NYT Crossword hints and answer for April 9, 2025
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Clues81
Across41
Down40
ConstructorAidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Septet with the #1 albums "Be" and "Map of the Soul: 7" (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBTS→
4A
Sorghum relative (6)
Starts with M, ends with TMILLET→
10A
Dried chili pepper (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANCHO→
15A
Like a limbo bar, after a few rounds (3)
Starts with L, ends with WLOW→
16A
"Seinfeld" role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus (6)
Starts with E, ends with EELAINE→
17A
Seating option at a diner (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBOOTH→
18A
Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas ___ pipe" (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUNE→
19A
Three-star review of a cocktail shaker? (12)
Starts with M, ends with SMIXEDRESULTS→
21A
"Toodle-oo!" (6)
Starts with S, ends with USEEYOU→
23A
Thurman of "Kill Bill" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
24A
Sell/buy-back agreement, for short (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREPO→
25A
Three-star review of Battleship? (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHITORMISS→
28A
Diamond stat (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
30A
Shipshape (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTIDY→
31A
Spike of cinema (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELEE→
32A
Tax-related (6)
Starts with F, ends with LFISCAL→
36A
A good one is bright (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIDEA→
37A
Sea ___ (3)
Starts with C, ends with WCOW→
39A
Piece of bread dipped in gravy (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSOP→
40A
Three-star review of a no-stress class? (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPASSABLE→
42A
Actress Vardalos (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANIA→
43A
Apt rhyme for "fiddle" (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETWIDDLE→
45A
Clear, as dishes (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBUS→
46A
Like a step in the right direction? (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
47A
Sign that there's no turning back (6)
Starts with O, ends with YONEWAY→
48A
Sign on a park bench, maybe (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWET→
49A
S.F. commuter train system (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBART→
50A
AOL, e.g., in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with PISP→
51A
Three-star review of Tulsa? (9)
Starts with I, ends with KITSJUSTOK→
54A
Subject line abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATTN→
57A
Drop down (3)
Starts with S, ends with GSAG→
59A
Source of smoke for a model volcano (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDRYICE→
60A
Three-star review of the Friday before Easter? (12)
Starts with G, ends with TGOODNOTGREAT→
64A
Title in Spain: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASRA→
65A
Opposite of forward? (5)
Starts with R, ends with YREPLY→
66A
Starbucks drink made with olive oil (6)
Starts with O, ends with OOLEATO→
67A
M&M color replaced in 1995 (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
68A
___ manager (5)
Starts with A, ends with TASSET→
69A
Spiff up (6)
Starts with N, ends with NNEATEN→
70A
Nickname that drops -art (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
Down
1D
React to flirtation, say (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBLUSH→
2D
"You're getting too excited" (10)
Starts with T, ends with NTONEITDOWN→
3D
Sugar (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESWEETIEPIE→
4D
"No man has a good enough ___ to be a successful liar": Lincoln (6)
Starts with M, ends with YMEMORY→
5D
Pelvis bone (5)
Starts with I, ends with MILIUM→
6D
Hardly strict (3)
Starts with L, ends with XLAX→
7D
Bluff, e.g. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
8D
Ultimate purpose (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENDUSE→
9D
Length for a pregnancy or presidency (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
10D
They might be made of steel, hyperbolically (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
11D
Cultivate (7)
Starts with N, ends with HNOURISH→
12D
Actor Sprouse of "Riverdale" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOLE→
13D
Address opener (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHTTP→
14D
Extremely (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHSO→
20D
Talking-tos (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEARFULS→
22D
Sage-colored sage (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYODA→
26D
Words of defeat (5)
Starts with I, ends with EILOSE→
27D
Puts on a patch, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEWS→
29D
"Fine, I'll ___" (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBITE→
33D
Ones getting good marks? (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCONARTISTS→
34D
Stereotypical monocle wearer (10)
Starts with A, ends with TARISTOCRAT→
35D
Hurdle for a future "Esq." (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLSAT→
36D
That ___ say (4)
Starts with I, ends with OISTO→
37D
Odysseus' captor (7)
Starts with C, ends with OCALYPSO→
38D
Touches (5)
Starts with A, ends with SABUTS→
40D
Smartphone predecessors, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPDAS→
41D
Perform a felonious favor for (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
44D
Fall off (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDWINDLE→
46D
Very doable (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEASY→
48D
Squirm (6)
Starts with W, ends with EWIGGLE→
49D
LeVar who hosted TV's "Reading Rainbow" for 23 years (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBURTON→
52D
Where Jewish singles might mingle (5)
Starts with J, ends with EJDATE→
53D
Reeves of "Point Break" (5)
Starts with K, ends with UKEANU→
54D
City seen in Instagram? (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
55D
"Piggies" (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOES→
56D
At most (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOPS→
61D
62D
Stephen of "The Crying Game" (3)
Starts with R, ends with AREA→
63D
Urging at the start of a meal (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for April 9, 2025?+
81 clues: 41 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Septet with the #1 albums "Be" and "Map of the Soul: 7" (BTS); Sorghum relative (MILLET); Dried chili pepper (ANCHO).
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