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NYT Crossword answers for April 21, 2026

NYT Crossword · April 21, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Tuesday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with Y
  • 7 starts with S
  • 11 starts with O
  • 14 starts with E
  • 15 starts with P
  • 16 starts with N
  • 17 starts with S
  • 19 starts with E
  • 20 starts with A
  • 21 starts with I
  • 22 starts with C
  • 25 starts with U
  • 28 starts with A
  • 29 starts with A
  • 31 starts with S
  • 32 starts with L
  • 35 starts with A
  • 36 starts with F
  • 41 starts with L
  • 42 starts with M
  • 43 starts with M
  • 47 starts with I
  • 48 starts with D
  • 49 starts with D
  • 51 starts with A
  • 52 starts with P
  • 53 starts with W
  • 56 starts with H
  • 57 starts with F
  • 62 starts with D
  • 63 starts with L
  • 64 starts with I
  • 65 starts with S
  • 66 starts with Y
  • 67 starts with F
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Surrenders YIELDS
  • 7 Across: Wise thinker SAGE
  • 11 Across: Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt ODE
  • 14 Across: Realm of the Aztecs or Incas EMPIRE
  • 15 Across: Do some farmwork PLOW
  • 16 Across: ___ de plume NOM
  • 17 Across: Mentor from the beyond SPIRITGUIDE
  • 19 Across: Whitney who invented the cotton gin ELI
  • 20 Across: Soak up ABSORB
  • 21 Across: "___ have to do" ITLL
  • 22 Across: Grifters' schemes CONS
  • 25 Across: Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army UNITEDWAY
  • 28 Across: Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr. AVE
  • 29 Across: Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs APR
  • 31 Across: Soon-to-be graduates SENIORS
  • 32 Across: Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand LEMONADE
  • 35 Across: Song and dance ADO
  • 36 Across: Wild West way of settling disputes FRONTIERJUSTICE
  • 41 Across: Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda LIN
  • 42 Across: In a gloomy way MOROSELY
  • 43 Across: Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches MCCAFES
  • 47 Across: B&B INN
  • 48 Across: Bambi's mother, for one DOE
  • 49 Across: 1972 country hit for Tanya Tucker DELTADAWN
  • 51 Across: Reptiles on papyrus ASPS
  • 52 Across: Ballet bend PLIE
  • 53 Across: Puts pen to paper WRITES
  • 56 Across: "But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song) HIM
  • 57 Across: Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across FLYINGSTART
  • 62 Across: "Blueprint" for life DNA
  • 63 Across: Falsehoods LIES
  • 64 Across: Chemical "twin" ISOMER
  • 65 Across: "On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic) SEX
  • 66 Across: Circular tent YURT
  • 67 Across: Words often accompanying a present FORYOU
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with Y
  • 2 starts with I
  • 3 starts with E
  • 4 starts with L
  • 5 starts with D
  • 6 starts with S
  • 7 starts with S
  • 8 starts with A
  • 9 starts with G
  • 10 starts with E
  • 11 starts with O
  • 12 starts with D
  • 13 starts with E
  • 18 starts with G
  • 21 starts with I
  • 22 starts with C
  • 23 starts with O
  • 24 starts with N
  • 26 starts with T
  • 27 starts with E
  • 29 starts with A
  • 30 starts with P
  • 33 starts with O
  • 34 starts with E
  • 37 starts with J
  • 38 starts with I
  • 39 starts with C
  • 40 starts with E
  • 43 starts with M
  • 44 starts with C
  • 45 starts with C
  • 46 starts with S
  • 50 starts with W
  • 51 starts with A
  • 54 starts with T
  • 55 starts with E
  • 57 starts with F
  • 58 starts with L
  • 59 starts with A
  • 60 starts with R
  • 61 starts with T
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Answer equivalent to "I do" YES
  • 2 Down: Mischievous devil IMP
  • 3 Down: Prefix with center EPI
  • 4 Down: Coins spent in Turkey LIRAS
  • 5 Down: Tiny drop DRIB
  • 6 Down: Tennis match units SETS
  • 7 Down: Snub SPURN
  • 8 Down: They may crumble under cross-examination ALIBIS
  • 9 Down: Zeus or Odin GOD
  • 10 Down: Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland EWE
  • 11 Down: Boxing combo ONETWO
  • 12 Down: Big name in rental cars DOLLAR
  • 13 Down: ___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates) EMILYS
  • 18 Down: Haitian currency unit GOURDE
  • 21 Down: Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak IDIOTS
  • 22 Down: Bovine baby CALF
  • 23 Down: ___ the moon OVER
  • 24 Down: Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" NEMO
  • 26 Down: Steeping container TEAURN
  • 27 Down: Finishes with ENDSON
  • 29 Down: Left-wing protest group ANTIFA
  • 30 Down: Tormented PAINED
  • 33 Down: Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" ONLATE
  • 34 Down: Hesitation sound across the pond ERM
  • 37 Down: Enter the chat, so to speak JOININ
  • 38 Down: Some military hazards, for short IEDS
  • 39 Down: Hoofbeat CLOP
  • 40 Down: Visually sizes up EYES
  • 43 Down: Dual degrees for physicians MDPHDS
  • 44 Down: ___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads" CELINE
  • 45 Down: Apex CLIMAX
  • 46 Down: Literary friend of Finn SAWYER
  • 50 Down: Body part that's flicked WRIST
  • 51 Down: Businessman John Jacob ___ ASTOR
  • 54 Down: "Almost time for the weekend!" TGIF
  • 55 Down: Canadian gas brand ESSO
  • 57 Down: Cool, in ’90s slang FLY
  • 58 Down: Common Chinese surname LIU
  • 59 Down: Funny Schumer or Poehler AMY
  • 60 Down: ___ Speedwagon REO
  • 61 Down: "___ dat" (slangy agreement) TRU
Show the solved grid
1Y2I3E4L5D6S7S8A9G10E11O12D13E14EMPIRE15PLOW16NOM17SPIRIT18GUIDE19ELI20ABSORB21ITLL22C23O24NS25UNI26T27EDWAY28AVE29A30PR31SENIORS32LEM33ONAD34E35ADO36FRONTIER37JUST38I39C40E41LIN42MOROSELY43M44C45CAFE46S47INN48DOE49DELTADA50WN51ASPS52PLIE53WRI54T55ES56HIM57F58LYINGST59A60R61T62DNA63LIES64ISOMER65SEX66YURT67FORYOU

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