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NYT Crossword July 21 2026 Answers

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

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

Constructed by Kenneth Cortes · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1"Chocolate" pets4 lettersSee answer ›5Genome component3 lettersSee answer ›8Breaks in winter weather5 lettersSee answer ›13___ vera4 lettersSee answer ›14Gave a hand5 lettersSee answer ›16Greet someone informally5 lettersSee answer ›17"Easy-peasy!"16 lettersSee answer ›20Attire for an infant6 lettersSee answer ›21Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon6 lettersSee answer ›22Severity5 lettersSee answer ›23Urban environmental hazard4 lettersSee answer ›24Pen tips4 lettersSee answer ›28Clean with a rough spray9 lettersSee answer ›31Blood ___5 lettersSee answer ›32Acorn producer3 lettersSee answer ›33The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›34Finish flamboyantly … like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across?14 lettersSee answer ›402000-09, with "the"6 lettersSee answer ›41___ and haw3 lettersSee answer ›42Jumbo5 lettersSee answer ›43Colorful taffy candy brand9 lettersSee answer ›49Laptop brand4 lettersSee answer ›50Tons4 lettersSee answer ›51Not having quite enough money5 lettersSee answer ›53"Really?"6 lettersSee answer ›55Backside6 lettersSee answer ›562023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record16 lettersSee answer ›60Toyota hybrid5 lettersSee answer ›61Plumbing fixture found under the sink5 lettersSee answer ›62Things assayers assay4 lettersSee answer ›63Reactions akin to "OMG!"5 lettersSee answer ›64Pigs' digs3 lettersSee answer ›65Fill up4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Hard work5 lettersSee answer ›2Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic"6 lettersSee answer ›3Corner store6 lettersSee answer ›4Fall, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›5Reading room3 lettersSee answer ›6Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple8 lettersSee answer ›7Subjects of some Billboard charts6 lettersSee answer ›8Old Russian ruler4 lettersSee answer ›9Cuban dance style8 lettersSee answer ›10Actress Edebiri3 lettersSee answer ›11"Which person are you referring to?"3 lettersSee answer ›12___ card3 lettersSee answer ›14A standard one has 21 pips3 lettersSee answer ›15Fortune-telling deck5 lettersSee answer ›18Aviary inhabitant4 lettersSee answer ›19Hound3 lettersSee answer ›25It's "pumped" by bodybuilders4 lettersSee answer ›26Town4 lettersSee answer ›27Texting format, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›29Many internet spammers4 lettersSee answer ›30Rule3 lettersSee answer ›31Teacher for a day3 lettersSee answer ›33Part of a doorframe4 lettersSee answer ›34Tortilla chip dip, informally4 lettersSee answer ›35Shrek, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›36"Wow, real mature"8 lettersSee answer ›37Sport-___3 lettersSee answer ›38"Ow! Watch it!"8 lettersSee answer ›39"___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke)3 lettersSee answer ›40In the manner of3 lettersSee answer ›43Power-saving computer mode5 lettersSee answer ›44They're often made at weddings6 lettersSee answer ›45One may accept the terms and conditions4 lettersSee answer ›46Heavyweight beasts, familiarly6 lettersSee answer ›47Mexican state bordering Chihuahua6 lettersSee answer ›48Hot pot holder6 lettersSee answer ›50Novelist Rand3 lettersSee answer ›52Backcomb5 lettersSee answer ›54Cat's warning4 lettersSee answer ›55Old-school term for "cool"3 lettersSee answer ›56World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief3 lettersSee answer ›57Long period3 lettersSee answer ›58Put down3 lettersSee answer ›59Salary3 lettersSee answer ›