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NYT Crossword Answers Apr 21, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 21, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Thomas van GeelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Manage, as a bar ↗TEND
  2. 5Boneheaded ↗DUMB
  3. 9Petri dish gel ↗AGAR
  4. 13Protected from the wind ↗ALEE
  5. 14It's always the top story ↗ATTIC
  6. 16Only nonrigid weapon in Clue ↗ROPE
  7. 17Coming-of-age ceremony ↗BARMITZVAH
  8. 19Club in a classic Barry Manilow song, informally ↗COPA
  9. 20"Let's go!" in Mexico ↗ANDALE
  10. 21One of the fam ↗SIS
  11. 23Big mo. for retailers ↗DEC
  12. 24Reek ↗STINK
  13. 25Place "rocked" in a Clash song ↗THECASBAH
  14. 28Street ___ (reputation) ↗CRED
  15. 29Atmosphere ↗MOOD
  16. 30Actress Witherspoon ↗REESE
  17. 31Trireme propellers ↗OARS
  18. 32___ Arbor, Mich. ↗ANN
  19. 33Faced the pitcher ↗BATTED
  20. 34Animal that can go 0-60 in three seconds ↗CHEETAH
  21. 36Highest U.S. mountain ↗DENALI
  22. 4012-mo. periods ↗YRS
  23. 41Many govt. prosecutors ↗ADAS
  24. 45"La Bohème," for one ↗OPERA
  25. 46Garfield's frenemy in the comics ↗ODIE
  26. 47Opposite of starboard ↗PORT
  27. 48Famed shoe designer ↗JIMMYCHOO
  28. 50Molten rock ↗MAGMA
  29. 51Had dinner ↗ATE
  30. 52Lumberjack's tool ↗SAW
  31. 53Pie chart piece ↗SECTOR
  32. 54Price ↗COST
  33. 56Polite response to the ends of 17-, 25-, 34- and 48-Across ↗GESUNDHEIT
  34. 59Ugandan despot Idi ___ ↗AMIN
  35. 60Justice Kagan ↗ELENA
  36. 61___ Grey tea ↗EARL
  37. 62Word before tube or drive ↗TEST
  38. 63Jump ↗LEAP
  39. 64Captain Hook's sidekick ↗SMEE

Down 37

  1. 1Mexican state that shares its name with a hot sauce ↗TABASCO
  2. 2Hyundai compact ↗ELANTRA
  3. 3More brainy in an uncool way ↗NERDIER
  4. 4Orders ↗DEMANDS
  5. 5Go out with ↗DATE
  6. 6Chip brand with a little-girl logo ↗UTZ
  7. 7"Beavis and Butt-Head" airer ↗MTV
  8. 8Slanted ↗BIASED
  9. 9Lob's path ↗ARC
  10. 10Not quite a sure thing ↗GOODBET
  11. 11Mollify ↗APPEASE
  12. 12Got to ↗REACHED
  13. 15En vogue ↗CHIC
  14. 18Type ↗ILK
  15. 22Comedian Silverman ↗SARAH
  16. 25Recorded message prompt ↗TONE
  17. 26Cute name for a spouse's task list ↗HONEYDO
  18. 27"Game, ___, match" ↗SET
  19. 29When doubled, a Hawaiian fish ↗MAHI
  20. 33One of four on a diamond ↗BASE
  21. 34Potters' options ↗CLAYS
  22. 35Rock's Emerson, Lake & Palmer, for one ↗TRIO
  23. 36"Paint the Town Red" rapper ↗DOJACAT
  24. 37Textbook example ↗EPITOME
  25. 38Moby Dick, to Ahab ↗NEMESIS
  26. 39Contents of a sleeve ↗ARM
  27. 41Military choppers ↗APACHES
  28. 42Sled pullers in the Arctic ↗DOGTEAM
  29. 43Wardrobe ↗ARMOIRE
  30. 44Surprise ↗STARTLE
  31. 46"So it goes" ↗OHWELL
  32. 49Shark diver's protection ↗CAGE
  33. 50Size between small and large: Abbr. ↗MED
  34. 53Partner of Crackle and Pop ↗SNAP
  35. 55Explosive stuff ↗TNT
  36. 57Observe ↗SEE
  37. 58Spanish article ↗UNA