NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kathy BloomerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Like some colors or Zoom users ↗MUTED
  2. 6"___ it go?" ↗HOWD
  3. 10Matterhorn, for one ↗ALP
  4. 13Drink with ground nutmeg ↗EGGNOG
  5. 15Like most TV broadcasts, now ↗INHD
  6. 16Mauna ___ ↗KEA
  7. 17Heavy hitter? ↗SLEDGE
  8. 18Flying Cloud and Royale, for two ↗REOS
  9. 19Threw one's hat in the ring ↗RAN
  10. 20Sight next to a barn, often ↗SILO
  11. 21General Mills brand ↗TOTAL
  12. 23Damage, so to speak ↗COST
  13. 24Goes to hell ↗ROTS
  14. 26Strengthens, as a relationship ↗CEMENTS
  15. 28Gag costume ↗APESUIT
  16. 31Skier's transport ↗TBAR
  17. 32Exercised authority over ↗GOVERNED
  18. 34Form of solitaire won when only the four highest cards remain ↗ACESUP
  19. 38___ rage (risk of certain drugs) ↗ROID
  20. 39N.B.A. coach Popovich ↗GREGG
  21. 41First razor to feature a pivoting head ↗ATRA
  22. 42Workers' rights grp. ↗AFLCIO
  23. 44Delicacy in France and China ↗FROGLEGS
  24. 46Word before tight or time ↗HANG
  25. 48Structures commonly seen at ski resorts ↗AFRAMES
  26. 49Conspirator ↗SCHEMER
  27. 52Spittoon sound ↗PTUI
  28. 53Essence ↗CRUX
  29. 54Meal in which a cup of wine is poured for the prophet Elijah ↗SEDER
  30. 56Have bottled-up anger ↗STEW
  31. 60"Nelson's blood" ↗RUM
  32. 61"Sure" ↗OKAY
  33. 62Files taxes in June, perhaps ↗ISLATE
  34. 64Ballyhoo ↗ADO
  35. 65Like Solomon, famously ↗WISE
  36. 66Former Nissan S.U.V. ↗XTERRA
  37. 67___ diem ↗PER
  38. 68Old flames ↗EXES
  39. 69Old long-haul hwy. from Detroit to Seattle ↗USTEN

Down 37

  1. 1Rat's nest ↗MESS
  2. 2Lumpy fruit ↗UGLI
  3. 3Neutrogena shampoo with a slash in its name ↗TGEL
  4. 4Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product? ↗ENDORSEDCHEX
  5. 5Follow relentlessly ↗DOG
  6. 6Grammy-winning trumpeter Al ↗HIRT
  7. 7Like Ionesco's play "The Bald Soprano" ↗ONEACT
  8. 8Sugary bulk breakfast purchase? ↗WHOLEBAGOFTRIX
  9. 9Certain calculus expert, for short ↗DDS
  10. 10Home of minor-league baseball's RubberDucks ↗AKRON
  11. 11Merest ↗LEAST
  12. 12Is nearly out of breath ↗PANTS
  13. 14Doing some shopping for breakfast? ↗GETTINGONESKIX
  14. 22Big name in blenders ↗OSTER
  15. 23Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down ↗CEREALAISLES
  16. 25Not just my ↗OUR
  17. 27Fella ↗MAC
  18. 28Indian tourist destination ↗AGRA
  19. 29Sound in a disappearing act ↗POOF
  20. 30Morally contemptible ↗EVIL
  21. 33For sure, for short ↗DEF
  22. 35One might be cut at an angle ↗STEM
  23. 36Craving ↗URGE
  24. 37"Nah, I'm good" ↗PASS
  25. 40"You did a ___ job raisin me!" (punny Mother's Day card line) ↗GRAPE
  26. 43Words of affirmation ↗IAM
  27. 45Softhearted supervillain of "Despicable Me" ↗GRU
  28. 47Common stove residue to be cleaned up ↗GREASE
  29. 49Doggie bag morsel ↗SCRAP
  30. 50Coarse ↗CRUDE
  31. 51"___ me " ↗HUMOR
  32. 55Products with peak sales before Easter, say ↗DYES
  33. 57Lip-puckering ↗TART
  34. 58Raison d'___ ↗ETRE
  35. 59Move to solid food, say ↗WEAN
  36. 61Be in debt ↗OWE
  37. 63"The Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe ↗STU