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NYT Crossword — April 23, 2025

Wednesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 77 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1"That one's mine!"

5Treat that may have a cherry on top

15Computer that originally came in five "flavors"

16Margin for a close ballgame

17Improvisational singing

18Honor for "Dune" and "American Gods"

20Certain Bear or Smurf

21Establishment in Chicago's Boystown

22"I love," in Italian and Spanish

23Transparent film

24Open, as toothpaste

25Like Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift

27Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney

28Place for a hydrating body wrap

30"Relax, soldier"

3130% is a very good one

33Desktop image

36Genre for the Final Fantasy series, in brief

37Grammy-winning Soundgarden hit of 1994

41Massachusetts' Cape ___

42Instrument whose name is 75% vowels

43Letters written in the sand, maybe

45Evening meal, for a child

48Many purchases on Discogs

50Middle X or O

52Canadian province on the Gulf of Maine

57However, briefly

58Home of Madison Ave. and Houston St.

59Saw, as a movie

60Chimney sweep's target

61Having ideas far too profound for anyone else to comprehend ... and what might help you solve this puzzle?

63Instrument similar to a sousaphone

642009 aviatrix biopic

65Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I"

67Reunited city

68Barbershop sound

Down

38 clues

3Bassinet alternative

4Diving acronym

5Take to the skies

6"___ cerveza, por favor"

7Unfamiliar with

9"Sleeping Beauty" princess

10Word with tight or loose

11Spears on a plate

12In myth, one who flew too close to the sun

13Actress Noomi of "Prometheus"

14Emitted squiggly lines, in a cartoon

19Trounces in Mario Kart, say

23List in a how-to manual

25Give the pink slip

26Player of the Iron Lady in "The Iron Lady"

29Walk in the park, so to speak

32Not leave details to chance

34"Well, lookie here!"

35Head, slangily

38"In conclusion ..."

39Kinks song spoofed in Weird Al's "Yoda"

40"Why does this keep happening?!"

44Course in an omakase meal

45Dress to the nines

46Hospital hookup

52Pact from 1994 to 2020

53Texas city named after a president

54"Let's see if you're bluffing"

59Ink cartridge color

62Noon or midnight

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Apr 23, 2025

16×15

Grid size

77

Total entries

40/200

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 23, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBrandon Koppy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 38 down

Longest entries

37AGrammy-winning Soundgarden hit of 199412 ltrs 18AHonor for "Dune" and "American Gods"11 ltrs 61AHaving ideas far too profound for anyone else to comprehend ... and what might help you solve this puzzle?11 ltrs 25ALike Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift10 ltrs 52ACanadian province on the Gulf of Maine10 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.