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NYT Crossword — April 14, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Spaghetti-strapped top, for short

10Bullets and such, informally

15J.F.K. Presidential Library architect

17Word repeated in "Que ___, ___"

18Word repeated in "___, ___, gone!"

19Norway's capital

20Rules on how to behave

23Alan who played Pierce on "M*A*S*H"

25Baba ghanouj, e.g.

31"Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ a bear …"

35Two on a rowboat

3665 to 75, typically, on an Interstate hwy.

38Feared scuba diving affliction, with "the"

40Roman goddess of the moon

412003 Will Ferrell Christmas movie

42Lead-in to truck or gloss

44Fed. intelligence group

48Prefix with athlete or angle

50Like diamonds and calculus problems

51Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across

57What many dogs do in the spring and fall

58Three-line poem from Japan

59Blemish on a car

61Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"

63Palm tree berry

64Money in Mexico

66Chopped, as logs

Down

39 clues

2Baldwin of "30 Rock"

3Surrealist Joan

4Notes, Photos, FaceTime, etc.

5Actor Abe of "Barney Miller"

6My Chemical Romance groupie, e.g.

7"The Divine Comedy" or "Beowulf"

8Nevada's "Biggest Little City in the World"

9Endorse, as a check

11Cocktail served in a copper mug

13Yoko who loved John Lennon

25Funny DeGeneres

26Hockey scores

27Vito and Michael Corleone

28Partner of 60-Down in a bar

30Org. that reviews W-9s

32Nighttime problem

38___ Folds Five (rock trio)

39Australia's largest bird

40"Well, aren't you fancy!"

42"Saturday Night Live" segment

43Become more attentive, with "up"

46Business-casual pants

49The "R" of NPR

51Roller coaster exclamation

53Shark-diving protection

54Film director Johnson

57Product known as "The Racer's Edge"

60Partner of 28-Down in a bar

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 14, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 14, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorStacy Cooper and Ken Cohen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20ARules on how to behave13 ltrs 51ASlangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across13 ltrs 25ABaba ghanouj, e.g.11 ltrs 45AGoofball11 ltrs 11DCocktail served in a copper mug10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.