Tabloid twosome 4 59D When Macbeth meets the witches 4 60D Basketball attempt 4 62D Stimpy's canine pal 3 64D "___ Te Ching" 3