Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, July 21, 2026 features 77 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "BADABINGBADABOOM".
Total Clues
77
Longest
BADABINGBADABOOM
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
DNA
Featured Clue
"Easy-peasy"
16 Letters
BADABINGBADABOOM
ALLComplete Solution List
"Chocolate" pets
4LABS
Genome component
3DNA
Breaks in winter weather
5THAWS
__ vera
4ALOE
Gave a hand
5DEALT
Greet someone, informally
5SAYHI
Easy-peasy
16BADABINGBADABOOM
Attire for an infant
6ONESIE
Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon
6AURORA
Severity
5RIGOR
Urban environmental hazard
4SMOG
Pen tips
4NIBS
Clean with a rough spray
9SANDBLAST
Blood
5SERUM
Acorn producer
3OAK
The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g.
6JURORS
Finish flamboyantly ... like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across?
14GOOUTWITHABANG
2000-09, with "the"
6AUGHTS
___ and haw
3HEM
Jumbo
5LARGE
Colorful taffy candy brand
9STARBURST
Laptop brand
4ACER
Tons
4ALOT
Not having quite enough money
5SHORT
Really!
6OHYEAH
Backside
6HEINIE
2023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record
16REDWINESUPERNOVA
Toyota hybrid
5PRIUS
Plumbing fixture found under the sink
5PTRAP
Things assayers assay
4ORES
Reactions akin to "OMG!"
5GASPS
Pig's digs
3STY
Fill up
4SATE
Hard work
5LABOR
Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic"
6ALANIS
Corner store
6BODEGA
Fall, e.g.
6SEASON
Reading room
3DEN
Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple
8NAGASAKI
Subjects of some Billboard charts
6ALBUMS
Old Russian ruler
4TSAR
Cuban dance style
8HABANERA
Actress Edebiri
3AYO
"Which person are you referring to?"
3WHO
___ card
3SIM
A standard one has 21 pips
3DIE
Fortune-telling deck
5TAROT
Aviary inhabitant
4BIRD
Hound
3DOG
It's "pumped" by bodybuilders
4IRON
___ Town
4BURG
Texting format, in brief
3SMS
Many internet spammers
4BOTS
Rule
3LAW
Teacher for a day
3SUB
Part of a doorframe
4JAMB
Tortilla chip dip, informally
4GUAC
Shrek, e.g.
4OGRE
"Wow, real mature"
8OHGROWUP
___ sport
3UTE
"Ow! Watch it!"
8THATHURT
"___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke)
3HER
In the manner of
3ALA
Power-saving computer mode
5SLEEP
They're often made at weddings
6TOASTS
One may accept the terms and conditions
4USER
Heavyweight beasts, familiarly
6RHINOS
Mexican state bordering Chihuahua
6SONORA
Hot pot holder
6TRIVET
Novelist Rand
3AYN
Backcomb
5TEASE
Cat's warning
4HISS
Old-school term for "cool"
3HEP
World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief
3RPG
Long period
3ERA
Put down
3DIS
Salary
3PAY