Here are hints and answers for the Tuesday, July 21, 2026, NYT Mini Crossword. The clues come first, so you can stop before the full solutions if you want to keep solving.
NYT Mini Crossword hints for July 21, 2026
These clue prompts and hints are reported by Parade. Each hint gives a starting or ending letter.
Across
- 1A: Roughly 20 million people in India, religiously — starts with S.
- 6A: “No need to remind me” — starts with I.
- 7A: Insurance company whose mascot helped solve a crossword in a 2025 ad — ends with O.
- 8A: Ultra-masculine — starts with M.
- 9A: Invite to enter — ends with N.
Down
- 1D: Greek “S” — starts with S.
- 2D: Swedish furniture stores — ends with S.
- 3D: 2026 N.B.A. champion — ends with K.
- 4D: Vietnamese revolutionary ___ Minh — starts with H.
- 5D: Faint after eye contact with one’s crush, say — ends with N.
Full answers for the July 21 Mini
Spoilers: The solutions are below. Parade reports these answers; they are not presented here as independently checked against the NYT archived grid.
Across answers
1A: SIKHS 6A: IKNOW 7A: GEICO 8A: MACHO 9A: ASKIN
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Down answers
1D: SIGMA 2D: IKEAS 3D: KNICK 4D: HOCHI 5D: SWOON
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The NYT Help Center describes the Mini as a smaller version of the New York Times Crossword. Subscribers with Games access can play in the NYT Games app, on the web at nytimes.com/crosswords, or in the News app. Past Minis are available in the archive on the web and in the Games app.
For weekday and Saturday Minis, the Help Center says the puzzle becomes available at 10 p.m. EST the previous day; Sunday’s puzzle becomes available at 6 p.m. EST Saturday. Inside the game, assistance options can check or reveal a square, an answer, or the whole puzzle. The Help Center also covers Across and Down entry, keyboard controls, pencil mode, timer settings, and completion feedback.
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