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Across answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1A: Ceremonial band | SASH |
| 5A: First official state hand gesture, following a 2024 Hawaiian bill | SHAKA |
| 6A: Deck with the Major and Minor Arcana | TAROT |
| 7A: Just love | ADORE |
| 8A: Boardwalk has the highest one on a Monopoly board | RENT |
Down answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1D: Cool place to be on a sunny day | SHADE |
| 2D: Name that may come first during an alphabetical roll call | AARON |
| 3D: Hybrid athletic garment | SKORT |
| 4D: Just loathe | HATE |
| 5D: One whose name is in lights | STAR |
About this answer key
Sunburst Tech News and Analytics Insight both published this clue-and-answer set on July 21, 2025, and The Economic Times reproduced the same core answers. These are matching secondary-source reports; no primary NYT archive was available to independently verify the grid. The clue about the Hawaiian hand gesture is reported alongside SHAKA, but the underlying legal development is not independently verified here.
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- Sunburst Tech News, “Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for July 21,” July 21, 2025.
- Analytics Insight, “Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for July 21, 2025,” July 21, 2025.
- The Economic Times, “NYT Mini Crossword, July 21: Solve the Monday puzzle with these hints and answers,” July 21, 2025.
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