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NYT Crossword — April 29, 2025

Tuesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 79 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
1Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, for three
5Like cigars and some salmon
11Spill the beans
15Rephrase, say
16Gourmet garnish served with a mother-of-pearl spoon
17Casino city near Lake Tahoe
18"Game of Thrones" co-star Headey
19"The Gift of the Magi" writer
20Gemstone whose name comes from the Greek for "claw"
21Early struggles for a new enterprise … or a hint to the shaded squares
243-D meas.
25Blues group, for short?
26"Attack!"
29Went in haste
33The "Lo" of "J.Lo"
37Rating system used in chess
38Proper-sounding spring flower?
41"House of the Dragon" airer
422011 animated film set in Brazil
43Early 2000s rating site with a rhyming name
44Bear, in Spanish
45Muffin pan, essentially
47Green day, familiarly?
48Piece of news
49Get off the ground
51Feathery females
52Clickable images
53Figures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry
56Pageant prize
58Without forethought, say
61Sharpen
62[Shrug]
65Midwest tribe
66What some may find off-putting about Limburger cheese
67People are talking about them
68Neo-___ (film genre)
69Bestrewn with droplets
70Aquarium resident
71Mediterranean peak

Down

40 clues
1Stuff inside an aloe plant
2Lofty tribute
3Inspiriting sound on a game show
4Long (for), as attention
5Death stare
6When doubled, ingredient in a seafood taco
7Womb, in an idiom
8Double-decker checker
9Wyatt of the Wild West
10Forest nymph in Greek mythology
11Bucking horse in a rodeo
12Part of a camera
13Whatever amount
14Trade punches
22That extra punch
23Estuary
26What many cleaning brands say they can kill 99% of
27T.S. ___, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature
28"You had your chance"
29Go berserk
30"Pass it to me!"
31Way off course
32Instruction to improve posture
34Cameraperson's session
35Buddy ___, Jed Clampett portrayer on "The Beverly Hillbillies"
36Verb that has largely replaced "Skypes"
39Children's author Asquith
40"Hel-l-lp!"
46Curtains
48Dessert drink made with frozen grapes
50Explosive letters
52Once ___ lifetime
54Decent chap
55Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz
56Like a racehorse's feet
57What a software developer develops with
59Victorious cry
60Actress Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
63Cost-of-living stat.
64Fleur-de-___

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025
16×15
Grid size
79
Total entries
44/196
Black / letter cells
5.0
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedApr 29, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorGene Louise De Vera
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split39 across · 40 down
Longest entries
21AEarly struggles for a new enterprise … or a hint to the shaded squares12 ltrs53AFigures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry12 ltrs28D"You had your chance"10 ltrs29DGo berserk10 ltrs32DInstruction to improve posture10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.