NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 19, 2025
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Clues70
Across38
Down32
ConstructorAlex Tomlinson
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
Support in construction (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIBAR→
5A
Nickname that omits "-orah" (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDEB→
8A
Move quickly with the wind, as clouds (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSCUD→
12A
Dominion (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERULE→
13A
On what to write one's final words? (9)
Starts with E, ends with REXAMPAPER→
16A
Lead-in to a date (4)
Starts with A, ends with FASOF→
17A
Post-meeting to-do (10)
Starts with A, ends with MACTIONITEM→
19A
21A
"How exciting!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with YOHBOY→
22A
Actress Mendes of "Ghost Rider" (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
23A
Firmly establishes, in one spelling (8)
Starts with E, ends with SENGRAINS→
25A
Like some entries and smiles (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFORCED→
27A
Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the" (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMET→
28A
Common map feature (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINSET→
30A
French for "our" (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTRE→
31A
Washed up, perhaps (6)
Starts with A, ends with EASHORE→
33A
Sound from a dental click (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTUT→
35A
Need for an international student, often (4)
Starts with V, ends with AVISA→
36A
Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structures (7)
Starts with I, ends with SISOMERS→
38A
Mourns (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGRIEVES→
40A
Lightly cut? (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELASE→
41A
Waterproofing substance (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
43A
Walking stick, e.g. (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINSECT→
44A
Trail of evidence (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSCENT→
46A
___ and the Dominos, rock band behind "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues" (5)
Starts with D, ends with KDEREK→
48A
Surprising outburst (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBOO→
49A
Celestial object producing a so-called "lighthouse effect" as it rotates (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPULSAR→
51A
Go off a cliff, maybe (8)
Starts with B, ends with PBASEJUMP→
53A
Someone with whom to share un peu de camaraderie (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
54A
B in chemistry class (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBORON→
56A
Duke residence (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDORM→
57A
Unwritten reminder (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMENTALNOTE→
60A
Go back for more (4)
Starts with R, ends with PREUP→
62A
Life-threatening (9)
Starts with N, ends with LNEARFATAL→
63A
"Later" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATATA→
64A
They're in a lather (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUDS→
65A
Complete mess (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
66A
Under legal threat, in a way (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSUED→
Down
1D
___ Flatow, longtime host of public radio's "Science Friday" (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
2D
Know-how in negotiations, say (14)
Starts with B, ends with NBUSINESSACUMEN→
3D
"Similarly …" (15)
Starts with A, ends with SALONGTHOSELINES→
4D
Pass (to) (5)
Starts with R, ends with RREFER→
5D
Federal agcy. established during Nixon's presidency (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADEA→
6D
Those whose time has come and gone? (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXCONS→
7D
Bundle that might include soap and towels (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBATHSET→
8D
Send up (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSPOOF→
9D
Locale for an echo (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCANYON→
10D
Global news inits. (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUPI→
11D
Base for cases (15)
Starts with D, ends with UDETECTIVEBUREAU→
14D
Film franchise that boosted sales of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with BMIB→
15D
Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic (14)
Starts with R, ends with EREVERSECOMMUTE→
18D
Took five on the road (9)
Starts with M, ends with PMADEASTOP→
20D
Democratic Republic of the Congo, once (5)
Starts with Z, ends with EZAIRE→
23D
Unwanted inbox filler (9)
Starts with E, ends with MEMAILSPAM→
24D
Like helium (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINERT→
26D
Meanders (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROVES→
29D
Water tower? (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTUG→
32D
Itchy ears and itchy hands, to the superstitious (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOMENS→
34D
Scoring plays in rugby (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRIES→
39D
Tatted up (5)
Starts with I, ends with DINKED→
42D
Many nostalgia-baiting TV shows (7)
Starts with R, ends with SREBOOTS→
45D
Sleeveless medieval garment (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTABARD→
47D
Go off on (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRANTAT→
50D
Massages deeply (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROLFS→
52D
Portmanteau pants (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJORTS→
55D
Transfer ___ (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
58D
Cross shape (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
59D
Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire (3)
Starts with E, ends with YELY→
61D
Deceptively beef up (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPAD→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 19, 2025?+
70 clues: 38 Across and 32 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Alex Tomlinson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Support in construction (IBAR); Nickname that omits "-orah" (DEB); Move quickly with the wind, as clouds (SCUD).
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