Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "FRONTIERJUSTICE".
Total Clues
76
Longest
FRONTIERJUSTICE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ODE
Featured Clue
"Wild West way of settling disputes"
15 Letters
FRONTIERJUSTICE
ALLComplete Solution List
Surrenders
6YIELDS
Wise thinker
4SAGE
Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt
3ODE
Realm of the Aztecs or Incas
6EMPIRE
Do some farmwork
4PLOW
___ de plume
3NOM
Mentor from the beyond
11SPIRITGUIDE
Whitney who invented the cotton gin
3ELI
Soak up
6ABSORB
___ have to do
4ITLL
Grifters' schemes
4CONS
Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army
9UNITEDWAY
Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr.
3AVE
Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs
3APR
Soon-to-be graduates
7SENIORS
Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand
8LEMONADE
Song and dance
3ADO
Wild West way of settling disputes
15FRONTIERJUSTICE
Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda
3LIN
In a gloomy way
8MOROSELY
Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches
7MCCAFES
B&B
3INN
Bambi's mother, for one
3DOE
1972 country hit for Tanya Tucker
9DELTADAWN
Reptiles on papyrus
4ASPS
Ballet bend
4PLIE
Puts pen to paper
6WRITES
"But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song)
3HIM
Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across
11FLYINGSTART
"Blueprint" for life
3DNA
Falsehoods
4LIES
Chemical "twin"
6ISOMER
"On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)
3SEX
Circular tent
4YURT
Words often accompanying a present
6FORYOU
Answer equivalent to "I do"
3YES
Mischievous devil
3IMP
Prefix with center
3EPI
Coins spent in Turkey
5LIRAS
Tiny drop
4DRIB
Tennis-match units
4SETS
Snub
5SPURN
They may crumble under cross-examination
6ALIBIS
Zeus or Odin
3GOD
Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland
3EWE
Boxing combo
6ONETWO
Big name in rental cars
6DOLLAR
___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates)
6EMILYS
Haitian currency unit
6GOURDE
Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak
6IDIOTS
Bovine baby
4CALF
The moon
4OVER
Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
4NEMO
Steeping container
6TEAURN
Finishes with
6ENDSON
Left-wing protest group
6ANTIFA
Tormented?
6PAINED
Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live"
6ONLATE
Hesitation sound across the pond
3ERM
Enter the chat, so to speak
6JOININ
Some military hazards, for short
4IEDS
Hoofbeat
4CLOP
Visually sizes up
4EYES
Dual degrees for physicians
6MDPHDS
___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads"
6CELINE
Apex
6CLIMAX
Literary friend of Finn
6SAWYER
Body part that's flicked
5WRIST
Businessman John Jacob ___
5ASTOR
"Almost time for the weekend!"
4TGIF
Canadian gas brand
4ESSO
Cool, in '90s slang
3FLY
Common Chinese surname
3LIU
Funny Schumer or Poehler
3AMY
___ Speedwagon
3REO
"___ dat" (slangy agreement)
3TRU