Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, April 6, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, April 6, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "APPLEOFDISCORD".
Total Clues
78
Longest
APPLEOFDISCORD
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
TRI
Featured Clue
"Dissension cause, in Greek myth"
14 Letters
APPLEOFDISCORD
ALLComplete Solution List
Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps
4BONG
Bit of smoke
4WISP
Primate native to Madagascar
5LEMUR
Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet
4IRAQ
Up the __: raise the stakes
4ANTE
Wipe off, as a blackboard
5ERASE
Gotham City SOS
9BATSIGNAL
Krypton and xenon
5GASES
Casino machines
5SLOTS
Tavern perch
5STOOL
The first "T" of TNT
3TRI
Sure thing
3YEP
Administered an oath to
7SWOREIN
Dissension cause, in Greek myth
14APPLEOFDISCORD
Clog or pump
4SHOE
Exclamation of faux innocence
3MOI
One of 88 on a piano
3KEY
Not square
3HIP
Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have?
7APPENDS
Poetic homage
3ODE
Sedan or coupe
3CAR
The "G" in L.G.B.T.
3GAY
Much-admired person
4IDOL
"Take it easy, will you?!"
14CUTMESOMESLACK
Food court loiterer, say
7MALLRAT
Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo
3DHL
Industrious little insect
3ANT
Made a boo-boo
5ERRED
"Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga"
5ALIAS
Truly
5YOURS
Poker tell, perhaps
9EYETWITCH
Green ___ (special military headwear)
5BERET
Field of study
4AREA
Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council
4VETO
Idyllic places
5EDENS
Office message
4MEMO
Give off, as radiation
4EMIT
Protective wear for lobster eaters
4BIBS
Exam that doesn't need pen or paper
4ORAL
Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024
4NATO
Men's fashion magazine
7GQSTYLE
Show a dog's excitement, as a tail
3WAG
B&Bs
4INNS
Field goal percentage, for one
4STAT
Politico Nancy
6PELOSI
Certain submission moves in wrestling
8LEGLOCKS
Period to live through
3ERA
Jedi who trained Luke, formally
10MASTERYODA
Bit of log-in info
6USERID
Sticky tree secretion
5RESIN
Now it's clear!
4ISEE
Cries of pain
3OWS
Ceremonial splendor
4POMP
Kind of deer
3ROE
It's flicked from a cigarette
3ASH
__ Beta Kappa
3PHI
Highbrow critics may sneer at it
10POPCULTURE
Dandy
3FOP
___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend
5DIEGO
Possible causes of in-flight disputes
8ARMRESTS
"Platoon" setting, in brief
3NAM
Not natural, as hair color
4DYED
Medic
3DOC
Antlered animal
3ELK
The Falcons, on scoreboards
3ATL
'Tis but a scratch
7ILLLIVE
Went paddling.
6CANOED
Part of the body with a lobe
3EAR
Go live on the internet, say
6STREAM
Playwright George Bernard __
4SHAW
Fence-sitter's response
5MAYBE
Jane of Brit Lit
4EYRE
Judge to be
4DEEM
Tabloid twosome
4ITEM
When Macbeth meets the witches
4ACTI
Basketball attempt
4SHOT
Stimpy's canine pal
3REN
___-te Ching
3TAO