NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Apr 21, 2026
Complete answer list for the April 21, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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SUNAPR
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2026
By Michael Lieberman
MONAPR
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By Freddie Cheng
TUEAPR
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2026
By Victoria Fernandez Grande
WEDAPR
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2026
By Hoang-Kim Vu
THUAPR
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By Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
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Across 35
- 1Surrenders ↗YIELDS
- 7Wise thinker ↗SAGE
- 11Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt ↗ODE
- 14Realm of the Aztecs or Incas ↗EMPIRE
- 15Do some farmwork ↗PLOW
- 16___ de plume ↗NOM
- 17Mentor from the beyond ↗SPIRITGUIDE
- 19Whitney who invented the cotton gin ↗ELI
- 20Soak up ↗ABSORB
- 21"___ have to do" ↗ITLL
- 22Grifters' schemes ↗CONS
- 25Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army ↗UNITEDWAY
- 28Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr. ↗AVE
- 29Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs ↗APR
- 31Soon-to-be graduates ↗SENIORS
- 32Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand ↗LEMONADE
- 35Song and dance ↗ADO
- 36Wild West way of settling disputes ↗FRONTIERJUSTICE
- 41Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda ↗LIN
- 42In a gloomy way ↗MOROSELY
- 43Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches ↗MCCAFES
- 47B&B ↗INN
- 48Bambi's mother, for one ↗DOE
- 491972 country hit for Tanya Tucker ↗DELTADAWN
- 51Reptiles on papyrus ↗ASPS
- 52Ballet bend ↗PLIE
- 53Puts pen to paper ↗WRITES
- 56"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song) ↗HIM
- 57Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across ↗FLYINGSTART
- 62"Blueprint" for life ↗DNA
- 63Falsehoods ↗LIES
- 64Chemical "twin" ↗ISOMER
- 65"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic) ↗SEX
- 66Circular tent ↗YURT
- 67Words often accompanying a present ↗FORYOU
Down 41
- 1Answer equivalent to "I do" ↗YES
- 2Mischievous devil ↗IMP
- 3Prefix with center ↗EPI
- 4Coins spent in Turkey ↗LIRAS
- 5Tiny drop ↗DRIB
- 6Tennis match units ↗SETS
- 7Snub ↗SPURN
- 8They may crumble under cross-examination ↗ALIBIS
- 9Zeus or Odin ↗GOD
- 10Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland ↗EWE
- 11Boxing combo ↗ONETWO
- 12Big name in rental cars ↗DOLLAR
- 13___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates) ↗EMILYS
- 18Haitian currency unit ↗GOURDE
- 21Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak ↗IDIOTS
- 22Bovine baby ↗CALF
- 23___ the moon ↗OVER
- 24Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" ↗NEMO
- 26Steeping container ↗TEAURN
- 27Finishes with ↗ENDSON
- 29Left-wing protest group ↗ANTIFA
- 30Tormented ↗PAINED
- 33Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" ↗ONLATE
- 34Hesitation sound across the pond ↗ERM
- 37Enter the chat, so to speak ↗JOININ
- 38Some military hazards, for short ↗IEDS
- 39Hoofbeat ↗CLOP
- 40Visually sizes up ↗EYES
- 43Dual degrees for physicians ↗MDPHDS
- 44___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads" ↗CELINE
- 45Apex ↗CLIMAX
- 46Literary friend of Finn ↗SAWYER
- 50Body part that's flicked ↗WRIST
- 51Businessman John Jacob ___ ↗ASTOR
- 54"Almost time for the weekend!" ↗TGIF
- 55Canadian gas brand ↗ESSO
- 57Cool, in ’90s slang ↗FLY
- 58Common Chinese surname ↗LIU
- 59Funny Schumer or Poehler ↗AMY
- 60___ Speedwagon ↗REO
- 61"___ dat" (slangy agreement) ↗TRU