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NYT Crossword — April 6, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 142 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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71 clues

6One directive in preparing a turkey

11Onetime Volvo competitor

15Actress Gadot

18*"Oh, what's the point?"

20Mexican dish with ahi

23Hears, in a way

25Light, short-sleeved, collared garment

28Ringing endorsements?

29Pointy parts of a Batman costume

30Uses one's employee badge to enter, say

34___-Tiles (kids' building toy)

36Tourney sponsor since 1939

40Iowa college town

42Break before college

44Counterpart of "thx"

45Like some mindless entertainment

54It's an affront

57Bit of curling equipment

60Bit of casino equipment

62Words of remembrance

64Parts of one's history, say

65Binding agent in baking

66Amazon Handmade competitor

69Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues

731980s TV star in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame

75Star turn, often

76Word before milk or over

78Member of la familia

79Throws, informally

83Bestow, as a quality

84Adware detection program

86Nickname that drops -ney

88You might walk on this at night

90Lincoln or Ford

95What ":" might mean

99*Number with 18 zeros

100Animal in the Premier League logo

101Chinese two-stringed fiddle

105Built like the Hulk

106Colorado's ___ Park

108Canine teeth

110Legend has it

111Word before rain or wash

113Toy with one's food, perhaps?

115Made nutritious choices

117Gave support

118Blue, in a way

121Language from which we get "cashmere"

123Nursery rhyme name that's said twice in a row

124Superlative finish

126Historic Vegas casino where the Rat Pack performed

127Affliction treated with a hot compress

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71 clues

1What cuteness tends to evoke

2"That's all ___ wrote"

3Ophthalmologist's work

4Madison Avenue exec

5Genre of the 2024 film "Bob Marley: One Love"

6Greedy person's "choice"

7Pieces of the heart

8___ Chisholm, first Black woman elected to Congress

9Caddie's appointment

10Sounds of hesitation

12Post-mortem order

13Tiny exemplars of collaboration

15Events for bargain hunters

16Stereotypical squirrel's stash

21Cloying sentimentality

26___ Explorer, classic web browser

27Gets caught (on)

28They're just for openers

30Masseur's employer

31*Part of the funnies page

33Student transcript figs.

34Sources of some syrup

37Sounds in massage parlors

43Traffic marker

46Retrovirus molecule

47Invites to a movie, say

50"Wayne's World" or "MacGruber," informally

51*Like restaurants in a famed dining guide

52Testing humor's boundaries

55Preschool basics

56Trial program

58Chromite and hematite

61Grandiloquent

66First responders, for short

67Set off, as an alarm

68Be up on the latest news

71Cousin of kinda

72Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect

74Like some stems and situations

77Texter's qualification

80Moved like a crab

82Shade of green

85Ones suddenly canceling plans

87Roast rostrum

89"___ Jackson & the Olympians" (fantasy series)

91Chinese fruits with leathery rinds

93Tax-advantaged savings plan

94Incorporate before shaping and baking, say

98Tense parts of games, for short

102Pita dip made from chickpeas and tahini

103Bring into play

107Distance ÷ time

109Chiromancers read them

111Historic Indian city

114Many email attachments

116Kyle's little brother on "South Park"

117Hard core features, informally

119Like some humor

120Turn to ash, perhaps

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Stats & info

Sunday, Apr 6, 2025

21×21

Grid size

142

Total entries

88/353

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 6, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeCourse Correction

ConstructorKareem Ayas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split71 across · 71 down

Longest entries

69AIntense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues11 ltrs 15DEvents for bargain hunters11 ltrs 68DBe up on the latest news11 ltrs 25ALight, short-sleeved, collared garment9 ltrs 113AToy with one's food, perhaps?9 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 88 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.