NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 4, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 4, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Karen SteinbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1It may lead to a second opinion ↗ALSO
  2. 5Shape-shifters? ↗BLOBS
  3. 10Shapeless stuff ↗MUSH
  4. 14Its flag was solid red with a white elephant ↗SIAM
  5. 15Home health risk ↗RADON
  6. 16Athlete posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom ↗ASHE
  7. 17One getting in online debates, colloquially ↗KEYBOARDWARRIOR
  8. 20Buddhist scripture ↗SUTRA
  9. 21Like some relations ↗STRAINED
  10. 22First responder, to many ↗HERO
  11. 24Bit of sliding glass door maintenance ↗OILING
  12. 25Made a fast break? ↗ATE
  13. 27Boorish sorts ↗SWINE
  14. 29Duke Ellington's "___ Doll" ↗SATIN
  15. 32[Just like that!] ↗BAM
  16. 33Grad. student fellowship funder ↗NSF
  17. 34Pioneering agriculturist Tull ↗JETHRO
  18. 35"Lemme be straight with you" ↗ICALLEMASISEEEM
  19. 39Turndown? ↗DOGEAR
  20. 40Many a short-term rental ↗VAN
  21. 41___ power trip ↗ONA
  22. 42Endorse virtually ↗ESIGN
  23. 43The Clintons' White House cat, so named because of its white feet ↗SOCKS
  24. 45Steered ↗LED
  25. 46The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, e.g. ↗CRATER
  26. 48Sign above some real estate signs ↗SOLD
  27. 50"Map of China" artist ↗AIWEIWEI
  28. 52Blue-blooded ↗NOBLE
  29. 55Anti-jaywalking directive ↗CROSSATTHEGREEN
  30. 58Emporium ↗MART
  31. 59"According to reports ..." ↗IHEAR
  32. 60Onetime iPod model ↗NANO
  33. 61Closes ↗ENDS
  34. 62Fits cozily ↗NESTS
  35. 632021 book subtitled "Workers of the World" ↗ANTS

Down 35

  1. 1Doesn't wonder, say ↗ASKS
  2. 2Place ↗LIEU
  3. 3"Please?" prompt ↗SAYTHEMAGICWORD
  4. 4Hair color blending technique ↗OMBRE
  5. 5Training ___ ↗BRA
  6. 6Roman guardian spirit ↗LAR
  7. 7Ones most likely to pay out ↗ODDSONFAVORITES
  8. 8Pinched pasta shape ↗BOWTIE
  9. 9Traffic problem ↗SNARL
  10. 10Step before "bake" in certain recipes ↗MARINATE
  11. 11Thinking hard, informally ↗USINGTHEOLDBEAN
  12. 12Puma or pump ↗SHOE
  13. 13Alpaca group ↗HERD
  14. 18Rows ↗OARS
  15. 19Sensitive workplace matters ↗RAISES
  16. 23One of 32 in the N.F.L. ↗OWNER
  17. 25Stand ↗ABIDE
  18. 26Messy things to eat in a car ↗TACOS
  19. 28Ending with real or social ↗ISM
  20. 30Greek goddess who is the equivalent of the Roman Pax ↗IRENE
  21. 31Itinerant one ↗NOMAD
  22. 34High ___ ↗JINKS
  23. 36Ottomans, e.g. ↗LEGRESTS
  24. 37Hawaiian party settings ↗LANAIS
  25. 38___ fly ↗SAC
  26. 43Fume ↗SEETHE
  27. 44"Every bad situation is a blues ___ waiting to happen": Amy Winehouse ↗SONG
  28. 47"Life on the Mississippi" memoirist ↗TWAIN
  29. 49"___ Doone," R.D. Blackmore romance ↗LORNA
  30. 50Crest ↗ACME
  31. 51Modern-day locale of the ancient Parthian Empire ↗IRAN
  32. 53When Holy Week falls ↗LENT
  33. 541960s chimp in space ↗ENOS
  34. 56Word with hard or high ↗HAT
  35. 57Hesitant sounds ↗ERS