NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 27, 2025
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Clues140
Across59
Down81
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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
"Don't mention it" (8)
Starts with N, ends with LNOTATALL→
9A
Like a lover's lips, perhaps (8)
Starts with K, ends with EKISSABLE→
17A
Sudden dose of reality, in slang (9)
Starts with T, ends with BTRUTHBOMB→
19A
Emphatic words of denial (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESONOTTRUE→
20A
[aria-label] 5508.461375/618 (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSANTACLAUS→
22A
[aria-label] 0-5.08718 (10)
Starts with T, ends with GTHEONERING→
23A
Sheep's peep (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBLEAT→
24A
How detectives might act (7)
Starts with O, ends with DONALEAD→
26A
Ones providing help around the House (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDES→
27A
Poli ___ (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISCI→
30A
Attack, as a castle (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTORM→
31A
Jazz singer Carmen (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMCRAE→
33A
Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMUKBANGS→
38A
39A
Advance (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOAN→
40A
Tough spot for a teen? (3)
Starts with Z, ends with TZIT→
43A
[aria-label] 316008+5336338 (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAYINALIVE→
45A
[aria-label] 32008-.53177187714 (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMOONSHINE→
47A
Broke bread (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDINED→
48A
Holder of valuable contributions, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
49A
One of three on the Mayflower (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMAST→
50A
Alan of "Marriage Story" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALDA→
51A
One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOLGA→
52A
Rapper Kid ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICUDI→
54A
Style of writing? (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFONT→
55A
Renaissance locale of the early 20th century (6)
Starts with H, ends with MHARLEM→
57A
[aria-label] 607-376006 (13)
Starts with S, ends with YSEARCHHISTORY→
60A
Longtime Japanese camera brand (6)
Starts with P, ends with XPENTAX→
61A
Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLION→
62A
Root word? (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
63A
Riverbank material (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSILT→
64A
Lucky lottery winner's cry (6)
Starts with I, ends with HIMRICH→
67A
[aria-label] 3045.1045708 (13)
Starts with B, ends with RBALLETSLIPPER→
73A
Sleazeball (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCREEPO→
74A
Shipshape (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTIDY→
75A
They're rising over time (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEAS→
76A
Humorist Bombeck (4)
Starts with E, ends with AERMA→
77A
When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …" (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYADA→
78A
___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24) (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
79A
Suffix with proverb (3)
Starts with I, ends with LIAL→
80A
Shepherd's staff (5)
Starts with C, ends with KCROOK→
81A
[aria-label] 57334-4614 (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSTILETTOS→
84A
[aria-label] 7738.51773+51.345 (11)
Starts with E, ends with EEMILYBRONTE→
87A
It's in the bag! (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
89A
___ Tour (annual sporting series) (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
90A
Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions (8)
Starts with A, ends with DARRANGED→
91A
Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe (5)
Starts with F, ends with YFOGGY→
93A
Baseball features (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEAMS→
95A
"By the way …" (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
96A
___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELIANE→
98A
Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White" (7)
Starts with G, ends with FGANDALF→
100A
Some opinion pieces (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPEDS→
105A
How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across (10)
Starts with U, ends with NUPSIDEDOWN→
108A
Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCALCULATOR→
111A
Some large structures for pet owners (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCATCONDOS→
112A
Head honcho (9)
Starts with T, ends with ATOPBANANA→
113A
Gave a thumbs up (8)
Starts with A, ends with DASSENTED→
114A
Goes to the mat? (8)
Starts with W, ends with SWRESTLES→
Down
1D
Government org. that investigates accidents (4)
Starts with N, ends with BNTSB→
2D
Spoken (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
3D
What a whistler whistles (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETUNE→
4D
"___ girl!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
5D
"Nevertheless …" (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTHATSAID→
6D
Jimmy Kimmel's network (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
7D
[2 funny!] (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLOL→
8D
[way 2 funny!!!!] (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLMAO→
9D
Down for the count, in brief (4)
Starts with K, ends with DKOED→
10D
Italian diminutive suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with OINO→
11D
Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
12D
Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEARNS→
13D
