NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Victor Schmitt and Tracy BennettEdited by Will ShortzGrid 22×21145 clues

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Across 69

  1. 1Van Winkle of folklore ↗RIP
  2. 4Engages in playful fisticuffs ↗SPARS
  3. 9Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts ↗SBARRO
  4. 15Strip for breakfast ↗BACON
  5. 20Game with a Reverse card ↗UNO
  6. 21Impressive display ↗ARRAY
  7. 22Suggest ↗HINTAT
  8. 23"I might surprise you" ↗TRYME
  9. 24"___ all good" ↗ITS
  10. 25Group that Tiger hires to install wall art? ↗WOODSWOODSCREWCREW
  11. 28Out of shape ↗NOTFIT
  12. 30Frets ↗STEWS
  13. 31___-fisted ↗HAM
  14. 32Corduroy fabric feature ↗WALE
  15. 33Thinks out loud ↗OPINES
  16. 35Train ↗EDUCATE
  17. 38First game of the season ↗OPENER
  18. 40It smells ↗ODOR
  19. 41Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production? ↗SPAMSPAMALOTALOT
  20. 44Begrudged ↗RESENTED
  21. 46Zippo ↗NIL
  22. 47Creeping Charlie, e.g. ↗WEED
  23. 48___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark) ↗BETSY
  24. 49Honcho ↗NABOB
  25. 53Mob enforcer ↗GOON
  26. 55Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis ↗ASWAN
  27. 59Hands-on business ↗SPA
  28. 60Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage? ↗MADMADISONISON
  29. 64Med. benefit option, in brief ↗HMO
  30. 65Divides ↗GAPS
  31. 67Leggy shorebird ↗STILT
  32. 68Captain Jean-___ Picard ↗LUC
  33. 69Really stands out ↗POPS
  34. 70Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis ↗OVERHIT
  35. 73Sound-asleep sounds ↗SNORES
  36. 76Objective ↗PURPOSE
  37. 78Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera ↗DEAF
  38. 79Common file extension ↗DOC
  39. 81Set off ↗BEGAN
  40. 83MGM founder Marcus ↗LOEW
  41. 84Like, in slang ↗DIG
  42. 85Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear? ↗DEMDEMAGOGAGOG
  43. 89"You ___ me at hello" ↗HAD
  44. 92Ugly expression ↗SNEER
  45. 94Laser therapy target ↗ACNE
  46. 95Roasted or grilled, in Spanish ↗ASADA
  47. 96Liver spot? ↗ABODE
  48. 98Food for a woodpecker ↗SUET
  49. 100Drain ↗SAP
  50. 102Smitten person's declaration ↗IMINLOVE
  51. 104Pharmacist comes through for customers? ↗PROPROCURESCURES
  52. 110Kind of column ↗OPED
  53. 111Hang around ↗LOITER
  54. 112Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s ↗HEATHER
  55. 113Sign up for again ↗REJOIN
  56. 115Word on some Renaissance Faire signage ↗OLDE
  57. 116Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short ↗ERA
  58. 118Mother of Perseus ↗DANAE
  59. 120Recover from fainting ↗COMETO
  60. 122Editor's strike? ↗REDREDACTIONACTION
  61. 127Young boxer, say ↗PUP
  62. 128Some Surrealist paintings ↗DALIS
  63. 129What very punctual people arrive on ↗THEDOT
  64. 130Wildly silly ↗INANE
  65. 131Portfolio piece, for short ↗IRA
  66. 132C-suite figures ↗EXECS
  67. 133Subject of a negotiation ↗SALARY
  68. 134Territories ↗LANDS
  69. 135Jellied fish in an English dish ↗EEL

Down 76

  1. 1Wreck ↗RUIN
  2. 2Past the point of no return ↗INTOODEEP
  3. 3Email era? ↗POSTPOSTAGEAGE
  4. 4Welcomed at the door ↗SAWIN
  5. 5Stand against ↗PROTEST
  6. 6Certain queer identity, for short ↗ARO
  7. 7X-ray doses ↗RADS
  8. 8Way ↗SYSTEM
  9. 9Make an appearance ↗SHOWUP
  10. 10Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation ↗BIOSCAN
  11. 11"... so?" ↗AND
  12. 12Offensive linemen, for short ↗RTS
  13. 13Friend on "Friends" ↗RACHEL
  14. 14___ vez (again, in Spanish) ↗OTRA
  15. 15Start of a tangent, in a text ↗BTW
  16. 16Makeup of some metallic bonds ↗ARCWELDS
  17. 17Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play ↗CYRANO
  18. 18Serving at a breakfast buffet ↗OMELET
  19. 19More up-to-the-minute ↗NEWER
  20. 26Unites ↗WEDS
  21. 27Play for the camera, say ↗EMOTE
  22. 29Gives the (pink) slip ↗FIRES
  23. 34Go on a spree ↗SPEND
  24. 36Bud ↗AMIGO
  25. 37It's quite gripping ↗TALON
  26. 39Song of thanksgiving ↗PAEAN
  27. 40Globes ↗ORBS
  28. 42___ apple ↗ADAMS
  29. 43Cops (to) ↗OWNSUP
  30. 45Juvenile locust ↗NYMPH
  31. 50They hang around a lot ↗BATS
  32. 51One-eyed Norse god ↗ODIN
  33. 52Ginkgo ___ (tree species) ↗BILOBA
  34. 54Frying need ↗OIL
  35. 56"Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"? ↗WHOOWHOOPIEPIE
  36. 57Music boxes? ↗AMPS
  37. 58Prominent feature of 17-Down ↗NOSE
  38. 61One might start "Incidentally …" ↗ASIDE
  39. 62"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale) ↗STREGA
  40. 63Eye: Prefix ↗OCULO
  41. 66Pound sound ↗ARF
  42. 69Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief ↗PPE
  43. 70They're short for a favorite ↗ODDS
  44. 71Blood line ↗VEIN
  45. 72Common salad add-in ↗TOMATO
  46. 74Big heads ↗EGOS
  47. 75Long tale ↗SAGA
  48. 77"Fear Factor" host Joe ↗ROGAN
  49. 80Public health org. ↗CDC
  50. 82Low point ↗NADIR
  51. 85Peach or plum, botanically ↗DRUPE
  52. 86Come after ↗ENSUE
  53. 87Anne of classic comedy ↗MEARA
  54. 88One trying to level up, often ↗GAMER
  55. 90Thrill-seeker's pursuit ↗ADVENTURE
  56. 91It is done ↗DEED
  57. 93Like much tax law or ancient philosophy ↗ESOTERIC
  58. 97Nursery sight ↗BLOOM
  59. 99Got it wrong ↗ERRED
  60. 101Little flap, maybe ↗PETDOOR
  61. 103Support line? ↗ISECOND
  62. 104Weapon similar to a halberd ↗POLEAX
  63. 105Brain twister ↗RIDDLE
  64. 106Cuban dance style ↗CHACHA
  65. 107"Drunken Sailor," e.g. ↗SHANTY
  66. 108Wrestler-turned-actor John ↗CENA
  67. 109RNA base ↗URACIL
  68. 111Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power" ↗LORDE
  69. 114Hanker (for) ↗JONES
  70. 117"Dagnabbit!" ↗RATS
  71. 119Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth ↗ETNA
  72. 121Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone ↗OPAL
  73. 123Twisty curve ↗ESS
  74. 124Abbr. on a business card ↗TEL
  75. 125Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. ↗IDA
  76. 126Actor Somerhalder ↗IAN