NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 12, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 12, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jesse CohnEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 32

  1. 1"You're on!" ↗ITSABET
  2. 8"You really think?" ↗THATSO
  3. 14"Ha! Better luck next time!" ↗NOTTODAY
  4. 16Base ruling ↗HESOUT
  5. 17Game box info ↗AGERANGE
  6. 18Choir supporters ↗RISERS
  7. 19Authorization to enter ↗VISA
  8. 20Get on the board ↗SCORE
  9. 22In case ↗LEST
  10. 23Wayne's co-star in 1966's "El Dorado" ↗CAAN
  11. 24Missile type ↗SCUD
  12. 28___ factor ↗ICK
  13. 29Educational method with mixed-age classrooms ↗MONTESSORI
  14. 31Sublime genre ↗SKA
  15. 32Another name for Princess Diana of Themyscira ↗WONDERWOMAN
  16. 33Many of them have mascots ↗CEREALS
  17. 35Activity that Simba practices in "The Lion King" ↗ROARING
  18. 36"Like, seriously?!" ↗IMEANCOMEON
  19. 38Co. tech leader ↗CIO
  20. 39Smoke without fire, maybe ↗FALSEALARM
  21. 40Hilton hotel chain ↗TRU
  22. 41How some sit by ↗IDLY
  23. 42Pool shooters ↗JETS
  24. 43Inclusion in a love letter, maybe ↗POEM
  25. 44Take forcibly ↗WREST
  26. 46You might want to sit down for this ↗MEAL
  27. 47What might be thrown for a loop? ↗LARIAT
  28. 50Some diva performances ↗EGOTRIPS
  29. 54Like, yesterday ↗ATONCE
  30. 55Prosciutto or salami ↗DELIMEAT
  31. 56Noted quintet ↗SENSES
  32. 57Flings ↗LETSFLY

Down 36

  1. 1___ word ↗INA
  2. 2Dress (up) ↗TOG
  3. 3Portrayer of a noted sitcom boss ↗STEVECARELL
  4. 4Threatened ↗ATRISK
  5. 5Flex, so to speak ↗BOAST
  6. 6Onetime first name at Springfield Elementary ↗EDNA
  7. 7Sale indicator ↗TAG
  8. 8Setting for some scenes in "The King and I" ↗THRONEROOM
  9. 9Next in line ↗HEIR
  10. 10One with a taxing job ↗ASSESSOR
  11. 11Temperature gauge, at times ↗TOE
  12. 12Start to charge? ↗SUR
  13. 13What ties lead to, for short ↗OTS
  14. 15Improv tenet ↗YESAND
  15. 21Party people? ↗CATERERS
  16. 22Frantically ↗LIKEMAD
  17. 23Gamers' purchases ↗CONSOLES
  18. 25Tension cutter ↗COMICRELIEF
  19. 26Plant energy source ↗URANIUM
  20. 27Outback howler ↗DINGO
  21. 29Mortars for grinding Mexican spices ↗MOLCAJETES
  22. 30One of seven in a holiday song ↗SWAN
  23. 31Genre for Amazing Stories magazine, informally ↗SCIFI
  24. 32Fall off ↗WANE
  25. 34Cakewalks ↗EASYWINS
  26. 37Like hat hair ↗MATTED
  27. 40Rousing battle cry ↗TOARMS
  28. 43Like larceny that's not grand ↗PETIT
  29. 45Campaign for office ↗RACE
  30. 46Bad kind of insider ↗MOLE
  31. 47Dominican Republic's ___ Américas International Airport ↗LAS
  32. 48Did amazingly, in slang ↗ATE
  33. 49Curmudgeonly boss on TV's "Parks and Recreation" ↗RON
  34. 51Mesh ↗GEL
  35. 52Ol' buddy ol' ___ ↗PAL
  36. 53It's a real mess ↗STY