USA Today Crossword July 21 2026 Answers (7/21/26)

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USA Today Crossword July 21, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Off-road rides, for short
5A	Passing fancies
10A	"Mamma Mia!" quartet
14A	Enjoy some taffy
15A	Cady ___ ("Mean Girls" protagonist whose last name is a type of bird)
16A	"Up" protagonist
17A	Backstory
18A	Make a speech
19A	Tie the ___ (get hitched)
20A	*City hub
23A	Jerk
24A	Spanish for "aunt"
25A	Hunter constellation
27A	Movie chain
30A	"You have a point"
33A	Pieces of food for a pet, say
36A	*Bit of unfinished business
38A	"___ been that long?"
39A	Fable
40A	"Alien" genre
43A	"Game of Thrones" star Headey
44A	South American mountain range
46A	*Career revival
48A	Loud noise
50A	Warty amphibian
51A	Fill in ___ blank
52A	To be, in Spanish
54A	"Golly ___"
56A	MPG part
58A	Word-based contest, and what the starred answers are doing, collectively, when read as clues for single letters
64A	Plow-pulling pair
66A	Bottled water brand
67A	Discipline with cobra pose
68A	___ /neuter program
69A	"Sondheim's Old Friends," e.g.
70A	Collectible '90s discs
71A	Feature of a bagel
72A	Winter vehicles
73A	Horse gait
1D	Rights org. for over 100 years
2D	Marvel superhero
3D	Action word
4D	Sit in a sauna
5D	"Big whoop"
6D	"___, There and Everywhere"
7D	Home to the Azadi Tower
8D	Saying
9D	Derisive looks
10D	Exclamation in a "Cathy" comic
11D	Fruit-shaped bike accessory
12D	Einstein ___ Bagels
13D	Secondary social media accounts, for short
21D	Late time, in ads
22D	Like red velvet cake
26D	Dental care brand
27D	Place to exchange vows
28D	Disney heroine with a sidekick named Pua
29D	Breakfast option such as Trix or Chex, e.g.
31D	Chapel Hill school (Abbr.)
32D	Official decree
34D	Tiny bit, in recipes
35D	Wager
37D	Tries to find
41D	___ Fighters (rock band)
42D	Fantasizes
45D	Wimbledon divisions
47D	Biblical garden
49D	Narrows gradually
53D	Have a ball
55D	Country home to Luxor and Cairo
56D	___ Spice (Victoria Beckham's nickname)
57D	Trade show
59D	Not prerecorded
60D	Praise highly
61D	Crude person
62D	Frozen waffle brand
63D	Right on a map
65D	Bill ___ the Science Guy

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