NYT Crossword Answers for April 21, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for April 21, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Surrenders View hint and explanation

YIELDS

Wise thinker View hint and explanation

SAGE

11A

Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt View hint and explanation

ODE

14A

Realm of the Aztecs or Incas View hint and explanation

EMPIRE

15A

Do some farmwork View hint and explanation

PLOW

16A

___ de plume View hint and explanation

NOM

17A

Mentor from the beyond View hint and explanation

SPIRITGUIDE

19A

Whitney who invented the cotton gin View hint and explanation

ELI

20A

Soak up View hint and explanation

ABSORB

21A

"___ have to do" View hint and explanation

ITLL

22A

Grifters' schemes View hint and explanation

CONS

25A

Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army View hint and explanation

UNITEDWAY

28A

Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr. View hint and explanation

AVE

29A

Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs View hint and explanation

APR

31A

Soon-to-be graduates View hint and explanation

SENIORS

32A

Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand View hint and explanation

LEMONADE

35A

Song and dance View hint and explanation

ADO

36A

Wild West way of settling disputes View hint and explanation

FRONTIERJUSTICE

41A

Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda View hint and explanation

LIN

42A

In a gloomy way View hint and explanation

MOROSELY

43A

Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches View hint and explanation

MCCAFES

47A

B&B View hint and explanation

INN

48A

Bambi's mother, for one View hint and explanation

DOE

49A

2 country hit for Tanya Tucker View hint and explanation

DELTADAWN

51A

Reptiles on papyrus View hint and explanation

ASPS

52A

Ballet bend View hint and explanation

PLIE

53A

Puts pen to paper View hint and explanation

WRITES

56A

"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song) View hint and explanation

HIM

57A

Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across View hint and explanation

FLYINGSTART

62A

"Blueprint" for life View hint and explanation

DNA

63A

Falsehoods View hint and explanation

LIES

64A

Chemical "twin" View hint and explanation

ISOMER

65A

"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic) View hint and explanation

SEX

66A

Circular tent View hint and explanation

YURT

67A

Words often accompanying a present View hint and explanation

FORYOU

197A

country hit for Tanya Tucker View hint and explanation

DELTADAWN

Down Answers

Answer equivalent to "I do" View hint and explanation

YES

Mischievous devil View hint and explanation

IMP

Prefix with center View hint and explanation

EPI

Coins spent in Turkey View hint and explanation

LIRAS

Tiny drop View hint and explanation

DRIB

Tennis match units View hint and explanation

SETS

Snub View hint and explanation

SPURN

They may crumble under cross-examination View hint and explanation

ALIBIS

Zeus or Odin View hint and explanation

GOD

10D

Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland View hint and explanation

EWE

11D

Boxing combo View hint and explanation

ONETWO

12D

Big name in rental cars View hint and explanation

DOLLAR

13D

___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates) View hint and explanation

EMILYS

18D

Haitian currency unit View hint and explanation

GOURDE

21D

Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak View hint and explanation

IDIOTS

22D

Bovine baby View hint and explanation

CALF

23D

___ the moon View hint and explanation

OVER

24D

Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" View hint and explanation

NEMO

26D

Steeping container View hint and explanation

TEAURN

27D

Finishes with View hint and explanation

ENDSON

29D

Left-wing protest group View hint and explanation

ANTIFA

30D

Tormented View hint and explanation

PAINED

33D

Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" View hint and explanation

ONLATE

34D

Hesitation sound across the pond View hint and explanation

ERM

37D

Enter the chat, so to speak View hint and explanation

JOININ

38D

Some military hazards, for short View hint and explanation

IEDS

39D

Hoofbeat View hint and explanation

CLOP

40D

Visually sizes up View hint and explanation

EYES

43D

Dual degrees for physicians View hint and explanation

MDPHDS

44D

___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads" View hint and explanation

CELINE

45D

Apex View hint and explanation

CLIMAX

46D

Literary friend of Finn View hint and explanation

SAWYER

50D

Body part that's flicked View hint and explanation

WRIST

51D

Businessman John Jacob ___ View hint and explanation

ASTOR

54D

"Almost time for the weekend!" View hint and explanation

TGIF

55D

Canadian gas brand View hint and explanation

ESSO

57D

Cool, in '90s slang View hint and explanation

FLY

58D

Common Chinese surname View hint and explanation

LIU

59D

Funny Schumer or Poehler View hint and explanation

AMY

60D

___ Speedwagon View hint and explanation

REO

61D

"___ dat" (slangy agreement) View hint and explanation

TRU