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NYT Crossword — April 19, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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38 clues

1Support in construction

5Nickname that omits "-orah"

8Move quickly with the wind, as clouds

13On what to write one's final words?

16Lead-in to a date

17Post-meeting to-do

1920th-century activist ___ Milholland, dubbed a "Joan of Arc-like symbol of the suffrage movement"

21"How exciting!"

22Actress Mendes of "Ghost Rider"

23Firmly establishes, in one spelling

25Like some entries and smiles

27Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the"

28Common map feature

30French for "our"

31Washed up, perhaps

33Sound from a dental click

35Need for an international student, often

36Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structures

41Waterproofing substance

43Walking stick, e.g.

44Trail of evidence

46___ and the Dominos, rock band behind "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues"

48Surprising outburst

49Celestial object producing a so-called "lighthouse effect" as it rotates

51Go off a cliff, maybe

53Someone with whom to share un peu de camaraderie

54B in chemistry class

56Duke residence

57Unwritten reminder

60Go back for more

62Life-threatening

64They're in a lather

65Complete mess

66Under legal threat, in a way

Down

32 clues

1___ Flatow, longtime host of public radio's "Science Friday"

2Know-how in negotiations, say

3"Similarly …"

5Federal agcy. established during Nixon's presidency

6Those whose time has come and gone?

7Bundle that might include soap and towels

9Locale for an echo

10Global news inits.

11Base for cases

14Film franchise that boosted sales of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for short

15Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic

18Took five on the road

20Democratic Republic of the Congo, once

23Unwanted inbox filler

32Itchy ears and itchy hands, to the superstitious

34Scoring plays in rugby

42Many nostalgia-baiting TV shows

45Sleeveless medieval garment

50Massages deeply

52Portmanteau pants

59Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire

61Deceptively beef up

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Stats & info

Saturday, Apr 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

31/194

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 19, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAlex Tomlinson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split38 across · 32 down

Longest entries

3D"Similarly …"15 ltrs 11DBase for cases15 ltrs 2DKnow-how in negotiations, say14 ltrs 15DPart of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic14 ltrs 17APost-meeting to-do10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 31 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.