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NYT Crossword — April 7, 2026

Tuesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 79 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1Red, white and blue land: Abbr.

5El ___, mythical city of gold

11Initials often seen next to THC

16Gave out, as charm

17Reply to a ship's captain

18It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere

20___ fly, play that results in a run and an out

21Dog's reward after a trick

22Connection point

23"How can this be?!"

24Decided to pay later, say

26Combo meal, usually

29Idles, with "around"

33____ track, song that insults another artist

34One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice

35Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps

38Economic improvement

41Japanese noodle

42Most common word in English

45Communication method with dits and dahs

46Martial art whose name means "way of the sword"

48So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"

49Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually

51"I can't hear you!"

53Rolling in it

57Lawyer: Abbr.

58Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across

61Prefix with physical or politics

62Marie ___, women's magazine

63Dye for body art

64Use salt instead of sugar, say

65What an underage person usually gets at a bar?

66Lose one's footing

Down

40 clues

2Casual musical project

4Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time

5___ Moines, Iowa

7Remove, as heavy grime

8Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi

9Feints, in hockey

10Dedicated lines

11Turn in one's chips

12Narrow way to win

13Toy cipher ring

15Improvisational vocal style

19Language of "amore"

24Arrange, as a match's outcome

27Unit of arcade currency

30Cigar residue

33Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees

35___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park

36One under Attila's rule

373 to 1 are good ones

39Better mannered

40John Deere product

42Blow the match

43Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances?

44Supernatural ability, for short

46Bulletproof material

47What you blink with

48Mascara makes them stand out

50Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day

52Every's partner

55Still reddish, as a steak

58Secretly loop in on an email

59Flanders of "The Simpsons"

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026

16×15

Grid size

79

Total entries

36/204

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 7, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAdryel W. Robles Ojeda

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 40 down

Longest entries

18AIt has wheels but doesn't go anywhere12 ltrs 58AOld-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across12 ltrs 35AResort with a signature piña colada, perhaps10 ltrs 26ACombo meal, usually8 ltrs 49ASharp or flat location on a piano, usually8 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.