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NYT Crossword — April 4, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1It may lead to a second opinion

5Shape-shifters?

10Shapeless stuff

14Its flag was solid red with a white elephant

15Home health risk

16Athlete posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

17One getting in online debates, colloquially

20Buddhist scripture

21Like some relations

22First responder, to many

24Bit of sliding glass door maintenance

25Made a fast break?

27Boorish sorts

29Duke Ellington's "___ Doll"

32[Just like that!]

33Grad. student fellowship funder

34Pioneering agriculturist Tull

35"Lemme be straight with you"

40Many a short-term rental

41___ power trip

42Endorse virtually

43The Clintons' White House cat, so named because of its white feet

46The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, e.g.

48Sign above some real estate signs

50"Map of China" artist

55Anti-jaywalking directive

59"According to reports ..."

60Onetime iPod model

632021 book subtitled "Workers of the World"

Down

35 clues

1Doesn't wonder, say

3"Please?" prompt

4Hair color blending technique

6Roman guardian spirit

7Ones most likely to pay out

8Pinched pasta shape

9Traffic problem

10Step before "bake" in certain recipes

11Thinking hard, informally

19Sensitive workplace matters

23One of 32 in the N.F.L.

26Messy things to eat in a car

28Ending with real or social

30Greek goddess who is the equivalent of the Roman Pax

31Itinerant one

36Ottomans, e.g.

37Hawaiian party settings

44"Every bad situation is a blues ___ waiting to happen": Amy Winehouse

47"Life on the Mississippi" memoirist

49"___ Doone," R.D. Blackmore romance

51Modern-day locale of the ancient Parthian Empire

53When Holy Week falls

541960s chimp in space

56Word with hard or high

57Hesitant sounds

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Stats & info

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 4, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKaren Steinberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

17AOne getting in online debates, colloquially15 ltrs 35A"Lemme be straight with you"15 ltrs 55AAnti-jaywalking directive15 ltrs 3D"Please?" prompt15 ltrs 7DOnes most likely to pay out15 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.