NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 4, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorKaren Steinberg
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
It may lead to a second opinion (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALSO→
5A
Shape-shifters? (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOBS→
10A
Shapeless stuff (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMUSH→
14A
Its flag was solid red with a white elephant (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSIAM→
15A
Home health risk (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRADON→
16A
Athlete posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
17A
One getting in online debates, colloquially (15)
Starts with K, ends with RKEYBOARDWARRIOR→
20A
Buddhist scripture (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASUTRA→
21A
Like some relations (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSTRAINED→
22A
First responder, to many (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHERO→
24A
Bit of sliding glass door maintenance (6)
Starts with O, ends with GOILING→
25A
Made a fast break? (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
27A
Boorish sorts (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESWINE→
29A
Duke Ellington's "___ Doll" (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSATIN→
32A
[Just like that!] (3)
Starts with B, ends with MBAM→
33A
Grad. student fellowship funder (3)
Starts with N, ends with FNSF→
34A
Pioneering agriculturist Tull (6)
Starts with J, ends with OJETHRO→
35A
"Lemme be straight with you" (15)
Starts with I, ends with MICALLEMASISEEEM→
39A
Turndown? (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDOGEAR→
40A
Many a short-term rental (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
41A
___ power trip (3)
Starts with O, ends with AONA→
42A
Endorse virtually (5)
Starts with E, ends with NESIGN→
43A
The Clintons' White House cat, so named because of its white feet (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOCKS→
45A
Steered (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
46A
The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, e.g. (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCRATER→
48A
Sign above some real estate signs (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLD→
50A
"Map of China" artist (8)
Starts with A, ends with IAIWEIWEI→
52A
Blue-blooded (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOBLE→
55A
Anti-jaywalking directive (15)
Starts with C, ends with NCROSSATTHEGREEN→
58A
Emporium (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMART→
59A
"According to reports ..." (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIHEAR→
60A
Onetime iPod model (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONANO→
61A
Closes (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
62A
Fits cozily (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNESTS→
63A
2021 book subtitled "Workers of the World" (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANTS→
Down
1D
Doesn't wonder, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASKS→
3D
"Please?" prompt (15)
Starts with S, ends with DSAYTHEMAGICWORD→
4D
Hair color blending technique (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOMBRE→
5D
Training ___ (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABRA→
6D
Roman guardian spirit (3)
Starts with L, ends with RLAR→
7D
Ones most likely to pay out (15)
Starts with O, ends with SODDSONFAVORITES→
8D
Pinched pasta shape (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBOWTIE→
9D
Traffic problem (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSNARL→
10D
Step before "bake" in certain recipes (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMARINATE→
11D
Thinking hard, informally (15)
Starts with U, ends with NUSINGTHEOLDBEAN→
12D
Puma or pump (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOE→
13D
Alpaca group (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHERD→
19D
Sensitive workplace matters (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRAISES→
23D
One of 32 in the N.F.L. (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROWNER→
26D
Messy things to eat in a car (5)
Starts with T, ends with STACOS→
28D
Ending with real or social (3)
Starts with I, ends with MISM→
30D
Greek goddess who is the equivalent of the Roman Pax (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRENE→
31D
Itinerant one (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOMAD→
34D
High ___ (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJINKS→
36D
Ottomans, e.g. (8)
Starts with L, ends with SLEGRESTS→
37D
Hawaiian party settings (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLANAIS→
38D
___ fly (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
44D
"Every bad situation is a blues ___ waiting to happen": Amy Winehouse (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSONG→
47D
"Life on the Mississippi" memoirist (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTWAIN→
49D
"___ Doone," R.D. Blackmore romance (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALORNA→
51D
Modern-day locale of the ancient Parthian Empire (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
53D
When Holy Week falls (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLENT→
54D
1960s chimp in space (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
56D
Word with hard or high (3)
Starts with H, ends with THAT→
57D
Hesitant sounds (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 4, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Karen Steinberg and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: It may lead to a second opinion (ALSO); Shape-shifters? (BLOBS); Shapeless stuff (MUSH).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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