NYT Crossword Clues for July 21, 2026

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Across Clues

"Chocolate" pets 4 letters / Daily

LABS Reveal Hide

Genome component 3 letters / Daily

DNA Reveal Hide

Breaks in winter weather 5 letters / Daily

THAWS Reveal Hide

13A

___ vera 4 letters / Daily

ALOE Reveal Hide

14A

Gave a hand 5 letters / Daily

DEALT Reveal Hide

16A

Greet someone informally 5 letters / Daily

SAYHI Reveal Hide

17A

"Easy-peasy!" 16 letters / Daily

BADABINGBADABOOM Reveal Hide

20A

Attire for an infant 6 letters / Daily

ONESIE Reveal Hide

21A

Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon 6 letters / Daily

AURORA Reveal Hide

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Severity 5 letters / Daily

RIGOR Reveal Hide

23A

Urban environmental hazard 4 letters / Daily

SMOG Reveal Hide

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Pen tips 4 letters / Daily

NIBS Reveal Hide

28A

Clean with a rough spray 9 letters / Daily

SANDBLAST Reveal Hide

31A

Blood ___ 5 letters / Daily

SERUM Reveal Hide

32A

Acorn producer 3 letters / Daily

OAK Reveal Hide

33A

The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g. 6 letters / Daily

JURORS Reveal Hide

34A

Finish flamboyantly ... like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across? 14 letters / Daily

GOOUTWITHABANG Reveal Hide

40A

2000-09, with "the" 6 letters / Daily

AUGHTS Reveal Hide

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___ and haw 3 letters / Daily

HEM Reveal Hide

42A

Jumbo 5 letters / Daily

LARGE Reveal Hide

43A

Colorful taffy candy brand 9 letters / Daily

STARBURST Reveal Hide

49A

Laptop brand 4 letters / Daily

ACER Reveal Hide

50A

Tons 4 letters / Daily

ALOT Reveal Hide

51A

Not having quite enough money 5 letters / Daily

SHORT Reveal Hide

53A

"Really?" 6 letters / Daily

OHYEAH Reveal Hide

55A

Backside 6 letters / Daily

HEINIE Reveal Hide

56A

2023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record 16 letters / Daily

REDWINESUPERNOVA Reveal Hide

60A

Toyota hybrid 5 letters / Daily

PRIUS Reveal Hide

61A

Plumbing fixture found under the sink 5 letters / Daily

PTRAP Reveal Hide

62A

Things assayers assay 4 letters / Daily

ORES Reveal Hide

63A

Reactions akin to "OMG!" 5 letters / Daily

GASPS Reveal Hide

64A

Pigs' digs 3 letters / Daily

STY Reveal Hide

65A

Fill up 4 letters / Daily

SATE Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Hard work 5 letters / Daily

LABOR Reveal Hide

Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic" 6 letters / Daily

ALANIS Reveal Hide

Corner store 6 letters / Daily

BODEGA Reveal Hide

Fall, e.g. 6 letters / Daily

SEASON Reveal Hide

Reading room 3 letters / Daily

DEN Reveal Hide

Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple 8 letters / Daily

NAGASAKI Reveal Hide

Subjects of some Billboard charts 6 letters / Daily

ALBUMS Reveal Hide

Old Russian ruler 4 letters / Daily

TSAR Reveal Hide

Cuban dance style 8 letters / Daily

HABANERA Reveal Hide

10D

Actress Edebiri 3 letters / Daily

AYO Reveal Hide

11D

"Which person are you referring to?" 3 letters / Daily

WHO Reveal Hide

12D

___ card 3 letters / Daily

SIM Reveal Hide

14D

A standard one has 21 pips 3 letters / Daily

DIE Reveal Hide

15D

Fortune-telling deck 5 letters / Daily

TAROT Reveal Hide

18D

Aviary inhabitant 4 letters / Daily

BIRD Reveal Hide

19D

Hound 3 letters / Daily

DOG Reveal Hide

25D

It's "pumped" by bodybuilders 4 letters / Daily

IRON Reveal Hide

26D

Town 4 letters / Daily

BURG Reveal Hide

27D

Texting format, in brief 3 letters / Daily

SMS Reveal Hide

29D

Many internet spammers 4 letters / Daily

BOTS Reveal Hide

30D

Rule 3 letters / Daily

LAW Reveal Hide

31D

Teacher for a day 3 letters / Daily

SUB Reveal Hide

33D

Part of a doorframe 4 letters / Daily

JAMB Reveal Hide

34D

Tortilla chip dip, informally 4 letters / Daily

GUAC Reveal Hide

35D

Shrek, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

OGRE Reveal Hide

36D

"Wow, real mature" 8 letters / Daily

OHGROWUP Reveal Hide

37D

Sport-___ 3 letters / Daily

UTE Reveal Hide

38D

"Ow! Watch it!" 8 letters / Daily

THATHURT Reveal Hide

39D

"___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke) 3 letters / Daily

HER Reveal Hide

40D

In the manner of 3 letters / Daily

ALA Reveal Hide

43D

Power-saving computer mode 5 letters / Daily

SLEEP Reveal Hide

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They're often made at weddings 6 letters / Daily

TOASTS Reveal Hide

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One may accept the terms and conditions 4 letters / Daily

USER Reveal Hide

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Heavyweight beasts, familiarly 6 letters / Daily

RHINOS Reveal Hide

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Mexican state bordering Chihuahua 6 letters / Daily

SONORA Reveal Hide

48D

Hot pot holder 6 letters / Daily

TRIVET Reveal Hide

50D

Novelist Rand 3 letters / Daily

AYN Reveal Hide

52D

Backcomb 5 letters / Daily

TEASE Reveal Hide

54D

Cat's warning 4 letters / Daily

HISS Reveal Hide

55D

Old-school term for "cool" 3 letters / Daily

HEP Reveal Hide

56D

World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief 3 letters / Daily

RPG Reveal Hide

57D

Long period 3 letters / Daily

ERA Reveal Hide

58D

Put down 3 letters / Daily

DIS Reveal Hide

59D

Salary 3 letters / Daily

PAY Reveal Hide