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NYT Crossword — April 20, 2025

Sunday’s 22 × 21 puzzle, 145 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

69 clues

1Van Winkle of folklore

4Engages in playful fisticuffs

9Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts

15Strip for breakfast

20Game with a Reverse card

21Impressive display

23"I might surprise you"

24"___ all good"

25Group that Tiger hires to install wall art?

32Corduroy fabric feature

33Thinks out loud

38First game of the season

41Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?

47Creeping Charlie, e.g.

48___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark)

55Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis

59Hands-on business

60Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage?

64Med. benefit option, in brief

67Leggy shorebird

68Captain Jean-___ Picard

69Really stands out

70Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis

73Sound-asleep sounds

78Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera

79Common file extension

83MGM founder Marcus

84Like, in slang

85Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear?

89"You ___ me at hello"

92Ugly expression

94Laser therapy target

95Roasted or grilled, in Spanish

98Food for a woodpecker

102Smitten person's declaration

104Pharmacist comes through for customers?

110Kind of column

112Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s

113Sign up for again

115Word on some Renaissance Faire signage

116Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short

118Mother of Perseus

120Recover from fainting

122Editor's strike?

127Young boxer, say

128Some Surrealist paintings

129What very punctual people arrive on

130Wildly silly

131Portfolio piece, for short

132C-suite figures

133Subject of a negotiation

135Jellied fish in an English dish

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2Past the point of no return

4Welcomed at the door

6Certain queer identity, for short

9Make an appearance

10Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation

12Offensive linemen, for short

13Friend on "Friends"

14___ vez (again, in Spanish)

15Start of a tangent, in a text

16Makeup of some metallic bonds

17Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play

18Serving at a breakfast buffet

19More up-to-the-minute

27Play for the camera, say

29Gives the (pink) slip

34Go on a spree

37It's quite gripping

39Song of thanksgiving

45Juvenile locust

50They hang around a lot

51One-eyed Norse god

52Ginkgo ___ (tree species)

56"Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?

58Prominent feature of 17-Down

61One might start "Incidentally …"

62"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)

69Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief

70They're short for a favorite

72Common salad add-in

77"Fear Factor" host Joe

80Public health org.

85Peach or plum, botanically

87Anne of classic comedy

88One trying to level up, often

90Thrill-seeker's pursuit

93Like much tax law or ancient philosophy

97Nursery sight

101Little flap, maybe

103Support line?

104Weapon similar to a halberd

105Brain twister

106Cuban dance style

107"Drunken Sailor," e.g.

108Wrestler-turned-actor John

111Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power"

114Hanker (for)

117"Dagnabbit!"

119Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth

121Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone

123Twisty curve

124Abbr. on a business card

125Rocky Mountain state: Abbr.

126Actor Somerhalder

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 20, 2025

22×21

Grid size

145

Total entries

70/392

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

18 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 20, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeDouble Vision

ConstructorVictor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split69 across · 76 down

Longest entries

25AGroup that Tiger hires to install wall art?18 ltrs 122AEditor's strike?18 ltrs 41ASend fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?16 ltrs 104APharmacist comes through for customers?16 ltrs 60AAngry early president can be seen now in TV footage?14 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 70 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.