NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 23, 2025
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Clues77
Across39
Down38
ConstructorBrandon Koppy
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
"That one's mine!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIBS→
5A
Treat that may have a cherry on top (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESUNDAE→
11A
Puts on TV (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
15A
Computer that originally came in five "flavors" (4)
Starts with I, ends with CIMAC→
16A
Margin for a close ballgame (6)
Starts with O, ends with NONERUN→
17A
Improvisational singing (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCAT→
18A
Honor for "Dune" and "American Gods" (11)
Starts with N, ends with DNEBULAAWARD→
20A
Certain Bear or Smurf (4)
Starts with P, ends with APAPA→
21A
Establishment in Chicago's Boystown (6)
Starts with G, ends with RGAYBAR→
22A
"I love," in Italian and Spanish (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAMO→
23A
Transparent film (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSARAN→
24A
Open, as toothpaste (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUNCAP→
25A
Like Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift (10)
Starts with S, ends with KSTARSTRUCK→
27A
Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
28A
Place for a hydrating body wrap (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
30A
"Relax, soldier" (6)
Starts with A, ends with EATEASE→
31A
30% is a very good one (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTIP→
33A
Desktop image (4)
Starts with I, ends with NICON→
36A
Genre for the Final Fantasy series, in brief (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRPG→
37A
Grammy-winning Soundgarden hit of 1994 (12)
Starts with B, ends with NBLACKHOLESUN→
41A
Massachusetts' Cape ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
42A
Instrument whose name is 75% vowels (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
43A
Letters written in the sand, maybe (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
45A
Evening meal, for a child (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDINDIN→
48A
Many purchases on Discogs (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLPS→
50A
Middle X or O (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTAC→
52A
Canadian province on the Gulf of Maine (10)
Starts with N, ends with ANOVASCOTIA→
55A
___ apso (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALHASA→
57A
However, briefly (5)
Starts with A, ends with OALTHO→
58A
Home of Madison Ave. and Houston St. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNYC→
59A
Saw, as a movie (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCAUGHT→
60A
Chimney sweep's target (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFLUE→
61A
63A
Instrument similar to a sousaphone (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATUBA→
64A
2009 aviatrix biopic (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAMELIA→
65A
Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIMA→
66A
Imitated (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
67A
Reunited city (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBERLIN→
68A
Barbershop sound (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNIP→
Down
1D
Nincompoop (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDINGUS→
2D
"No joke!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TIMEANIT→
3D
Bassinet alternative (8)
Starts with B, ends with BBABYCRIB→
4D
Diving acronym (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASCUBA→
5D
Take to the skies (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOAR→
6D
"___ cerveza, por favor" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUNA→
7D
Unfamiliar with (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWAT→
8D
Emmy category (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADRAMA→
9D
"Sleeping Beauty" princess (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAURORA→
10D
Word with tight or loose (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
11D
Spears on a plate (9)
Starts with A, ends with SASPARAGUS→
12D
In myth, one who flew too close to the sun (6)
Starts with I, ends with SICARUS→
13D
Actress Noomi of "Prometheus" (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERAPACE→
14D
Emitted squiggly lines, in a cartoon (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTANK→
19D
Trounces in Mario Kart, say (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLAPS→
23D
List in a how-to manual (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEPS→
25D
Give the pink slip (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSACK→
26D
Player of the Iron Lady in "The Iron Lady" (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSTREEP→
29D
Walk in the park, so to speak (6)
Starts with P, ends with CPICNIC→
32D
Not leave details to chance (9)
Starts with P, ends with DPLANAHEAD→
34D
"Well, lookie here!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOHO→
35D
Head, slangily (3)
Starts with N, ends with BNOB→
38D
"In conclusion ..." (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANDSO→
39D
Kinks song spoofed in Weird Al's "Yoda" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALOLA→
40D
"Why does this keep happening?!" (8)
Starts with N, ends with NNOTAGAIN→
44D
Course in an omakase meal (7)
Starts with S, ends with ISASHIMI→
45D
Dress to the nines (6)
Starts with D, ends with PDOLLUP→
46D
Hospital hookup (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIVTUBE→
47D
Z-lister (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENONAME→
49D
Big slice (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLAB→
51D
Snooze (6)
Starts with C, ends with PCATNAP→
52D
Pact from 1994 to 2020 (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANAFTA→
53D
Texas city named after a president (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTYLER→
54D
"Let's see if you're bluffing" (5)
Starts with I, ends with LICALL→
59D
Ink cartridge color (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCYAN→
61D
Chitchat (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGAB→
62D
Noon or midnight (3)
Starts with X, ends with IXII→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 23, 2025?+
77 clues: 39 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brandon Koppy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "That one's mine!" (DIBS); Treat that may have a cherry on top (SUNDAE); Puts on TV (AIRS).
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