NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 14, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorStacy Cooper and Ken Cohen
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Spaghetti-strapped top, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICAMI→
5A
Turns sharply (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVEERS→
10A
Bullets and such, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAMMO→
14A
Radar dot (4)
Starts with B, ends with PBLIP→
15A
J.F.K. Presidential Library architect (5)
Starts with I, ends with IIMPEI→
16A
Crackpot (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOON→
17A
Word repeated in "Que ___, ___" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASERA→
18A
Word repeated in "___, ___, gone!" (5)
Starts with G, ends with GGOING→
19A
Norway's capital (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
20A
Rules on how to behave (13)
Starts with C, ends with TCODEOFCONDUCT→
23A
Alan who played Pierce on "M*A*S*H" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALDA→
24A
Bother (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
25A
Baba ghanouj, e.g. (11)
Starts with E, ends with PEGGPLANTDIP→
31A
"Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ a bear …" (3)
Starts with W, ends with SWAS→
34A
Froot ___ (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOOPS→
35A
Two on a rowboat (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOARS→
36A
65 to 75, typically, on an Interstate hwy. (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMPH→
38A
Feared scuba diving affliction, with "the" (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBENDS→
40A
Roman goddess of the moon (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUNA→
41A
2003 Will Ferrell Christmas movie (3)
Starts with E, ends with FELF→
42A
Lead-in to truck or gloss (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
43A
More whitish (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPALER→
44A
Fed. intelligence group (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
45A
Goofball (11)
Starts with K, ends with DKNUCKLEHEAD→
48A
Prefix with athlete or angle (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
50A
Like diamonds and calculus problems (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHARD→
51A
Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across (13)
Starts with W, ends with GWHATSCRACKING→
57A
What many dogs do in the spring and fall (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHED→
58A
Three-line poem from Japan (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHAIKU→
59A
Blemish on a car (4)
Starts with D, ends with GDING→
61A
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITERI→
62A
Once more (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAGAIN→
63A
Palm tree berry (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACAI→
64A
Money in Mexico (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
65A
Brainy bunch (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMENSA→
66A
Chopped, as logs (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHEWN→
Down
1D
"CSI" network (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCBS→
2D
Baldwin of "30 Rock" (4)
Starts with A, ends with CALEC→
3D
Surrealist Joan (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMIRO→
4D
Notes, Photos, FaceTime, etc. (8)
Starts with I, ends with SIPADAPPS→
5D
Actor Abe of "Barney Miller" (6)
Starts with V, ends with AVIGODA→
6D
My Chemical Romance groupie, e.g. (6)
Starts with E, ends with NEMOFAN→
7D
"The Divine Comedy" or "Beowulf" (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEPIC→
8D
Nevada's "Biggest Little City in the World" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
9D
Endorse, as a check (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSIGN→
10D
Audibly (5)
Starts with A, ends with DALOUD→
11D
Cocktail served in a copper mug (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMOSCOWMULE→
12D
Slough off (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOLT→
13D
Yoko who loved John Lennon (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
21D
90° angles (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELLS→
22D
Fist bumps (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDAPS→
25D
Funny DeGeneres (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELLEN→
26D
Hockey scores (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGOALS→
27D
Vito and Michael Corleone (10)
Starts with G, ends with SGODFATHERS→
28D
Partner of 60-Down in a bar (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTONIC→
30D
Org. that reviews W-9s (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
32D
Nighttime problem (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAPNEA→
33D
Sliver (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSHARD→
38D
___ Folds Five (rock trio) (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBEN→
39D
Australia's largest bird (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEMU→
40D
"Well, aren't you fancy!" (8)
Starts with L, ends with HLAHDIDAH→
42D
"Saturday Night Live" segment (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSKIT→
43D
Become more attentive, with "up" (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPERK→
46D
Business-casual pants (6)
Starts with K, ends with SKHAKIS→
49D
The "R" of NPR (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORADIO→
51D
Roller coaster exclamation (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWHEE→
53D
Shark-diving protection (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAGE→
54D
Film director Johnson (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRIAN→
55D
Pleasurable (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENICE→
56D
Chew (on) (4)
Starts with G, ends with WGNAW→
57D
Product known as "The Racer's Edge" (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSTP→
60D
Partner of 28-Down in a bar (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 14, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Spaghetti-strapped top, for short (CAMI); Turns sharply (VEERS); Bullets and such, informally (AMMO).
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