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NYT Crossword — April 27, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

59 clues

1"Don't mention it"

9Like a lover's lips, perhaps

17Sudden dose of reality, in slang

19Emphatic words of denial

20[aria-label] 5508.461375/618

22[aria-label] 0-5.08718

24How detectives might act

26Ones providing help around the House

30Attack, as a castle

31Jazz singer Carmen

33Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea

38Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 1962

40Tough spot for a teen?

43[aria-label] 316008+5336338

45[aria-label] 32008-.53177187714

48Holder of valuable contributions, in brief

49One of three on the Mayflower

50Alan of "Marriage Story"

51One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

52Rapper Kid ___

54Style of writing?

55Renaissance locale of the early 20th century

57[aria-label] 607-376006

60Longtime Japanese camera brand

61Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library

63Riverbank material

64Lucky lottery winner's cry

67[aria-label] 3045.1045708

75They're rising over time

76Humorist Bombeck

77When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …"

78___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24)

79Suffix with proverb

80Shepherd's staff

81[aria-label] 57334-4614

84[aria-label] 7738.51773+51.345

87It's in the bag!

89___ Tour (annual sporting series)

90Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions

91Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe

93Baseball features

95"By the way …"

96___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies"

98Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White"

100Some opinion pieces

105How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across

108Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle

111Some large structures for pet owners

113Gave a thumbs up

114Goes to the mat?

Down

81 clues

1Government org. that investigates accidents

3What a whistler whistles

5"Nevertheless …"

6Jimmy Kimmel's network

8[way 2 funny!!!!]

9Down for the count, in brief

10Italian diminutive suffix

11Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"

12Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once

14Tough customer for a wedding planner

15Debussy's "Clair de ___"

16Brain tests, for short

21Cannabis variety contrasted with indica

22Bush Senior and Carter each had one

28"The Source" channel

29Swiatek of women's tennis

32Six-pack component

33PC platform of the 1980s

35Hundred Acre Wood resident

36One way to "play it"

37Reached a base horizontally

39Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations

41Page that points to other pages

44Floral subject for van Gogh, Monet or O'Keeffe

46Adult male deer

49Gourmet mushroom type

52One of the Marx Brothers

55Word with Kitchen or Angels

59Bumpy jumpers

60City where tourists take photos pretending to hold up its famous landmark

63Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

65Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc.

66Honest-to-goodness

67Possible polling problem

68Morales on the screen

69Evita in "Evita"

70Pitchfork feature

71Chew the scenery

72Tended to a Zen garden, in a way

73Anatomical sac

74Gait faster than a walk

78Website with a "Personalized and Custom Jewelry" page

79Line in old Apple ads

80Some kindergarten art supplies

83Comedian Notaro

85Junior and senior: Abbr.

86Garment for one who's wearing a wire?

89Half of a noted magic duo

92In reserve for now

94Adirondack chair part

96Coming-of-age Pixar film of 2021

97Beers that might punnily have "hop" in their names, for short

99Steady stream

101What a hot dog might do

102List-ending abbr.

103Cry after putting one's pencil down

104Married mujeres: Abbr.

106Sinus specialist, for short

109Subj. of a class with dummies in it

110Purple yam in Philippine cuisine

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

80/361

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 27, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeNumbers Game

ConstructorJacob Reed

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split59 across · 81 down

Longest entries

57A[aria-label] 607-37600613 ltrs 67A[aria-label] 3045.104570813 ltrs 43A[aria-label] 316008+533633811 ltrs 84A[aria-label] 7738.51773+51.34511 ltrs 20A[aria-label] 5508.461375/61810 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 80 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.