NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 11, 2025
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Clues68
Across33
Down35
ConstructorJesse Guzman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Some pops (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCOCACOLAS→
10A
Line accompanying a doorbell ring (5)
Starts with I, ends with EITSME→
15A
Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere (9)
Starts with O, ends with EOPERAROLE→
16A
Moved in bounds (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLOPED→
17A
Activity with pints and points (9)
Starts with B, ends with ABARTRIVIA→
18A
Not straight (5)
Starts with L, ends with GLYING→
19A
Ones in a war of words? (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSLAMPOETS→
20A
Like Iceland's weather most of the year (5)
Starts with W, ends with YWINDY→
21A
Longtime email provider (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAOL→
22A
They're high-pressure at their low points (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOCEANS→
24A
Action figures from Hasbro (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGIJOES→
27A
Japanese "thank you" (7)
Starts with A, ends with OARIGATO→
30A
Morris who directed "The Thin Blue Line" (5)
Starts with E, ends with LERROL→
31A
It's one step down from an F (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEFLAT→
33A
"Uh-huh" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYUP→
34A
Vulgarian (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBOOR→
35A
What ice skaters might turn into? (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAXELS→
36A
"Sort by" option in a credit card history (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDATE→
37A
Messy ___ (hairstyle) (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBUN→
38A
Liquid-Plumr alternative (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODRANO→
39A
Pilot returning to the air, e.g. (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRERUN→
40A
Popeye's fare (7)
Starts with S, ends with HSPINACH→
42A
Passionate tributes (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPAEANS→
44A
Screen mover (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCURSOR→
46A
Dose of unreality? (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
47A
Sign of romantic chemistry (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSPARK→
49A
Dropped, as a touchy subject (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELEFTALONE→
54A
Sign of vitality (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPULSE→
55A
Neptune, e.g. (9)
Starts with I, ends with TICEPLANET→
56A
French city whose last three letters are a French article (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARLES→
57A
Simple question written with two question marks (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMOESTAS→
58A
Private affair (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRYST→
59A
Certain ephemeral social media post, informally (9)
Starts with S, ends with YSNAPSTORY→
Down
1D
Makings of some homemade pipes (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOBS→
2D
Fitting name for a girl born in October (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
3D
Michael who played Allan in "Barbie" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACERA→
4D
One into modeling at school (8)
Starts with A, ends with RARTMAJOR→
5D
Go on a full ride, say? (7)
Starts with C, ends with LCARPOOL→
6D
Maryland's state bird (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORIOLE→
7D
What crossing your hands in front of your chest means in American Sign Language (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVE→
8D
Bush nominee to the Supreme Court (5)
Starts with A, ends with OALITO→
9D
Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell (10)
Starts with S, ends with PSEASCALLOP→
10D
"Finish what you're doing" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TILLWAIT→
11D
Futzing (with) (6)
Starts with T, ends with GTOYING→
12D
Fabulizes (10)
Starts with S, ends with NSPINSAYARN→
13D
On the ___ (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMEND→
14D
Pushing boundaries (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDGY→
23D
Things sometimes named after kings and queens (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
25D
How Romeo dies, in the eyes of the audience (10)
Starts with I, ends with YIRONICALLY→
26D
Ones lost in lust (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSEXAHOLICS→
28D
Some attire worn with tights (5)
Starts with T, ends with STUTUS→
29D
P.G.A. Tour event (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
32D
Boggy land (3)
Starts with F, ends with NFEN→
35D
Characters' trajectories (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARCS→
36D
At the absolute back of the pack (8)
Starts with D, ends with TDEADLAST→
38D
Like the night right before dawn, proverbially (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDARKEST→
39D
Some real estate deals (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRESALES→
41D
Tends to (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNURSES→
43D
Music genre that's experimental yet radio-friendly (6)
Starts with A, ends with PALTPOP→
45D
Means of intel gathering (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRECON→
47D
Minor disagreement (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSPAT→
48D
[Please keep scratching me!] (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPURR→
50D
Org. that's busy after disasters (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFEMA→
51D
"You're ___ something!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
52D
Word with mint or miss (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNEAR→
53D
Site with shops from around the world (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 11, 2025?+
68 clues: 33 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jesse Guzman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Some pops (COCACOLAS); Line accompanying a doorbell ring (ITSME); Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere (OPERAROLE).
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