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NYT Crossword — April 3, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 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

4"First Blood" tough guy

9One sharing the credits?

12Soft drink rival of Mug

15Brand of beverage sourced from the Alps

16Fifth-century invader of Europe

17Big attraction at MoMA

19Xenomorphs in "Alien vs. Predator," e.g.

20Solution to a computer problem, often

24"Er ... well ... gee …"

26Lead-in to many a side thought, informally

27Where an angler may show off a great catch

28Stop at the side of the road

31Coll. military program

32App with "Reels," informally

34Hounds with fine, silky hair

36Idea that's dead on arrival

39Tight-fitting caps

42Heavyweight athletes

47Egg tart filling

48Using cursive and writing thank you notes, e.g.

54Triple jump component

55"___ beaucoup d'amour"

56Went off the path

59Broadway's Lin-___ Miranda

61Org. established by Congress in 2001

62Ill-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle

66Country singer Tucker

67Cook in a wok, perhaps

68Dallas-to-Nashville dir.

69Unpleasant forecast

Down

39 clues

1Market checkout option, for short

2Country ruled by the al-Khalifa royal family since 1783

3Summer refreshers

4Words on a U-Haul storage container

5Prefix with fauna

6Certain "Top Gun" jets

7Bangkok bank deposit

9Vocally encourage

10Places for prongs

11Band with the 2000 11x platinum album "No Strings Attached"

131980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character

14Full house letters

22Olympic skater Lipinski

23Printer resolution spec

25Show with the most-watched episode in scripted TV history

33Andy's toy sibling

35Smash hits: Abbr.

37Painting material

38Agent Smith's foe in "The Matrix"

39Sticks one's nose where it doesn't belong

40Online investment firm founded in 1991

411998 Sarah McLachlan hit

43Patriotic chant

44Gets promoted

49Certain "Top Gun" jet

50Practice taekwondo, say

53Fluid-filled sacs

60Contacts info: Abbr.

63Ingredient in an old-fashioned

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Stats & info

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 3, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorHanh Huynh

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17ABig attraction at MoMA11 ltrs 62AIll-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle11 ltrs 21AMajestic7 ltrs 34AHounds with fine, silky hair7 ltrs 36AIdea that's dead on arrival7 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.