NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 18, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Greg Snitkin and Glenn DavisEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1"Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" ↗DIALITBACK
  2. 11Exclamation to an old chap ↗ISAY
  3. 15Solitary ↗ANTISOCIAL
  4. 16Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit ↗MAMA
  5. 17Trend that involves pink accessories and décor ↗BARBIECORE
  6. 18Low notes ↗ONES
  7. 19Plants, maybe ↗SPIES
  8. 20Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers ↗LEIS
  9. 22Three-part event, informally ↗TRI
  10. 23Roofing supply ↗TAR
  11. 24"___ crazy?" ↗AMI
  12. 26Sore loser's wail ↗NOFAIR
  13. 28Common additive in chewing gum ↗TALC
  14. 30Throat lozenge, often ↗DISC
  15. 31Act like everything's normal despite how one feels ↗PLAYITCOOL
  16. 37Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat ↗GUAM
  17. 39Call in a casino ↗DOUBLEORNOTHING
  18. 41Let go to pot? ↗ANTE
  19. 42Lowest of the low ↗ROCKBOTTOM
  20. 43Get dressed (up) ↗DOLL
  21. 45Time on end ↗EONS
  22. 46Shadow ↗FOLLOW
  23. 48Cries of faux despair, say ↗OYS
  24. 49Leave it to beaver? ↗DAM
  25. 52"Feliz ____ Novo!" ↗ANO
  26. 53Some Elomi products ↗BRAS
  27. 55Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism ↗TIGER
  28. 57Government V.I.P. ↗CZAR
  29. 59Bad thing to do when you see red ↗ACCELERATE
  30. 62Literature Nobelist Morrison ↗TONI
  31. 63Football maneuver involving a fake handoff ↗PLAYACTION
  32. 64It's OK ↗SOSO
  33. 65"Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" ↗SUREWHYNOT

Down 39

  1. 1Amounts of cream ↗DABS
  2. 2Not quite right ↗INAPT
  3. 3Places in the heart ↗ATRIA
  4. 4Philadelphia tourist attraction ↗LIBERTYBELL
  5. 5Goddess known as "Great Mother" ↗ISIS
  6. 6Ring bearer? ↗TOE
  7. 7Discreetly fill in, in a way ↗BCC
  8. 8Garlic-rich topping ↗AIOLI
  9. 9Charge ↗CARE
  10. 10Naomi ___, author of 2007's "The Shock Doctrine" ↗KLEIN
  11. 11Chat qualifier ↗IMO
  12. 12Present-day attire? ↗SANTASUIT
  13. 13Watered-down espresso, essentially ↗AMERICANO
  14. 14Arabic name that means "wealthy" ↗YASIR
  15. 21Lay the groundwork for, say ↗SOD
  16. 24Make amends? ↗ALTER
  17. 251960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn ↗MCCOO
  18. 27Claws or bites ↗FIGHTSDIRTY
  19. 29Be in rough shape ↗AIL
  20. 31Droid, e.g., for short ↗PDA
  21. 32Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire ↗LONDONZOO
  22. 33They help you get off a lot ↗AUTOLOANS
  23. 34Tolkien menace ↗ORC
  24. 35Well-pitched ↗ONKEY
  25. 36University of New Mexico athletes ↗LOBOS
  26. 38___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) ↗MGM
  27. 40Slew ↗TON
  28. 44Pre-smash hit ↗LOB
  29. 46They "can obscure the truth," per Maya Angelou ↗FACTS
  30. 47Deli purchases ↗WRAPS
  31. 48Trashy TV character? ↗OSCAR
  32. 50Reply of shocked annoyance ↗AGAIN
  33. 51Social movement introduced in 2006 ↗METOO
  34. 54Org. with a "Defending Speech We Hate" section on its website ↗ACLU
  35. 55Stock market sector, informally ↗TECH
  36. 56Flat fee? ↗RENT
  37. 58___ Grande ↗RIO
  38. 60LASIK target ↗EYE
  39. 61One may cover estates ↗LAW