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NYT Crossword — April 7, 2025

Monday’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

1Insect that flies toward lights at night

9Be loose-lipped

14Trevi Fountain locale

16Neeson of "Love Actually"

17School on the Thames

18Wild card in a "crazy" card game

19Court summons?

22Umpire's call

24Actress Thurman

27Having a benevolent goal in mind

32Doctors' org.

33"___ but a scratch"

35Beamed with excitement

38Top-left PC key

40Mazda convertible

41Machete, e.g.

42Long, long time

44Sleep stage acronym

45Instruments for John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins

50Cry of surprise in a text

51Pro's counterpart

52Mechanical memorization

53Big payout potential ... or a hint to the words in the shaded squares (and the clue numbers on which they begin!)

58Nut for a Thanksgiving pie

61Castaway's home

62Treat with the right Stuf?

63Representative

65Bit of coal or sugar

66Cry made while pointing

68First son of Seth, in Genesis

Down

39 clues

2Little injury, in baby talk

3Interpreter's job

4Church songbook

7"Time's a-wastin'!"

8From Nairobi, e.g.

9Spreadable cheese that's often baked

10Captain's record book

11___ Ketchum, "Pokémon" protagonist

12Play poker or roulette, say

15Intel chip whose name sounds like an element on the periodic table

20"___ were you …"

21Make a selection

24Baseball score due to the defensive team's error

25Someone with an experienced adviser

261960s TV's "The ___ Family"

27Reach by foot

28"Rap God" rapper

29Score that leads to overtime

30English county through which the Thames flows

31Big brand in nail polish

37Interest rate unit

43Some broadcasts updating current events

46Prince, but not a princess

49Peter of "Lawrence of Arabia"

53Vehicle with a gun turret

54Org. concerned with protecting workers

55Fútbol cries

56Item for exhibition

59Inflated sense of self-importance

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Stats & info

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 7, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeffrey Lease and Jeff Chen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

27AHaving a benevolent goal in mind15 ltrs 45AInstruments for John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins15 ltrs 19ACourt summons?12 ltrs 53ABig payout potential ... or a hint to the words in the shaded squares (and the clue numbers on which they begin!)12 ltrs 3DInterpreter's job11 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.