NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 29, 2025
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Clues79
Across39
Down40
ConstructorGene Louise De Vera
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
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, for three (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGODS→
5A
Like cigars and some salmon (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSMOKED→
11A
Spill the beans (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBLAB→
15A
Rephrase, say (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
16A
Gourmet garnish served with a mother-of-pearl spoon (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCAVIAR→
17A
Casino city near Lake Tahoe (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
18A
"Game of Thrones" co-star Headey (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALENA→
19A
"The Gift of the Magi" writer (6)
Starts with O, ends with YOHENRY→
20A
Gemstone whose name comes from the Greek for "claw" (4)
Starts with O, ends with XONYX→
21A
Early struggles for a new enterprise … or a hint to the shaded squares (12)
Starts with G, ends with SGROWINGPAINS→
24A
3-D meas. (3)
Starts with V, ends with LVOL→
25A
Blues group, for short? (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDNC→
26A
"Attack!" (5)
Starts with G, ends with MGETEM→
29A
Went in haste (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHIED→
33A
The "Lo" of "J.Lo" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ZLOPEZ→
37A
Rating system used in chess (3)
Starts with E, ends with OELO→
38A
Proper-sounding spring flower? (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPRIMROSE→
41A
"House of the Dragon" airer (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHBO→
42A
2011 animated film set in Brazil (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
43A
Early 2000s rating site with a rhyming name (8)
Starts with H, ends with THOTORNOT→
44A
Bear, in Spanish (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOSO→
45A
Muffin pan, essentially (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMOLD→
47A
Green day, familiarly? (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTPATS→
48A
Piece of news (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
49A
Get off the ground (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTART→
51A
Feathery females (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
52A
Clickable images (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICONS→
53A
Figures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry (12)
Starts with T, ends with STANGENTLINES→
56A
Pageant prize (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSCEPTER→
58A
Without forethought, say (7)
Starts with O, ends with MONAWHIM→
61A
Sharpen (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
62A
[Shrug] (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOCLUE→
65A
Midwest tribe (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOWA→
66A
What some may find off-putting about Limburger cheese (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
67A
People are talking about them (6)
Starts with T, ends with STOPICS→
68A
Neo-___ (film genre) (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNOIR→
69A
Bestrewn with droplets (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDEWY→
70A
Aquarium resident (4)
Starts with F, ends with HFISH→
71A
Mediterranean peak (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
Down
1D
Stuff inside an aloe plant (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
2D
Lofty tribute (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
3D
Inspiriting sound on a game show (4)
Starts with D, ends with GDING→
4D
Long (for), as attention (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTARVE→
5D
Death stare (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSCOWL→
6D
When doubled, ingredient in a seafood taco (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAHI→
7D
Womb, in an idiom (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOVEN→
8D
Double-decker checker (4)
Starts with K, ends with GKING→
9D
Wyatt of the Wild West (4)
Starts with E, ends with PEARP→
10D
Forest nymph in Greek mythology (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDRYAD→
11D
Bucking horse in a rodeo (6)
Starts with B, ends with OBRONCO→
12D
Part of a camera (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLENS→
13D
Whatever amount (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
14D
Trade punches (3)
Starts with B, ends with XBOX→
22D
That extra punch (5)
Starts with O, ends with HOOMPH→
23D
Estuary (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINLET→
26D
What many cleaning brands say they can kill 99% of (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGERMS→
27D
T.S. ___, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELIOT→
28D
"You had your chance" (10)
Starts with T, ends with WTOOLATENOW→
29D
Go berserk (10)
Starts with H, ends with FHITTHEROOF→
30D
"Pass it to me!" (6)
Starts with I, ends with NIMOPEN→
31D
Way off course (6)
Starts with E, ends with TERRANT→
32D
Instruction to improve posture (10)
Starts with D, ends with HDONTSLOUCH→
34D
Cameraperson's session (10)
Starts with P, ends with TPHOTOSHOOT→
35D
Buddy ___, Jed Clampett portrayer on "The Beverly Hillbillies" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEBSEN→
36D
Verb that has largely replaced "Skypes" (5)
Starts with Z, ends with SZOOMS→
39D
Children's author Asquith (3)
Starts with R, ends with SROS→
40D
"Hel-l-lp!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
46D
Curtains (7)
Starts with D, ends with YDRAPERY→
48D
Dessert drink made with frozen grapes (7)
Starts with I, ends with EICEWINE→
50D
Explosive letters (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
52D
Once ___ lifetime (3)
Starts with I, ends with AINA→
54D
Decent chap (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGENT→
55D
Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz (4)
Starts with I, ends with SINES→
56D
Like a racehorse's feet (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHOD→
57D
What a software developer develops with (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECODE→
59D
Victorious cry (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIWIN→
60D
Actress Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMARA→
63D
Cost-of-living stat. (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICPI→
64D
Fleur-de-___ (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLIS→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 29, 2025?+
79 clues: 39 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gene Louise De Vera and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, for three (GODS); Like cigars and some salmon (SMOKED); Spill the beans (BLAB).
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