NYT Crossword April 7, 2026 Answers

Across

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

Down

1D Star pitcher 3 2D Casual musical project 7 3D Everlasting 7 4D Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time 6 5D ___ Moines, Iowa 3 6D Big bovines 4 7D Remove, as heavy grime 6 8D Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi 6 9D Feints, in hockey 5 10D Dedicated lines 3 11D Turn in one's chips 7 12D Narrow way to win 7 13D Toy cipher ring 7 15D Improvisational vocal style 4 19D Language of "amore" 7 23D Organ meats 5 24D Arrange, as a match's outcome 3 25D Pear variety 4 27D Unit of arcade currency 5 30D Cigar residue 3 33D Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees 5 34D Bent down 7 35D ___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park 5 36D One under Attila's rule 3 37D 3 to 1 are good ones 4 38D Resentment 7 39D Better mannered 7 40D John Deere product 7 42D Blow the match 7 43D Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances? 7 44D Supernatural ability, for short 3 46D Bulletproof material 6 47D What you blink with 6 48D Mascara makes them stand out 6 50D Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day 5 52D Every's partner 4 55D Still reddish, as a steak 4 58D Secretly loop in on an email 3 59D Flanders of "The Simpsons" 3 60D Siesta 3