NYT Crossword Clues for April 21, 2026

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Across Clues

Surrenders 6 letters / Daily

YIELDS Reveal Hide

Wise thinker 4 letters / Daily

SAGE Reveal Hide

11A

Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt 3 letters / Daily

ODE Reveal Hide

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Realm of the Aztecs or Incas 6 letters / Daily

EMPIRE Reveal Hide

15A

Do some farmwork 4 letters / Daily

PLOW Reveal Hide

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___ de plume 3 letters / Daily

NOM Reveal Hide

17A

Mentor from the beyond 11 letters / Daily

SPIRITGUIDE Reveal Hide

19A

Whitney who invented the cotton gin 3 letters / Daily

ELI Reveal Hide

20A

Soak up 6 letters / Daily

ABSORB Reveal Hide

21A

"___ have to do" 4 letters / Daily

ITLL Reveal Hide

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Grifters' schemes 4 letters / Daily

CONS Reveal Hide

25A

Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army 9 letters / Daily

UNITEDWAY Reveal Hide

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Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

AVE Reveal Hide

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Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs 3 letters / Daily

APR Reveal Hide

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Soon-to-be graduates 7 letters / Daily

SENIORS Reveal Hide

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Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand 8 letters / Daily

LEMONADE Reveal Hide

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Song and dance 3 letters / Daily

ADO Reveal Hide

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Wild West way of settling disputes 15 letters / Daily

FRONTIERJUSTICE Reveal Hide

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Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda 3 letters / Daily

LIN Reveal Hide

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In a gloomy way 8 letters / Daily

MOROSELY Reveal Hide

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Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches 7 letters / Daily

MCCAFES Reveal Hide

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B&B 3 letters / Daily

INN Reveal Hide

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Bambi's mother, for one 3 letters / Daily

DOE Reveal Hide

49A

2 country hit for Tanya Tucker 9 letters / Daily

DELTADAWN Reveal Hide

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Reptiles on papyrus 4 letters / Daily

ASPS Reveal Hide

52A

Ballet bend 4 letters / Daily

PLIE Reveal Hide

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Puts pen to paper 6 letters / Daily

WRITES Reveal Hide

56A

"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song) 3 letters / Daily

HIM Reveal Hide

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Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across 11 letters / Daily

FLYINGSTART Reveal Hide

62A

"Blueprint" for life 3 letters / Daily

DNA Reveal Hide

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Falsehoods 4 letters / Daily

LIES Reveal Hide

64A

Chemical "twin" 6 letters / Daily

ISOMER Reveal Hide

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"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic) 3 letters / Daily

SEX Reveal Hide

66A

Circular tent 4 letters / Daily

YURT Reveal Hide

67A

Words often accompanying a present 6 letters / Daily

FORYOU Reveal Hide

197A

country hit for Tanya Tucker 9 letters / Daily

DELTADAWN Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Answer equivalent to "I do" 3 letters / Daily

YES Reveal Hide

Mischievous devil 3 letters / Daily

IMP Reveal Hide

Prefix with center 3 letters / Daily

EPI Reveal Hide

Coins spent in Turkey 5 letters / Daily

LIRAS Reveal Hide

Tiny drop 4 letters / Daily

DRIB Reveal Hide

Tennis match units 4 letters / Daily

SETS Reveal Hide

Snub 5 letters / Daily

SPURN Reveal Hide

They may crumble under cross-examination 6 letters / Daily

ALIBIS Reveal Hide

Zeus or Odin 3 letters / Daily

GOD Reveal Hide

10D

Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland 3 letters / Daily

EWE Reveal Hide

11D

Boxing combo 6 letters / Daily

ONETWO Reveal Hide

12D

Big name in rental cars 6 letters / Daily

DOLLAR Reveal Hide

13D

___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates) 6 letters / Daily

EMILYS Reveal Hide

18D

Haitian currency unit 6 letters / Daily

GOURDE Reveal Hide

21D

Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak 6 letters / Daily

IDIOTS Reveal Hide

22D

Bovine baby 4 letters / Daily

CALF Reveal Hide

23D

___ the moon 4 letters / Daily

OVER Reveal Hide

24D

Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" 4 letters / Daily

NEMO Reveal Hide

26D

Steeping container 6 letters / Daily

TEAURN Reveal Hide

27D

Finishes with 6 letters / Daily

ENDSON Reveal Hide

29D

Left-wing protest group 6 letters / Daily

ANTIFA Reveal Hide

30D

Tormented 6 letters / Daily

PAINED Reveal Hide

33D

Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" 6 letters / Daily

ONLATE Reveal Hide

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Hesitation sound across the pond 3 letters / Daily

ERM Reveal Hide

37D

Enter the chat, so to speak 6 letters / Daily

JOININ Reveal Hide

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Some military hazards, for short 4 letters / Daily

IEDS Reveal Hide

39D

Hoofbeat 4 letters / Daily

CLOP Reveal Hide

40D

Visually sizes up 4 letters / Daily

EYES Reveal Hide

43D

Dual degrees for physicians 6 letters / Daily

MDPHDS Reveal Hide

44D

___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads" 6 letters / Daily

CELINE Reveal Hide

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Apex 6 letters / Daily

CLIMAX Reveal Hide

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Literary friend of Finn 6 letters / Daily

SAWYER Reveal Hide

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Body part that's flicked 5 letters / Daily

WRIST Reveal Hide

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Businessman John Jacob ___ 5 letters / Daily

ASTOR Reveal Hide

54D

"Almost time for the weekend!" 4 letters / Daily

TGIF Reveal Hide

55D

Canadian gas brand 4 letters / Daily

ESSO Reveal Hide

57D

Cool, in '90s slang 3 letters / Daily

FLY Reveal Hide

58D

Common Chinese surname 3 letters / Daily

LIU Reveal Hide

59D

Funny Schumer or Poehler 3 letters / Daily

AMY Reveal Hide

60D

___ Speedwagon 3 letters / Daily

REO Reveal Hide

61D

"___ dat" (slangy agreement) 3 letters / Daily

TRU Reveal Hide