NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 15, 2025
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorPer Bykodorov
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
"Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSLANG→
6A
Beer pong locale (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFRAT→
10A
Tight-lipped (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMUM→
13A
Figure once marketed as "America's movable fighting man" (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGIJOE→
15A
___ for sore eyes (www.optometrists.com?) (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESITE→
16A
Like a film that's both sad and funny (10)
Starts with T, ends with CTRAGICOMIC→
18A
Cactus ___ (Arizona's state bird) (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWREN→
19A
Lisa Simpson's musical instrument (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSAX→
20A
"Go on now, git!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSHOO→
21A
Wild pigs (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBOARS→
22A
Ben & Jerry's flavor honoring a jam band legend (12)
Starts with C, ends with ACHERRYGARCIA→
28A
Potter : wheel :: painter : ___ (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEASEL→
29A
___ chic (fashion style) (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBOHO→
30A
"Can't you get someone else?" (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMUSTI→
32A
Water-testing org. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
35A
Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters (15)
Starts with C, ends with RCLOSEBUTNOCIGAR→
39A
Moviemaking backdrop (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
40A
D.E.A. agent, informally (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONARCO→
41A
Lit ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCRIT→
42A
Smells (5)
Starts with O, ends with SODORS→
44A
Herculean tasks (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLABORS→
46A
Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (12)
Starts with M, ends with MMAGICREALISM→
50A
Start of the Hebrew alphabet (5)
Starts with A, ends with HALEPH→
51A
Dum-dum (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLUNK→
52A
Anatomical pouch (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
55A
Skirt with a high hemline (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMINI→
56A
Online marketplace with a "barter" category (10)
Starts with C, ends with TCRAIGSLIST→
59A
Similar (to) (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAKIN→
60A
Six-time French Open champ Björn (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBORG→
61A
Fuel ship (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROILER→
62A
"Just a ___!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
63A
Moore of "The Substance" (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDEMI→
64A
Prenatal (5)
Starts with F, ends with LFETAL→
Down
1D
March V.I.P.s?: Abbr. (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSGTS→
2D
Old Italian money (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIRA→
3D
Cleaning product with a mythical name (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAJAX→
4D
Yuletide drink (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNOG→
5D
Performer at ozashiki parties (6)
Starts with G, ends with AGEISHA→
6D
Lower limit (5)
Starts with F, ends with RFLOOR→
7D
Something heard through the grapevine (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRUMOR→
8D
News anchor Melber (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
9D
Private eye, in old crime novels (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTEC→
10D
Big name in fertilizers (10)
Starts with M, ends with OMIRACLEGRO→
12D
High-I.Q. society (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMENSA→
15D
Said "%$#@!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESWORE→
17D
The so-called "Goddess of Pop" (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
21D
Fundamental (5)
Starts with B, ends with CBASIC→
22D
Co. heads (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCEOS→
23D
Like the questions asked in Guess Who? (5)
Starts with Y, ends with OYESNO→
24D
Feline, to Felipe (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGATO→
25D
Fundamentals (4)
Starts with A, ends with SABCS→
26D
Fire station fixture (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLE→
27D
Camera-friendly (10)
Starts with P, ends with CPHOTOGENIC→
30D
Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMURSE→
31D
World clock std. (3)
Starts with U, ends with CUTC→
33D
Unexciting holding in poker (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPAIR→
34D
Lincoln Center focus (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
36D
Son of Cain (5)
Starts with E, ends with HENOCH→
37D
Former attorney general Bill (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBARR→
38D
Warhead weapon, in brief (4)
Starts with I, ends with MICBM→
43D
Take out a small part of one's savings, say (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDIPIN→
44D
Suffix with duck or suck (4)
Starts with L, ends with GLING→
45D
Requests from (6)
Starts with A, ends with FASKSOF→
46D
Some bedtime story readers (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMAMAS→
47D
The same (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALIKE→
48D
Worry greatly (5)
Starts with A, ends with MALARM→
49D
Video game character in a green hat (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILUIGI→
52D
River residue (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSILT→
53D
Not on firm ground? (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
54D
___+C ("copy" on a PC) (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCTRL→
56D
Ingredient in some trendy gummies, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCBD→
57D
Fish eggs (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
58D
"It's not you, it's me," often (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 15, 2025?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Per Bykodorov and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g. (SLANG); Beer pong locale (FRAT); Tight-lipped (MUM).
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