USA Today Crossword July 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1AOff-road rides, for short4 5APassing fancies5 10A"Mamma Mia!" quartet4 14AEnjoy some taffy4 15ACady ___ ("Mean Girls" protagonist whose last name is a type of bird)5 16A"Up" protagonist4 17ABackstory4 18AMake a speech5 19ATie the ___ (get hitched)4 20A*City hub11 23AJerk3 24ASpanish for "aunt"3 25AHunter constellation5 27AMovie chain3 30A"You have a point"4 33APieces of food for a pet, say6 36A*Bit of unfinished business8 38A"___ been that long?"5 39AFable4 40A"Alien" genre5 43A"Game of Thrones" star Headey4 44ASouth American mountain range5 46A*Career revival8 48ALoud noise6 50AWarty amphibian4 51AFill in ___ blank3 52ATo be, in Spanish5 54A"Golly ___"3 56AMPG part3 58AWord-based contest, and what the starred answers are doing, collectively, when read as clues for single letters11 64APlow-pulling pair4 66ABottled water brand5 67ADiscipline with cobra pose4 68A___ /neuter program4 69A"Sondheim's Old Friends," e.g.5 70ACollectible '90s discs4 71AFeature of a bagel4 72AWinter vehicles5 73AHorse gait4

Down

1DRights org. for over 100 years4 2DMarvel superhero4 3DAction word4 4DSit in a sauna5 5D"Big whoop"8 6D"___, There and Everywhere"4 7DHome to the Azadi Tower4 8DSaying5 9DDerisive looks6 10DExclamation in a "Cathy" comic3 11DFruit-shaped bike accessory10 12DEinstein ___ Bagels4 13DSecondary social media accounts, for short4 21DLate time, in ads4 22DLike red velvet cake4 26DDental care brand5 27DPlace to exchange vows5 28DDisney heroine with a sidekick named Pua5 29DBreakfast option such as Trix or Chex, e.g.10 31DChapel Hill school (Abbr.)3 32DOfficial decree5 34DTiny bit, in recipes5 35DWager5 37DTries to find5 41D___ Fighters (rock band)3 42DFantasizes8 45DWimbledon divisions4 47DBiblical garden4 49DNarrows gradually6 53DHave a ball5 55DCountry home to Luxor and Cairo5 56D___ Spice (Victoria Beckham's nickname)4 57DTrade show4 59DNot prerecorded4 60DPraise highly4 61DCrude person4 62DFrozen waffle brand4 63DRight on a map4 65DBill ___ the Science Guy3