Courtyards (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATRIA→
14D
Tough customer for a wedding planner (10)
Starts with B, ends with ABRIDEZILLA→
15D
Debussy's "Clair de ___" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELUNE→
16D
Brain tests, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEEGS→
21D
Cannabis variety contrasted with indica (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASATIVA→
22D
Bush Senior and Carter each had one (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
25D
Headquarter? (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOBE→
28D
"The Source" channel (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
29D
Swiatek of women's tennis (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIGA→
31D
___ point (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOOT→
32D
Six-pack component (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCAN→
33D
PC platform of the 1980s (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMSDOS→
34D
Of service (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUTILE→
35D
Hundred Acre Wood resident (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKANGA→
36D
One way to "play it" (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBYEAR→
37D
Reached a base horizontally (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSLIDIN→
39D
Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOST→
41D
Page that points to other pages (5)
Starts with I, ends with XINDEX→
44D
Floral subject for van Gogh, Monet or O'Keeffe (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
45D
Oodles of (4)
Starts with M, ends with YMANY→
46D
Adult male deer (4)
Starts with H, ends with THART→
49D
Gourmet mushroom type (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMOREL→
52D
One of the Marx Brothers (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCHICO→
53D
"Yikes!" (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUHOH→
54D
Lunacy (5)
Starts with F, ends with YFOLLY→
55D
Word with Kitchen or Angels (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHELLS→
56D
Naysayer (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
58D
Film excerpt (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCLIP→
59D
Bumpy jumpers (5)
Starts with T, ends with STOADS→
60D
City where tourists take photos pretending to hold up its famous landmark (4)
Starts with P, ends with APISA→
63D
Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTELLA→
64D
Boiling (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
65D
Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc. (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMEDIAFASTS→
66D
Honest-to-goodness (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREAL→
67D
Possible polling problem (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBIAS→
68D
Morales on the screen (4)
Starts with E, ends with IESAI→
69D
Evita in "Evita" (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPERON→
70D
Pitchfork feature (5)
Starts with P, ends with GPRONG→
71D
Chew the scenery (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMOTE→
72D
Tended to a Zen garden, in a way (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRAKED→
73D
Anatomical sac (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCYST→
74D
Gait faster than a walk (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTROT→
78D
Website with a "Personalized and Custom Jewelry" page (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
79D
Line in old Apple ads (6)
Starts with I, ends with CIMAMAC→
80D
Some kindergarten art supplies (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCRAYOLAS→
82D
Goaded (7)
Starts with E, ends with NEGGEDON→
83D
Comedian Notaro (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTIG→
84D
"Yikes!" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
85D
Junior and senior: Abbr. (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYRS→
86D
Garment for one who's wearing a wire? (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABRA→
89D
Half of a noted magic duo (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPENN→
92D
In reserve for now (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONICE→
93D
Old sayings (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAWS→
94D
Adirondack chair part (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
96D
Coming-of-age Pixar film of 2021 (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCA→
97D
Beers that might punnily have "hop" in their names, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPAS→
98D
"Splendid!" (4)
Starts with G, ends with DGOOD→
99D
Steady stream (4)
Starts with F, ends with WFLOW→
101D
What a hot dog might do (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPANT→
102D
List-ending abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
103D
Cry after putting one's pencil down (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDONE→
104D
Married mujeres: Abbr. (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSRAS→
106D
Sinus specialist, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with TENT→
107D
POTUS 34 (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDDE→
109D
Subj. of a class with dummies in it (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCPR→
110D
Purple yam in Philippine cuisine (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUBE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 27, 2025?+
140 clues: 59 Across and 81 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jacob Reed and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Don't mention it" (NOTATALL); Like a lover's lips, perhaps (KISSABLE); Sudden dose of reality, in slang (TRUTHBOMB).
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