Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, April 7, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "EXERCISEBIKE".
Total Clues
79
Longest
EXERCISEBIKE
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
CBD
Featured Clue
"It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere"
12 Letters
EXERCISEBIKE
ALLComplete Solution List
Red, white and blue land: Abbr.
4AMER
El ___, mythical city of gold
6DORADO
Initials often seen next to THC
3CBD
Quotes
5CITES
Gave out, as charm
6EXUDED
Reply to a ship's captain
3AYE
It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere
12EXERCISEBIKE
___ fly, play that results in a run and an out
3SAC
Dog's reward after a trick
5TREAT
Connection point?
4NODE
"How can this be?!"
4OHNO
Decided to pay later, say
7RANATAB
Combo meal, usually
8FASTFOOD
Apple tablet
4IPAD
Idles, with "around"
5LOAFS
Handy
5OFUSE
Hair goo
3GEL
___ track, song that insults another artist
4DISS
One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice
6SKATER
Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps
10BEACHHOTEL
Economic improvement
6UPTURN
Japanese noodle
4UDON
Most common word in English
3THE
Communication method with dits and dahs
5MORSE
Martial art whose name means "way of the sword"
5KENDO
So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"
4LAOS
Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually
8BLACKKEY
I can't hear you!
7SPEAKUP
Rolling in it
4RICH
Done
4OVER
Alleviated
5EASED
Lawyer: Abbr.
3ATT
Old-time restraint for a prisoner ... or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across
12BALLANDCHAIN
Prefix with physical or politics
3GEO
Marie ___ (women's magazine)
6CLAIRE
Dye for body art
5HENNA
Use salt instead of sugar, say
3ERR
What an underage person usually gets at a bar?
6CARDED
Lose one's footing
4SLIP
Star pitcher
3ACE
Casual musical project
7MIXTAPE
Everlasting
7ETERNAL
Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time
6REREAD
__ Moines, Iowa
3DES
Big bovines
4OXEN
Remove, as heavy grime
6RUBOFF
Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi
6ADIDAS
Feints, in hockey
5DEKES
Dedicated lines
3ODE
Turn in one's chips
7CASHOUT
Narrow way to win
7BYANOSE
Toy cipher ring
7DECODER
Improvisational vocal style
4SCAT
Language of "amore"
7ITALIAN
Organ meats
5OFFAL
Arrange, as a match's outcome
3RIG
Pear variety
4BOSC
Unit of arcade currency
5TOKEN
Cigar residue
3ASH
Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees
5DEREK
Bent down
7STOOPED
___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park
5BUSCH
One under Attila's rule
3HUN
3 to 1 are good ones
4ODDS
Resentment
7UMBRAGE
Better mannered.
7POLITER
John Deere product
7TRACTOR
Blow the match
7TAKEANL
Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances?
7HOUDINI
Supernatural ability, for short
3ESP
Bulletproof material
6KEVLAR
What you blink with
6EYELID
Mascara makes them stand out
6LASHES
Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day
5KOALA
Every's partner
4EACH
Still reddish, as a steak
4RARE
Secretly loop in on an email
3BCC
Flanders of "The Simpsons"
3NED
Siesta
3NAP