NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 23, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Brandon KoppyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 16×1577 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1"That one's mine!" ↗DIBS
  2. 5Treat that may have a cherry on top ↗SUNDAE
  3. 11Puts on TV ↗AIRS
  4. 15Computer that originally came in five "flavors" ↗IMAC
  5. 16Margin for a close ballgame ↗ONERUN
  6. 17Improvisational singing ↗SCAT
  7. 18Honor for "Dune" and "American Gods" ↗NEBULAAWARD
  8. 20Certain Bear or Smurf ↗PAPA
  9. 21Establishment in Chicago's Boystown ↗GAYBAR
  10. 22"I love," in Italian and Spanish ↗AMO
  11. 23Transparent film ↗SARAN
  12. 24Open, as toothpaste ↗UNCAP
  13. 25Like Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift ↗STARSTRUCK
  14. 27Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney ↗SIR
  15. 28Place for a hydrating body wrap ↗SPA
  16. 30"Relax, soldier" ↗ATEASE
  17. 3130% is a very good one ↗TIP
  18. 33Desktop image ↗ICON
  19. 36Genre for the Final Fantasy series, in brief ↗RPG
  20. 37Grammy-winning Soundgarden hit of 1994 ↗BLACKHOLESUN
  21. 41Massachusetts' Cape ___ ↗ANN
  22. 42Instrument whose name is 75% vowels ↗OBOE
  23. 43Letters written in the sand, maybe ↗SOS
  24. 45Evening meal, for a child ↗DINDIN
  25. 48Many purchases on Discogs ↗LPS
  26. 50Middle X or O ↗TAC
  27. 52Canadian province on the Gulf of Maine ↗NOVASCOTIA
  28. 55___ apso ↗LHASA
  29. 57However, briefly ↗ALTHO
  30. 58Home of Madison Ave. and Houston St. ↗NYC
  31. 59Saw, as a movie ↗CAUGHT
  32. 60Chimney sweep's target ↗FLUE
  33. 61Having ideas far too profound for anyone else to comprehend ... and what might help you solve this puzzle? ↗GALAXYBRAIN
  34. 63Instrument similar to a sousaphone ↗TUBA
  35. 642009 aviatrix biopic ↗AMELIA
  36. 65Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" ↗LIMA
  37. 66Imitated ↗APED
  38. 67Reunited city ↗BERLIN
  39. 68Barbershop sound ↗SNIP

Down 38

  1. 1Nincompoop ↗DINGUS
  2. 2"No joke!" ↗IMEANIT
  3. 3Bassinet alternative ↗BABYCRIB
  4. 4Diving acronym ↗SCUBA
  5. 5Take to the skies ↗SOAR
  6. 6"___ cerveza, por favor" ↗UNA
  7. 7Unfamiliar with ↗NEWAT
  8. 8Emmy category ↗DRAMA
  9. 9"Sleeping Beauty" princess ↗AURORA
  10. 10Word with tight or loose ↗END
  11. 11Spears on a plate ↗ASPARAGUS
  12. 12In myth, one who flew too close to the sun ↗ICARUS
  13. 13Actress Noomi of "Prometheus" ↗RAPACE
  14. 14Emitted squiggly lines, in a cartoon ↗STANK
  15. 19Trounces in Mario Kart, say ↗LAPS
  16. 23List in a how-to manual ↗STEPS
  17. 25Give the pink slip ↗SACK
  18. 26Player of the Iron Lady in "The Iron Lady" ↗STREEP
  19. 29Walk in the park, so to speak ↗PICNIC
  20. 32Not leave details to chance ↗PLANAHEAD
  21. 34"Well, lookie here!" ↗OHO
  22. 35Head, slangily ↗NOB
  23. 38"In conclusion ..." ↗ANDSO
  24. 39Kinks song spoofed in Weird Al's "Yoda" ↗LOLA
  25. 40"Why does this keep happening?!" ↗NOTAGAIN
  26. 44Course in an omakase meal ↗SASHIMI
  27. 45Dress to the nines ↗DOLLUP
  28. 46Hospital hookup ↗IVTUBE
  29. 47Z-lister ↗NONAME
  30. 49Big slice ↗SLAB
  31. 51Snooze ↗CATNAP
  32. 52Pact from 1994 to 2020 ↗NAFTA
  33. 53Texas city named after a president ↗TYLER
  34. 54"Let's see if you're bluffing" ↗ICALL
  35. 56Yeets ↗HURLS
  36. 59Ink cartridge color ↗CYAN
  37. 61Chitchat ↗GAB
  38. 62Noon or midnight ↗XII