NYT Crossword April 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Surrenders 6 7A Wise thinker 4 11A Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt 3 14A Realm of the Aztecs or Incas 6 15A Do some farmwork 4 16A ___ de plume 3 17A Mentor from the beyond 11 19A Whitney who invented the cotton gin 3 20A Soak up 6 21A "___ have to do" 4 22A Grifters' schemes 4 25A Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army 9 28A Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr. 3 29A Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs 3 31A Soon-to-be graduates 7 32A Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand 8 35A Song and dance 3 36A Wild West way of settling disputes 15 41A Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda 3 42A In a gloomy way 8 43A Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches 7 47A B&B 3 48A Bambi's mother, for one 3 49A 1972 country hit for Tanya Tucker 9 51A Reptiles on papyrus 4 52A Ballet bend 4 53A Puts pen to paper 6 56A "But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song) 3 57A Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across 11 62A "Blueprint" for life 3 63A Falsehoods 4 64A Chemical "twin" 6 65A "On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic) 3 66A Circular tent 4 67A Words often accompanying a present 6

Down

1D Answer equivalent to "I do" 3 2D Mischievous devil 3 3D Prefix with center 3 4D Coins spent in Turkey 5 5D Tiny drop 4 6D Tennis match units 4 7D Snub 5 8D They may crumble under cross-examination 6 9D Zeus or Odin 3 10D Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland 3 11D Boxing combo 6 12D Big name in rental cars 6 13D ___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates) 6 18D Haitian currency unit 6 21D Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak 6 22D Bovine baby 4 23D ___ the moon 4 24D Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" 4 26D Steeping container 6 27D Finishes with 6 29D Left-wing protest group 6 30D Tormented 6 33D Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" 6 34D Hesitation sound across the pond 3 37D Enter the chat, so to speak 6 38D Some military hazards, for short 4 39D Hoofbeat 4 40D Visually sizes up 4 43D Dual degrees for physicians 6 44D ___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads" 6 45D Apex 6 46D Literary friend of Finn 6 50D Body part that's flicked 5 51D Businessman John Jacob ___ 5 54D "Almost time for the weekend!" 4 55D Canadian gas brand 4 57D Cool, in ’90s slang 3 58D Common Chinese surname 3 59D Funny Schumer or Poehler 3 60D ___ Speedwagon 3 61D "___ dat" (slangy agreement) 3