NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 30, 2025
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Clues74
Across40
Down34
ConstructorAdam Vincent
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Leafy vegetable with a lot of vitamin K (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKALE→
5A
Co. whose camera broadcast the first live video from space (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
8A
Lard and tallow, for two (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFATS→
12A
Where pandas are native (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
14A
Evidence of a leak (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
15A
A reason to act this very instant … or why you might 6-Down 32-Down? (13)
Starts with T, ends with ETHETIMEISRIPE→
18A
Like a 1,000-piece monochromatic jigsaw puzzle (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHARD→
19A
Least expensive way to fly (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCOACH→
20A
Spun some records, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDJED→
22A
Actress de Armas (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
23A
Hamiltons (7)
Starts with T, ends with STENNERS→
25A
Hubbub (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
26A
Chance to see the big game? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ISAFARI→
28A
Marvel supervillain (6)
Starts with U, ends with NULTRON→
30A
Alternative to a blur or pixelation (9)
Starts with C, ends with RCENSORBAR→
36A
El Paso-to-Oklahoma City dir. (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
40A
Broad valleys (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDALES→
41A
Anderson who directed "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (3)
Starts with W, ends with SWES→
42A
Word after fruit or word (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALAD→
44A
Comes to a close (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
45A
"Saturday Night Fever" music genre (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODISCO→
47A
Obama-era policy whose last three letters spell a different Obama-era law (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADACA→
48A
Some printable files (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPDFS→
49A
Rack up (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINCUR→
50A
Nurse a grudge, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTEW→
51A
Form of much of the dialogue of 2021's "CODA," in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with LASL→
52A
Pirates' support group? (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPEGLEGS→
54A
Inbox abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with DFWD→
55A
Ways of the world (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROADS→
57A
Model's pride, informally (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBOD→
58A
10 out of 10 (5)
Starts with I, ends with LIDEAL→
60A
Gets under control (5)
Starts with T, ends with STAMES→
61A
Prefix with tourism (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
62A
Silly ones (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGEESE→
63A
Caveman's covering (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPELT→
64A
Heart test, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEKG→
65A
Meat-and-potatoes diner dish (4)
Starts with H, ends with HHASH→
Down
1D
Blade sheathed in a saya (6)
Starts with K, ends with AKATANA→
2D
___ Ghani, former Afghan president (6)
Starts with A, ends with FASHRAF→
3D
Prevaricated (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLIED→
4D
Chow down on (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
5D
___ Novarro, Hollywood sex symbol of the 1920s (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMON→
6D
With 32-Down, beat an opponent soundly (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCLEAN→
7D
Wonderland interloper (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALICE→
8D
First prez to appoint a woman to the cabinet (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFDR→
9D
Like the environment in many reptile terrariums (4)
Starts with A, ends with DARID→
10D
Item next to a piano in a piano bar (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTIPJAR→
11D
Certain form-fitting swimsuit (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSPEEDO→
16D
Trap by freezing (5)
Starts with I, ends with NICEIN→
17D
Apt anagram for "brush" (5)
Starts with S, ends with BSHRUB→
18D
Possesses (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHAS→
21D
Put on, as a costume (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDON→
23D
Arduous walks (5)
Starts with T, ends with STREKS→
24D
Bedframe boards (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLATS→
27D
It's granted by a security clearance (6)
Starts with A, ends with SACCESS→
29D
Three-note chords (6)
Starts with T, ends with STRIADS→
31D
Stitchers' gathering (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESEWINGBEE→
32D
See 6-Down (9)
Starts with O, ends with KONESCLOCK→
33D
Sheltie from a shelter, e.g. (9)
Starts with R, ends with GRESCUEDOG→
34D
Bottleful that might 6-/32-Down? (8)
Starts with H, ends with PHANDSOAP→
35D
Love of the past (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDFLAME→
38D
Fixed costs (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFLATFEES→
39D
Bottleful that might 6-Down/32-Down? (8)
Starts with F, ends with HFACEWASH→
40D
Head out (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDEPART→
43D
Lollygag (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDAWDLE→
45D
One of two in Monopoly (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDIE→
52D
"Hey, I've got a secret to tell you" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
53D
[Ah, woe is me!] (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSIGH→
56D
Neighbor of N.J. (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDEL→
59D
"Breaking Bad" investigatory grp. (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADEA→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 30, 2025?+
74 clues: 40 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Vincent and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Leafy vegetable with a lot of vitamin K (KALE); Co. whose camera broadcast the first live video from space (RCA); Lard and tallow, for two (FATS).
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