NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 16, 2025
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Clues76
Across39
Down37
ConstructorKathy Bloomer
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Like some colors or Zoom users (5)
Starts with M, ends with DMUTED→
6A
"___ it go?" (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHOWD→
10A
Matterhorn, for one (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
13A
Drink with ground nutmeg (6)
Starts with E, ends with GEGGNOG→
15A
Like most TV broadcasts, now (4)
Starts with I, ends with DINHD→
16A
Mauna ___ (3)
Starts with K, ends with AKEA→
17A
Heavy hitter? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESLEDGE→
18A
Flying Cloud and Royale, for two (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREOS→
19A
Threw one's hat in the ring (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRAN→
20A
Sight next to a barn, often (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
21A
General Mills brand (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOTAL→
23A
Damage, so to speak (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOST→
24A
Goes to hell (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROTS→
26A
Strengthens, as a relationship (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCEMENTS→
28A
Gag costume (7)
Starts with A, ends with TAPESUIT→
31A
Skier's transport (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTBAR→
32A
Exercised authority over (8)
Starts with G, ends with DGOVERNED→
34A
Form of solitaire won when only the four highest cards remain (6)
Starts with A, ends with PACESUP→
38A
___ rage (risk of certain drugs) (4)
Starts with R, ends with DROID→
39A
N.B.A. coach Popovich (5)
Starts with G, ends with GGREGG→
41A
First razor to feature a pivoting head (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATRA→
42A
Workers' rights grp. (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAFLCIO→
44A
Delicacy in France and China (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFROGLEGS→
46A
Word before tight or time (4)
Starts with H, ends with GHANG→
48A
Structures commonly seen at ski resorts (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAFRAMES→
49A
Conspirator (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSCHEMER→
52A
Spittoon sound (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPTUI→
53A
Essence (4)
Starts with C, ends with XCRUX→
54A
Meal in which a cup of wine is poured for the prophet Elijah (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEDER→
56A
Have bottled-up anger (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTEW→
60A
"Nelson's blood" (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRUM→
61A
"Sure" (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOKAY→
62A
Files taxes in June, perhaps (6)
Starts with I, ends with EISLATE→
64A
Ballyhoo (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
65A
Like Solomon, famously (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWISE→
66A
Former Nissan S.U.V. (6)
Starts with X, ends with AXTERRA→
67A
___ diem (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPER→
68A
Old flames (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEXES→
69A
Old long-haul hwy. from Detroit to Seattle (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUSTEN→
Down
1D
Rat's nest (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMESS→
2D
Lumpy fruit (4)
Starts with U, ends with IUGLI→
3D
Neutrogena shampoo with a slash in its name (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTGEL→
4D
Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product? (12)
Starts with E, ends with XENDORSEDCHEX→
5D
Follow relentlessly (3)
Starts with D, ends with GDOG→
6D
Grammy-winning trumpeter Al (4)
Starts with H, ends with THIRT→
7D
Like Ionesco's play "The Bald Soprano" (6)
Starts with O, ends with TONEACT→
8D
Sugary bulk breakfast purchase? (14)
Starts with W, ends with XWHOLEBAGOFTRIX→
9D
Certain calculus expert, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDDS→
10D
Home of minor-league baseball's RubberDucks (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAKRON→
11D
Merest (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
12D
Is nearly out of breath (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPANTS→
14D
Doing some shopping for breakfast? (14)
Starts with G, ends with XGETTINGONESKIX→
22D
Big name in blenders (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSTER→
23D
Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down (12)
Starts with C, ends with SCEREALAISLES→
25D
Not just my (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROUR→
28D
Indian tourist destination (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
29D
Sound in a disappearing act (4)
Starts with P, ends with FPOOF→
30D
Morally contemptible (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
33D
For sure, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with FDEF→
35D
One might be cut at an angle (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEM→
36D
Craving (4)
Starts with U, ends with EURGE→
37D
"Nah, I'm good" (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPASS→
40D
"You did a ___ job raisin me!" (punny Mother's Day card line) (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAPE→
43D
Words of affirmation (3)
Starts with I, ends with MIAM→
45D
Softhearted supervillain of "Despicable Me" (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGRU→
47D
Common stove residue to be cleaned up (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGREASE→
49D
Doggie bag morsel (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSCRAP→
50D
Coarse (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRUDE→
51D
"___ me " (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHUMOR→
55D
Products with peak sales before Easter, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDYES→
57D
Lip-puckering (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTART→
58D
Raison d'___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
59D
Move to solid food, say (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWEAN→
61D
Be in debt (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
63D
"The Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 16, 2025?+
76 clues: 39 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kathy Bloomer and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Like some colors or Zoom users (MUTED); "___ it go?" (HOWD); Matterhorn, for one (ALP).
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