NYT Crossword April 24 2025 Answers

All 78 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

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1D2A3R4K5F6M7O8C9K10U11M12E13N14ATONA15L16OBEISANT17BEMINE18VENDETTA19STA20TES21DEER22E23L24CHAPO25E26A27R28DRY29TOO30STU31SE32A33TIZ34ZY35C36O37MING38O39ANYA40SHEAF41AF42E43W44MY45STERY46PRADA47NEO48E49SE50GIG51G52S53U54EW55W56STR57EETS58ETN59A60O61BTAIN62NICK63N64AME65LOO66F67A68S69RELIEVER70EDKOCH71EBENDING72PIECE

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES78 CLUES

ACROSS

1A"Interview With the Vampire" and "Prince of Thorns"5 lettersDARKF

6A"Borat" and "This Is Spinal Tap"8 lettersMOCKUMEN

14ALike some experimental music6 lettersATONAL

16ADeferential8 lettersOBEISANT

17AValentine's Day sentiment6 lettersBEMINE

18AMore than a mere grudge8 lettersVENDETTA

19AThey might be all over the map6 lettersSTATES

21AAnimal known for freezing under pressure4 lettersDEER

22ANoted criminal extradited to the U.S. in 20177 lettersELCHAPO

25ALocale for a cochlea3 lettersEAR

28ADeadpan3 lettersDRY

29A"You Come ___" (Robert Frost collection)3 lettersTOO

30A___ Holden, U.S. soccer player-turned-commentator3 lettersSTU

31AKind of cucumber that isn't a vegetable3 lettersSEA

33ADither5 lettersTIZZY

35A"Lady Bird" and "Stand By Me"7 lettersCOMINGO

39AActress ___ Taylor-Joy4 lettersANYA

40ABundle of paper or grain5 lettersSHEAF

41ASome4 lettersAFEW

44A–7 lettersMYSTERY

46AEponymous Italian designer Mario5 lettersPRADA

47APrefix with soul or classical3 lettersNEO

48ASpanish letter before te3 lettersESE

50AOne of many listed on the back of a tour shirt3 lettersGIG

51AAtlanta sch.3 lettersGSU

54A"Get that away from me!"3 lettersEWW

56AGrid lines, perhaps7 lettersSTREETS

58AMythical forge locale4 lettersETNA

60AGet6 lettersOBTAIN

62ASecond calling?8 lettersNICKNAME

65AItems that gather lather6 lettersLOOFAS

69APerson with the shift after a long one of yours8 lettersRELIEVER

70A1980s New York mayor6 lettersEDKOCH

71A–8 lettersEBENDING

72A–5 lettersPIECE

DOWN

1DDollop3 lettersDAB

2DVerb that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward3 lettersATE

3DCD follower3 lettersROM

4DPotato turnover5 lettersKNISH

5D–7 lettersFANTASY

6D"Outta my way!"4 lettersMOVE

7DOverly big5 lettersOBESE

8DOne of 10 in a millennium: Abbr.3 lettersCEN

9DJosh3 lettersKID

10DPut to work4 lettersUSED

11DLike some socks and chess players5 lettersMATED

12DReturn to a PC keyboard?5 lettersENTER

13D–5 lettersNTARY

15DSprang (at)5 lettersLEAPT

20D"Nice one, you got me"6 lettersTOUCHE

22DSinger James4 lettersETTA

23DSelection at the butcher's4 lettersLOIN

24D"The Thursday Murder Club" and "A Killer Sundae"5 lettersCOZYM

26DCher's catchphrase in "Clueless"4 lettersASIF

27DThe Knights of ___, shadowy side group in "Star Wars"3 lettersREN

32DFood thickener4 lettersAGAR

34DOne-named singer who's a former member of One Direction4 lettersZAYN

36DPoetic contraction that omits a "v"3 lettersOER

37DMight, to Shakespeare6 lettersMAYEST

38D–5 lettersOFAGE

40DStash4 lettersSTOW

42DButton added to Apple's Messages app in 20224 lettersEDIT

43DJokesters4 lettersWAGS

45DGo out with3 lettersSEE

46D"Downton Abbey" and "Shogun"7 lettersPERIODP

49DFar from fresh5 lettersSTALE

51DMixing thematic elements and tropes … or a feature of this puzzle?5 lettersGENRE

52DDave ___, seven-time All-Star pitcher for the Blue Jays5 lettersSTIEB

53DMr. Reed, to Jane Eyre5 lettersUNCLE

55DPeople celebrated worldwide on March 85 lettersWOMEN

57DSkinny white mushroom5 lettersENOKI

59DSimilar4 lettersAKIN

61DFloating mass4 lettersBERG

63DSubject of Homer's loathing on "The Simpsons"3 lettersNED

64DBird-related prefix3 lettersAVI

66DOne of "them"3 lettersFOE

67DSports org. that now includes U.C. Berkeley and Stanford, strangely enough3 lettersACC

68D"There ___ Goes" (1988 hit by the La's)3 lettersSHE

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