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New York Times, Monday, April 6, 2026

Author:
John Ewbank
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Dissension cause, in Greek myth
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John Ewbank

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Ewbank. Grid flow: 34.5 Monday freshness: 24%
Jim Horne notes:

SIGNAL, DISCORD, SLACK and TWITCH are all APPs.

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© 2026, The New York Times4/6/26 ( No. 27,908 )
Across
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Sound at the beginning and end of a meditation, perhaps : BONG
5
Bit of smoke : WISP
9
Primate native to Madagascar : LEMUR
14
Where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet : IRAQ
15
Up the ___ (raise the stakes) : ANTE
16
Wipe off, as a blackboard : ERASE
17
Gotham City SOS : BATSIGNAL
19
Krypton and xenon : GASES
20
Casino machines : SLOTS
21
Tavern perch : STOOL
23
The first "T" of TNT : TRI
24
"Sure thing" : YEP
26
Administered an oath to : SWOREIN
28
Dissension cause, in Greek myth : APPLEOFDISCORD
33
Clog or pump : SHOE
34
Exclamation of faux innocence : MOI
35
One of 88 on a piano : KEY
36
Not square : HIP
37
Tacks on ... or, when parsed as two words, what 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across all have? : APPENDS
40
Poetic homage : ODE
43
Sedan or coupe : CAR
45
The "G" in L.G.B.T. : GAY
46
Much-admired person : IDOL
47
"Take it easy, will you?!" : CUTMESOMESLACK
51
Food court loiterer, say : MALLRAT
52
Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo : DHL
53
Industrious little insect : ANT
54
Made a boo-boo : ERRED
57
"Freddie Mercury" or "Lady Gaga" : ALIAS
61
"___ truly ..." : YOURS
63
Poker tell, perhaps : EYETWITCH
65
Green ___ (special military headwear) : BERET
66
Field of study : AREA
67
Prerogative of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council : VETO
68
Idyllic places : EDENS
69
Office message : MEMO
70
Give off, as radiation : EMIT
Down
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Protective wear for lobster eaters : BIBS
2
Exam that doesn't need pen or paper : ORAL
3
Grp. joined by Finland in 2023 and Sweden in 2024 : NATO
4
Men's fashion magazine : GQSTYLE
5
Show a dog's excitement, as a tail : WAG
6
B&Bs : INNS
7
Field goal percentage, for one : STAT
8
Politico Nancy : PELOSI
9
Certain submission moves in wrestling : LEGLOCKS
10
Period to live through : ERA
11
Jedi who trained Luke, formally : MASTERYODA
12
Bit of log-in info : USERID
13
Sticky tree secretion : RESIN
18
"Now it's clear!" : ISEE
22
Cries of pain : OWS
25
Ceremonial splendor : POMP
27
Kind of deer : ROE
28
It's flicked from a cigarette : ASH
29
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
30
Highbrow critics may sneer at it : POPCULTURE
31
Dandy : FOP
32
___ Maradona, Argentine soccer legend : DIEGO
37
Possible causes of in-flight disputes : ARMRESTS
38
"Platoon" setting, in brief : NAM
39
Not natural, as hair color : DYED
41
Medic : DOC
42
Antlered animal : ELK
44
The Falcons, on scoreboards : ATL
46
"'Tis but a scratch" : ILLLIVE
47
Went paddling : CANOED
48
Part of the body with a lobe : EAR
49
Go live on the internet, say : STREAM
50
Playwright George Bernard ___ : SHAW
51
Fence-sitter's response : MAYBE
55
Jane of Brit Lit : EYRE
56
Judge (to be) : DEEM
58
Tabloid twosome : ITEM
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When Macbeth meets the witches : ACTI
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Basketball attempt : SHOT
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Stimpy's canine pal : REN
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"___ Te Ching" : TAO

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