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NYT Crossword — April 6, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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37 clues

1Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps

9Primate native to Madagascar

14Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet

15Up the ___ (raise the stakes)

16Wipe off, as a blackboard

17Gotham City SOS

19Krypton and xenon

20Casino machines

23The first "T" of TNT

26Administered an oath to

28Dissension cause, in Greek myth

34Exclamation of faux innocence

35One of 88 on a piano

37Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have?

40Poetic homage

43Sedan or coupe

45The "G" in L.G.B.T.

46Much-admired person

47"Take it easy, will you?!"

51Food court loiterer, say

52Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo

53Industrious little insect

54Made a boo-boo

57"Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga"

61"___ truly ..."

63Poker tell, perhaps

65Green ___ (special military headwear)

66Field of study

67Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council

68Idyllic places

69Office message

70Give off, as radiation

Down

41 clues

1Protective wear for lobster eaters

2Exam that doesn't need pen or paper

3Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024

4Men's fashion magazine

5Show a dog's excitement, as a tail

7Field goal percentage, for one

8Politico Nancy

9Certain submission moves in wrestling

10Period to live through

11Jedi who trained Luke, formally

12Bit of log-in info

13Sticky tree secretion

18"Now it's clear!"

22Cries of pain

25Ceremonial splendor

28It's flicked from a cigarette

29___ Beta Kappa

30Highbrow critics may sneer at it

32___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend

37Possible causes of in-flight disputes

38"Platoon" setting, in brief

39Not natural, as hair color

42Antlered animal

44The Falcons, on scoreboards

46"'Tis but a scratch"

47Went paddling

48Part of the body with a lobe

49Go live on the internet, say

50Playwright George Bernard ___

51Fence-sitter's response

55Jane of Brit Lit

56Judge (to be)

58Tabloid twosome

59When Macbeth meets the witches

60Basketball attempt

62Stimpy's canine pal

64"___ Te Ching"

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 6, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJohn Ewbank

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

28ADissension cause, in Greek myth14 ltrs 47A"Take it easy, will you?!"14 ltrs 11DJedi who trained Luke, formally10 ltrs 30DHighbrow critics may sneer at it10 ltrs 17AGotham City SOS9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.