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NYT Crossword — April 13, 2025

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 137 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

55 clues
1Front-runners at the Iditarod?
9Discreetly acknowledges
19One end of a headphone cable
21Peter of "The Lion in Winter"
22Namely
23Popcorn and pretzels at a parade?
26Manages
27Platforms for politicians, say
28Dr. Wilson's department on "House"
29Fitting
35Mideast grp.
36Keep rhythm, in a way
39Missing people?
40Farewell
42Someone who might excel at a Bible trivia game?
48Biked past, say
49"Never mind that"
50Mock
53Bonobo relative
56Newcastle ninny
57"The X-Files" org.
67Tools of the trade?
71Lead-in to complete
72Little tipple, cutesily
73Spill the tea
75Beach day bummer
76Meanies
79"Midnight Cowboy" nickname
84Cleans up after a dirty guest?
86Police interrogator or priest?
92Gallup's bailiwick
93Linear algebra array
94Retail magnate James Cash ___
97"Groundhog Day" plot device
100Famous flautist
103Certain dance partner
106Final Four, e.g.
108"Bloody" queen of England
110Angry words at a school assembly?
115Expert
116"Well, ___ here!"
117Many-time role for Robert Downey Jr.
118Capone's foiler
119Way out there
120Bill Gates gave six of them between 2009 and 2015

Down

82 clues
1Pet sitter?
2Genre for Abba and Ace of Base
3Many a dog owner
4Chop chop!
5Forest females
7Reacts to a jump scare
8Heir
9A flawed person
10Rx-free
11Scooby-___
14Not-so-young 'uns
15Something added to a plot
16Enter heroically
17Hair curl
20Leveled, for short
22"General" of takeout
24Canon competitor
30Zipped
32Prefix with bel
33Promote excessively
34Suburb north of Boston
37Third-largest tech hub in North America
38Penitent person
39Give excessive praise
40Plugging away
41Not dis
43Small time?
45Bad way something might go
46404 Not Found, e.g.
47Cartoon witch with a crush on Popeye
50Précis
51"Not interested"
52Part of a 15th-century trio
54Easy target
55Bouquet
57Poet with four Pulitzers
61Title for Marie Tussaud
65Container for alms
66"God does not approve!"
68Bloods' West Coast rival
69Food stickers?
70Zombie-to-be
78"Told you so!"
82Filly or colt
83Digging
86Wear down
87Items being replaced
88Flourish
89More mature
90Being prosecuted
91Second-largest tech hub in North America
92Common recyclable
95Snatches, comic-book style
97Tic follower
99Social movement of 2017
100Turn
101All together
104Sports standouts, for short
105"i" completer
107Word, in French
108Sail holder
109"___ girl!"
111H+ or OH-
112Green-lit
113Never, in Nuremberg

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 13, 2025
22×21
Grid size
137
Total entries
76/386
Black / letter cells
5.6
Avg entry length
22 ltrs
Longest entry
Themed
Sunday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedApr 13, 2025
DaySunday
ThemeBoth Sides Now
ConstructorJohn Kugelman
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split55 across · 82 down
Longest entries

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 76 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.