NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 17, 2025
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Clues72
Across37
Down35
ConstructorIlan Kolkowitz and Shimon Kolkowitz
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
___ bowl (healthful dish) (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACAI→
5A
Cellular protein (5)
Starts with A, ends with NACTIN→
10A
Give out (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
14A
Expels (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBANS→
15A
Mars with bars (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBRUNO→
16A
Cold-blooded kind of monster (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGILA→
17A
"And so …" (4)
Starts with E, ends with OERGO→
18A
Common back-to-school purchases (10)
Starts with L, ends with SLUNCHBOXES→
20A
Bit of ballet wear (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETOESHOE→
22A
2013 movie co-starring Scarlett Johansson in which she is never seen (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHER→
23A
"Going Back to Cali" rapper, 1998 (7)
Starts with L, ends with JLLCOOLJ→
25A
*Abigail Adams or Eleanor Roosevelt, informally (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOTUS→
29A
*Red denizen of Sesame Street (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
30A
Advocates for (8)
Starts with E, ends with SESPOUSES→
33A
Animal with luxurious fur (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESABLE→
36A
Consumer protection agcy. (3)
Starts with F, ends with CFTC→
37A
Muse of memory (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMNEME→
38A
See 64-Across (5)
Starts with T, ends with STREES→
39A
*Hasty (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
40A
Become fixed (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSETIN→
41A
Santa ___ (hot winds) (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANAS→
42A
What three is (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCROWD→
44A
"Hmm, I don't think so" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUHNO→
45A
*"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a ___ to be kindled": Plutarch (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFIR→
46A
Eliot protagonist (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMARNER→
47A
*Pickle or asparagus unit (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPEAR→
49A
Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, say (7)
Starts with C, ends with DCRISPED→
51A
State with 1,350 miles of coastline (second-most after Alaska): Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with AFLA→
52A
*Small, embedded program (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAPPLE→
54A
São ___, most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPAULO→
56A
Toward that place, quaintly (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTHITHER→
58A
Ancient Rome and Persia (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEMPIRES→
62A
Comforts (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSOLACES→
63A
Almost half of Scandinavians (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSWEDES→
64A
What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? (6)
Starts with F, ends with TFOREST→
Down
1D
Help with a crime (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
2D
Apt name for a December baby (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCAROL→
3D
Early investor (5)
Starts with A, ends with LANGEL→
4D
Literally, "equal legs" (9)
Starts with I, ends with SISOSCELES→
5D
Like many a plant in spring (6)
Starts with A, ends with MABLOOM→
6D
Draconian (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCRUEL→
7D
Large cask for beer or wine (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTUN→
8D
Crawl (along) (4)
Starts with I, ends with HINCH→
9D
What a bad assistant might be (6)
Starts with N, ends with PNOHELP→
10D
Teamwork inhibitor (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
11D
Word with cake or trail (3)
Starts with M, ends with XMIX→
12D
Spot dans la Seine (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
13D
Many Ph.D. students (3)
Starts with T, ends with STAS→
19D
Some Halloween "transports" (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBROOMS→
21D
Plot problems (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHOLES→
24D
ABC's first program broadcast in color, with "The" (7)
Starts with J, ends with SJETSONS→
26D
Refurbish, as an old piano (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTUNEUP→
27D
What one may have to do to destroy a Death Star (11)
Starts with U, ends with EUSETHEFORCE→
28D
Original and influential (7)
Starts with S, ends with LSEMINAL→
31D
Big name in soft drinks (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSCHWEPPES→
32D
___ Presidenta, term of address for Mexico's leader beginning in 2024 (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASENORA→
33D
Wizard's weapon, maybe (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSTAFF→
34D
"___ the Doughnut," start of a children's book series (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARNIE→
35D
Classic French sauce (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBEARNAISE→
36D
Horseshoe enthusiasts? (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFARRIERS→
42D
Like one who might have to hoof it (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCARLESS→
43D
Aspire to (7)
Starts with D, ends with FDREAMOF→
46D
John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMCPHEE→
50D
Brand of oversize Lego bricks (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODUPLO→
53D
Veteran's affliction, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPTSD→
55D
Yarn spinner (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLIAR→
56D
Does a certain prank on, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with STPS→
57D
___-to (3)
Starts with H, ends with WHOW→
59D
Some M.I.T. grads, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEES→
60D
The last one flew in 10/03 (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSST→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 17, 2025?+
72 clues: 37 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ilan Kolkowitz and Shimon Kolkowitz and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: ___ bowl (healthful dish) (ACAI); Cellular protein (ACTIN); Give out (EMIT).
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