NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 18, 2025
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Clues72
Across33
Down39
ConstructorGreg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
"Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" (10)
Starts with D, ends with KDIALITBACK→
11A
Exclamation to an old chap (4)
Starts with I, ends with YISAY→
15A
Solitary (10)
Starts with A, ends with LANTISOCIAL→
16A
Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMA→
17A
Trend that involves pink accessories and décor (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBARBIECORE→
18A
Low notes (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
19A
Plants, maybe (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPIES→
20A
Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEIS→
22A
Three-part event, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
23A
Roofing supply (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
24A
"___ crazy?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
26A
Sore loser's wail (6)
Starts with N, ends with RNOFAIR→
28A
Common additive in chewing gum (4)
Starts with T, ends with CTALC→
30A
Throat lozenge, often (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
31A
Act like everything's normal despite how one feels (10)
Starts with P, ends with LPLAYITCOOL→
37A
Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGUAM→
39A
Call in a casino (15)
Starts with D, ends with GDOUBLEORNOTHING→
41A
Let go to pot? (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
42A
Lowest of the low (10)
Starts with R, ends with MROCKBOTTOM→
43A
Get dressed (up) (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDOLL→
45A
Time on end (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEONS→
46A
Shadow (6)
Starts with F, ends with WFOLLOW→
48A
Cries of faux despair, say (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOYS→
49A
Leave it to beaver? (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDAM→
52A
"Feliz ____ Novo!" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
53A
Some Elomi products (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAS→
55A
Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTIGER→
57A
Government V.I.P. (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCZAR→
59A
Bad thing to do when you see red (10)
Starts with A, ends with EACCELERATE→
62A
Literature Nobelist Morrison (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITONI→
63A
Football maneuver involving a fake handoff (10)
Starts with P, ends with NPLAYACTION→
64A
It's OK (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
65A
"Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" (10)
Starts with S, ends with TSUREWHYNOT→
Down
1D
Amounts of cream (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDABS→
2D
Not quite right (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINAPT→
3D
Places in the heart (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATRIA→
4D
Philadelphia tourist attraction (11)
Starts with L, ends with LLIBERTYBELL→
5D
Goddess known as "Great Mother" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
6D
Ring bearer? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
7D
Discreetly fill in, in a way (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBCC→
8D
Garlic-rich topping (5)
Starts with A, ends with IAIOLI→
9D
Charge (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECARE→
10D
Naomi ___, author of 2007's "The Shock Doctrine" (5)
Starts with K, ends with NKLEIN→
11D
Chat qualifier (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIMO→
12D
Present-day attire? (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSANTASUIT→
13D
Watered-down espresso, essentially (9)
Starts with A, ends with OAMERICANO→
14D
Arabic name that means "wealthy" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with RYASIR→
21D
Lay the groundwork for, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
24D
Make amends? (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTER→
25D
1960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMCCOO→
27D
Claws or bites (11)
Starts with F, ends with YFIGHTSDIRTY→
29D
Be in rough shape (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAIL→
31D
Droid, e.g., for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with APDA→
32D
Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire (9)
Starts with L, ends with OLONDONZOO→
33D
They help you get off a lot (9)
Starts with A, ends with SAUTOLOANS→
34D
Tolkien menace (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
35D
Well-pitched (5)
Starts with O, ends with YONKEY→
36D
University of New Mexico athletes (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOBOS→
38D
___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMGM→
44D
Pre-smash hit (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLOB→
46D
They "can obscure the truth," per Maya Angelou (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFACTS→
47D
Deli purchases (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWRAPS→
48D
Trashy TV character? (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSCAR→
50D
Reply of shocked annoyance (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAGAIN→
51D
Social movement introduced in 2006 (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMETOO→
54D
Org. with a "Defending Speech We Hate" section on its website (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
55D
Stock market sector, informally (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTECH→
56D
Flat fee? (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRENT→
58D
___ Grande (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
60D
LASIK target (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEYE→
61D
One may cover estates (3)
Starts with L, ends with WLAW→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 18, 2025?+
72 clues: 33 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" (DIALITBACK); Exclamation to an old chap (ISAY); Solitary (ANTISOCIAL).
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