USA Today Crossword July 21 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on July 21 2026.

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Clues Across (39 total)

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Off-road rides, for short
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Passing fancies
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"Mamma Mia!" quartet
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Enjoy some taffy
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Cady ___ ("Mean Girls" protagonist whose last name is a type of bird)
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"Up" protagonist
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Backstory
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Make a speech
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Tie the ___ (get hitched)
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*City hub
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Jerk
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Spanish for "aunt"
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Hunter constellation
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Movie chain
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"You have a point"
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Pieces of food for a pet, say
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*Bit of unfinished business
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"___ been that long?"
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Fable
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"Alien" genre
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"Game of Thrones" star Headey
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South American mountain range
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*Career revival
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Loud noise
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Warty amphibian
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Fill in ___ blank
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To be, in Spanish
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"Golly ___"
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MPG part
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Word-based contest, and what the starred answers are doing, collectively, when read as clues for single letters
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Plow-pulling pair
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Bottled water brand
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Discipline with cobra pose
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___ /neuter program
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"Sondheim's Old Friends," e.g.
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Collectible '90s discs
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Feature of a bagel
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Winter vehicles
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Horse gait
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Clues Down (39 total)

(1)
Rights org. for over 100 years
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(2)
Marvel superhero
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Action word
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Sit in a sauna
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"Big whoop"
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"___, There and Everywhere"
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Home to the Azadi Tower
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Saying
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Derisive looks
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Exclamation in a "Cathy" comic
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Fruit-shaped bike accessory
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Einstein ___ Bagels
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Secondary social media accounts, for short
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Late time, in ads
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Like red velvet cake
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Dental care brand
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Place to exchange vows
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Disney heroine with a sidekick named Pua
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Breakfast option such as Trix or Chex, e.g.
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Chapel Hill school (Abbr.)
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Official decree
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Tiny bit, in recipes
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Wager
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Tries to find
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___ Fighters (rock band)
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Fantasizes
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Wimbledon divisions
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Biblical garden
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Narrows gradually
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Have a ball
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Country home to Luxor and Cairo
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___ Spice (Victoria Beckham's nickname)
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Trade show
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Not prerecorded
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Praise highly
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Crude person
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Frozen waffle brand
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Right on a map
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Bill ___ the Science Guy
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