NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 8, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorBarbara Lin
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
Taylor Swift's ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
5A
Noodles that often come in a flat rectangular pouch (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMEN→
10A
Instruction in a risotto recipe (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
14A
Go it alone (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOLO→
15A
Sánchez who wrote "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AERIKA→
16A
More than a few (4)
Starts with M, ends with YMANY→
17A
Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package (15)
Starts with T, ends with ETOLLHOUSECOOKIE→
20A
Hit and run, but not error (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVERBS→
21A
Makes an analogy (to) (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLIKENS→
22A
Bluffer's activity (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPOKERGAME→
26A
Bad thing to spring (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLEAK→
27A
Shares one's ideas (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOPINES→
28A
Awards depicted by a winged woman holding an atom (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEMMYS→
30A
Thrilled (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
31A
More than a fad (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMANIA→
33A
"For shame!" (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTSK→
36A
Before, in poetry (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
37A
Contributes to a group gift … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across (7)
Starts with C, ends with NCHIPSIN→
39A
Filmmaker Howard (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRON→
40A
Berlin article (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDAS→
41A
Most popular sport in New Zealand (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRUGBY→
42A
Ice cream base (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECONE→
43A
Engagement, quaintly (5)
Starts with T, ends with HTROTH→
45A
Showy flower native to Central America (6)
Starts with D, ends with ADAHLIA→
47A
___ Academy, source of free online courses (4)
Starts with K, ends with NKHAN→
48A
Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl (9)
Starts with T, ends with DTACOSALAD→
51A
Eight fluid ounces (6)
Starts with O, ends with PONECUP→
53A
In the country (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRURAL→
54A
Office workstation (15)
Starts with D, ends with RDESKTOPCOMPUTER→
59A
"Night" author Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
60A
"I'm willing to help" (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSEME→
61A
___ Alto, Calif. (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPALO→
62A
Mean, median or mode (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
63A
Elizabeth I's house (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTUDOR→
64A
Rod between wheels (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAXLE→
Down
1D
It's just a guess: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
2D
Kanga's son, in children's literature (3)
Starts with R, ends with OROO→
3D
More than most (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
4D
Having cash to spend (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSOLVENT→
5D
Corporate doings in which one's boss may change (6)
Starts with R, ends with SREORGS→
6D
Caribbean locale with the slogan "One Happy Island" (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARUBA→
7D
The Divine ___ (Bette Midler) (5)
Starts with M, ends with MMISSM→
8D
Scratch (out) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
9D
Table salt, to a chemist (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNACL→
10D
Motown great Robinson (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSMOKEY→
11D
Wander through the neighborhood after dinner, maybe (11)
Starts with T, ends with LTAKEASTROLL→
12D
Traditional way to sign a contract (5)
Starts with I, ends with KININK→
13D
Seeded loaves (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRYES→
18D
"You are ___" (map notation) (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHERE→
19D
T. Boone Pickens, for one (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOILMAN→
22D
Like lots of Insta pics (5)
Starts with P, ends with DPOSED→
23D
Word after soap or before box (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOPERA→
24D
Awareness of body position, scientifically (11)
Starts with K, ends with AKINESTHESIA→
25D
Itsy-bitsy (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEENSY→
29D
Nintendo avatar (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMII→
31D
Strength (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMIGHT→
32D
P.D. alert (3)
Starts with A, ends with BAPB→
34D
Justice Sotomayor (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASONIA→
35D
Work with the hands (5)
Starts with K, ends with DKNEAD→
37D
Modern pastry portmanteau (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCRONUT→
38D
Unassuming home (3)
Starts with H, ends with THUT→
42D
Mexican dish made with fried masa (7)
Starts with C, ends with ACHALUPA→
44D
Hullabaloo (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRACKET→
45D
Type of window — not a student who lives in a college building (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDORMER→
46D
Immediately (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
47D
Prepared to propose, perhaps (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKNELT→
49D
Traveled like a tossed ball (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARCED→
50D
New York's Mario ___ Bridge (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCUOMO→
51D
Poems that express approval (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
52D
Grumpy face (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPOUT→
55D
Big Ten sch. whose main campus is in Happy Valley (3)
Starts with P, ends with UPSU→
56D
Line near the bottom of a receipt (3)
Starts with T, ends with XTAX→
57D
Right-angled bend (3)
Starts with E, ends with LELL→
58D
Common sushi roll topping (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 8, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Barbara Lin and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Taylor Swift's ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts (ERAS); Noodles that often come in a flat rectangular pouch (RAMEN); Instruction in a risotto recipe (STIR).
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