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NYT Crossword April 21 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated April 21 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, April 21 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Surrenders6 lettersSee answer ›7Wise thinker4 lettersSee answer ›11Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt3 lettersSee answer ›14Realm of the Aztecs or Incas6 lettersSee answer ›15Do some farmwork4 lettersSee answer ›16___ de plume3 lettersSee answer ›17Mentor from the beyond11 lettersSee answer ›19Whitney who invented the cotton gin3 lettersSee answer ›20Soak up6 lettersSee answer ›21"___ have to do"4 lettersSee answer ›22Grifters' schemes4 lettersSee answer ›25Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army9 lettersSee answer ›28Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›29Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs3 lettersSee answer ›31Soon-to-be graduates7 lettersSee answer ›32Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand8 lettersSee answer ›35Song and dance3 lettersSee answer ›36Wild West way of settling disputes15 lettersSee answer ›41Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda3 lettersSee answer ›42In a gloomy way8 lettersSee answer ›43Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches7 lettersSee answer ›47B&B3 lettersSee answer ›48Bambi's mother, for one3 lettersSee answer ›491972 country hit for Tanya Tucker9 lettersSee answer ›51Reptiles on papyrus4 lettersSee answer ›52Ballet bend4 lettersSee answer ›53Puts pen to paper6 lettersSee answer ›56"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song)3 lettersSee answer ›57Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across11 lettersSee answer ›62"Blueprint" for life3 lettersSee answer ›63Falsehoods4 lettersSee answer ›64Chemical "twin"6 lettersSee answer ›65"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)3 lettersSee answer ›66Circular tent4 lettersSee answer ›67Words often accompanying a present6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Answer equivalent to "I do"3 lettersSee answer ›2Mischievous devil3 lettersSee answer ›3Prefix with center3 lettersSee answer ›4Coins spent in Turkey5 lettersSee answer ›5Tiny drop4 lettersSee answer ›6Tennis match units4 lettersSee answer ›7Snub5 lettersSee answer ›8They may crumble under cross-examination6 lettersSee answer ›9Zeus or Odin3 lettersSee answer ›10Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland3 lettersSee answer ›11Boxing combo6 lettersSee answer ›12Big name in rental cars6 lettersSee answer ›13___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates)6 lettersSee answer ›18Haitian currency unit6 lettersSee answer ›21Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›22Bovine baby4 lettersSee answer ›23___ the moon4 lettersSee answer ›24Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"4 lettersSee answer ›26Steeping container6 lettersSee answer ›27Finishes with6 lettersSee answer ›29Left-wing protest group6 lettersSee answer ›30Tormented6 lettersSee answer ›33Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live"6 lettersSee answer ›34Hesitation sound across the pond3 lettersSee answer ›37Enter the chat, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›38Some military hazards, for short4 lettersSee answer ›39Hoofbeat4 lettersSee answer ›40Visually sizes up4 lettersSee answer ›43Dual degrees for physicians6 lettersSee answer ›44___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads"6 lettersSee answer ›45Apex6 lettersSee answer ›46Literary friend of Finn6 lettersSee answer ›50Body part that's flicked5 lettersSee answer ›51Businessman John Jacob ___5 lettersSee answer ›54"Almost time for the weekend!"4 lettersSee answer ›55Canadian gas brand4 lettersSee answer ›57Cool, in ’90s slang3 lettersSee answer ›58Common Chinese surname3 lettersSee answer ›59Funny Schumer or Poehler3 lettersSee answer ›60___ Speedwagon3 lettersSee answer ›61"___ dat" (slangy agreement)3 lettersSee answer ›