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NYT Crossword — April 16, 2025

Wednesday’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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39 clues

1Like some colors or Zoom users

10Matterhorn, for one

13Drink with ground nutmeg

15Like most TV broadcasts, now

17Heavy hitter?

18Flying Cloud and Royale, for two

19Threw one's hat in the ring

20Sight next to a barn, often

21General Mills brand

23Damage, so to speak

26Strengthens, as a relationship

31Skier's transport

32Exercised authority over

34Form of solitaire won when only the four highest cards remain

38___ rage (risk of certain drugs)

39N.B.A. coach Popovich

41First razor to feature a pivoting head

42Workers' rights grp.

44Delicacy in France and China

46Word before tight or time

48Structures commonly seen at ski resorts

52Spittoon sound

54Meal in which a cup of wine is poured for the prophet Elijah

56Have bottled-up anger

60"Nelson's blood"

62Files taxes in June, perhaps

65Like Solomon, famously

66Former Nissan S.U.V.

69Old long-haul hwy. from Detroit to Seattle

Down

37 clues

3Neutrogena shampoo with a slash in its name

4Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product?

5Follow relentlessly

6Grammy-winning trumpeter Al

7Like Ionesco's play "The Bald Soprano"

8Sugary bulk breakfast purchase?

9Certain calculus expert, for short

10Home of minor-league baseball's RubberDucks

12Is nearly out of breath

14Doing some shopping for breakfast?

22Big name in blenders

23Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down

28Indian tourist destination

29Sound in a disappearing act

30Morally contemptible

33For sure, for short

35One might be cut at an angle

37"Nah, I'm good"

40"You did a ___ job raisin me!" (punny Mother's Day card line)

43Words of affirmation

45Softhearted supervillain of "Despicable Me"

47Common stove residue to be cleaned up

49Doggie bag morsel

55Products with peak sales before Easter, say

57Lip-puckering

59Move to solid food, say

63"The Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 16, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKathy Bloomer

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 37 down

Longest entries

8DSugary bulk breakfast purchase?14 ltrs 14DDoing some shopping for breakfast?14 ltrs 4DCame out in favor of a certain breakfast product?12 ltrs 23DPlaces to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down12 ltrs 32AExercised authority over8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.