NYT Crossword April 21 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on April 21 2026.
- 76
- Total Clues
- 35
- Total Across
- 41
- Total Down
Clues Across (35 total)
(1)
Surrenders
The answer is: yields
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Wise thinker
The answer is: sage
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Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt
The answer is: ode
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Realm of the Aztecs or Incas
The answer is: empire
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Do some farmwork
The answer is: plow
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___ de plume
The answer is: nom
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Mentor from the beyond
The answer is: spiritguide
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Whitney who invented the cotton gin
The answer is: eli
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Soak up
The answer is: absorb
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(21)
"___ have to do"
The answer is: itll
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Grifters' schemes
The answer is: cons
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(25)
Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army
The answer is: unitedway
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(28)
Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr.
The answer is: ave
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Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs
The answer is: apr
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Soon-to-be graduates
The answer is: seniors
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(32)
Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand
The answer is: lemonade
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(35)
Song and dance
The answer is: ado
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(36)
Wild West way of settling disputes
The answer is: frontierjustice
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(41)
Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda
The answer is: lin
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In a gloomy way
The answer is: morosely
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(43)
Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches
The answer is: mccafes
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B&B
The answer is: inn
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(48)
Bambi's mother, for one
The answer is: doe
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1972 country hit for Tanya Tucker
The answer is: deltadawn
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(51)
Reptiles on papyrus
The answer is: asps
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Ballet bend
The answer is: plie
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Puts pen to paper
The answer is: writes
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(56)
"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song)
The answer is: him
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Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across
The answer is: flyingstart
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"Blueprint" for life
The answer is: dna
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Falsehoods
The answer is: lies
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Chemical "twin"
The answer is: isomer
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"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)
The answer is: sex
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Circular tent
The answer is: yurt
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Words often accompanying a present
The answer is: foryou
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Clues Down (41 total)
(1)
Answer equivalent to "I do"
The answer is: yes
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(2)
Mischievous devil
The answer is: imp
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Prefix with center
The answer is: epi
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Coins spent in Turkey
The answer is: liras
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Tiny drop
The answer is: drib
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Tennis match units
The answer is: sets
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Snub
The answer is: spurn
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They may crumble under cross-examination
The answer is: alibis
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Zeus or Odin
The answer is: god
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Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland
The answer is: ewe
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Boxing combo
The answer is: onetwo
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Big name in rental cars
The answer is: dollar
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___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates)
The answer is: emilys
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Haitian currency unit
The answer is: gourde
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Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak
The answer is: idiots
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Bovine baby
The answer is: calf
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___ the moon
The answer is: over
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Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
The answer is: nemo
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Steeping container
The answer is: teaurn
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Finishes with
The answer is: endson
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Left-wing protest group
The answer is: antifa
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Tormented
The answer is: pained
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(33)
Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live"
The answer is: onlate
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Hesitation sound across the pond
The answer is: erm
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Enter the chat, so to speak
The answer is: joinin
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(38)
Some military hazards, for short
The answer is: ieds
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Hoofbeat
The answer is: clop
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Visually sizes up
The answer is: eyes
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Dual degrees for physicians
The answer is: mdphds
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___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads"
The answer is: celine
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Apex
The answer is: climax
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Literary friend of Finn
The answer is: sawyer
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Body part that's flicked
The answer is: wrist
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(51)
Businessman John Jacob ___
The answer is: astor
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"Almost time for the weekend!"
The answer is: tgif
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Canadian gas brand
The answer is: esso
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Cool, in ’90s slang
The answer is: fly
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Common Chinese surname
The answer is: liu
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Funny Schumer or Poehler
The answer is: amy
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___ Speedwagon
The answer is: reo
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"___ dat" (slangy agreement)
The answer is: tru
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