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NYT Crossword — April 28, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Hand protectors in the kitchen

10___ Major (Great Bear)

14Tear producer in the kitchen

15"Swan Lake" attire

16Funnyman Rogen

17Versatile yet unspecialized sort

21Surgery sites, in brief

22Mozart's "___ kleine Nachtmusik"

23Up to, informally

24Typical kindergartner

30"Yer out!" yeller

32Toyota Camry, for one

33One of up to 24 on a sunflower sea star

34Prefix with dynamic

39Actor Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club"

42Vigor's partner

43Choose to receive email and text alerts, say

47"A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."

48Dictionary offering: Abbr.

51The Bible's Naomi vis-à-vis Ruth

54Bread box, for short?

55Bygone Swedish carmaker

56Charged particle

57"Thar ___ blows!"

58Ones with many talents ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 51-Across

63"Yeah, you're right"

64Rap's Salt-N-___

65Cheri formerly of "S.N.L."

66Bay Area law enforcement org.

67States out loud

Down

41 clues

1Cuban cocktails garnished with mint leaves

5___-Caps (candy)

6Go without food

8The Falcons, on sports tickers

10Former rival of Delta

11Rudolph's quirk-turned-perk

12Pittsburgh N.F.L. player

18Hershey's Kiss wrap

19Bring in from the fields

24"Adventures of Huckleberry ___"

25Round Mongolian dwelling

26Two-time Oscar-winning Stone

27"Gloria in excelsis ___"

29World's fastest shark (up to 46 m.p.h.)

33Shout between "ready" and "fire"

36The "O" of O.T.C.

37Often-spotty service on a train

38Marcus who co-founded MGM

40Do a Google search on one's own name, e.g.

41Add together, as a bar tab

45"Count me in!"

46Superman, to Lex Luthor

481980s skating great Thomas

49Honolulu hellos

52Gave a big thumbs down, say

53Like a brisk wind

58Kilimanjaro and Denali: Abbr.

59Some printers and PCs, familiarly

60Vote in support

61Nonverbal approval

62One day ___ time

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 28, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 28, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSue Fracker

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17AVersatile yet unspecialized sort15 ltrs 58AOnes with many talents ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 51-Across15 ltrs 24ATypical kindergartner11 ltrs 51AThe Bible's Naomi vis-à-vis Ruth11 ltrs 35ASmarty-pants9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.