New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 04/21/2026. The April 21 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a SurrendersYIELDS
- 7a Wise thinkerSAGE
- 11a Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and saltODE
- 14a Realm of the Aztecs or IncasEMPIRE
- 15a Do some farmworkPLOW
- 16a ___ de plumeNOM
- 17a Mentor from the beyondSPIRITGUIDE
- 19a Whitney who invented the cotton ginELI
- 20a Soak upABSORB
- 21a “___ have to do”ITLL
- 22a Grifters’ schemesCONS
- 25a Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation ArmyUNITEDWAY
- 28a Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr.AVE
- 29a Mo. with Aries and Taurus signsAPR
- 31a Soon-to-be graduatesSENIORS
- 32a Offering from an entrepreneurial child’s standLEMONADE
- 35a Song and danceADO
- 36a Wild West way of settling disputesFRONTIERJUSTICE
- 41a Broadway’s ___-Manuel MirandaLIN
- 42a In a gloomy wayMOROSELY
- 43a Starbucks alternatives from the Golden ArchesMCCAFES
- 47a B&BINN
- 48a Bambi’s mother, for oneDOE
- 49a 1972 country hit for Tanya TuckerDELTADAWN
- 51a Reptiles on papyrusASPS
- 52a Ballet bendPLIE
- 53a Puts pen to paperWRITES
- 56a “But Daddy I Love ___” (Taylor Swift song)HIM
- 57a Early advantage … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-AcrossFLYINGSTART
- 62a “Blueprint” for lifeDNA
- 63a FalsehoodsLIES
- 64a Chemical “twin”ISOMER
- 65a “On the Basis of ___” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)SEX
- 66a Circular tentYURT
- 67a Words often accompanying a presentFORYOU
- Down
- 1d Answer equivalent to “I do”YES
- 2d Mischievous devilIMP
- 3d Prefix with centerEPI
- 4d Coins spent in TurkeyLIRAS
- 5d Tiny dropDRIB
- 6d Tennis match unitsSETS
- 7d SnubSPURN
- 8d They may crumble under cross-examinationALIBIS
- 9d Zeus or OdinGOD
- 10d Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in IcelandEWE
- 11d Boxing comboONETWO
- 12d Big name in rental carsDOLLAR
- 13d ___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates)EMILYS
- 18d Haitian currency unitGOURDE
- 21d Not the brightest bulbs, so to speakIDIOTS
- 22d Bovine babyCALF
- 23d ___ the moonOVER
- 24d Captain in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”NEMO
- 26d Steeping containerTEAURN
- 27d Finishes withENDSON
- 29d Left-wing protest groupANTIFA
- 30d TormentedPAINED
- 33d Like “The Tonight Show” and “Saturday Night Live”ONLATE
- 34d Hesitation sound across the pondERM
- 37d Enter the chat, so to speakJOININ
- 38d Some military hazards, for shortIEDS
- 39d HoofbeatCLOP
- 40d Visually sizes upEYES
- 43d Dual degrees for physiciansMDPHDS
- 44d ___ Dion, the “Queen of Power Ballads”CELINE
- 45d ApexCLIMAX
- 46d Literary friend of FinnSAWYER
- 50d Body part that’s flickedWRIST
- 51d Businessman John Jacob ___ASTOR
- 54d “Almost time for the weekend!”TGIF
- 55d Canadian gas brandESSO
- 57d Cool, in ?90s slangFLY
- 58d Common Chinese surnameLIU
- 59d Funny Schumer or PoehlerAMY
- 60d ___ SpeedwagonREO
- 61d “___ dat” (slangy agreement)TRU