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NYT Crossword — April 8, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 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

1Taylor Swift's ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts

5Noodles that often come in a flat rectangular pouch

10Instruction in a risotto recipe

15Sánchez who wrote "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter"

16More than a few

17Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package

20Hit and run, but not error

21Makes an analogy (to)

22Bluffer's activity

26Bad thing to spring

27Shares one's ideas

28Awards depicted by a winged woman holding an atom

31More than a fad

36Before, in poetry

37Contributes to a group gift … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across

39Filmmaker Howard

40Berlin article

41Most popular sport in New Zealand

42Ice cream base

43Engagement, quaintly

45Showy flower native to Central America

47___ Academy, source of free online courses

48Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl

51Eight fluid ounces

53In the country

54Office workstation

59"Night" author Wiesel

60"I'm willing to help"

61___ Alto, Calif.

62Mean, median or mode

63Elizabeth I's house

64Rod between wheels

Down

39 clues

1It's just a guess: Abbr.

2Kanga's son, in children's literature

3More than most

4Having cash to spend

5Corporate doings in which one's boss may change

6Caribbean locale with the slogan "One Happy Island"

7The Divine ___ (Bette Midler)

9Table salt, to a chemist

10Motown great Robinson

11Wander through the neighborhood after dinner, maybe

12Traditional way to sign a contract

13Seeded loaves

18"You are ___" (map notation)

19T. Boone Pickens, for one

22Like lots of Insta pics

23Word after soap or before box

24Awareness of body position, scientifically

29Nintendo avatar

34Justice Sotomayor

35Work with the hands

37Modern pastry portmanteau

38Unassuming home

42Mexican dish made with fried masa

45Type of window — not a student who lives in a college building

47Prepared to propose, perhaps

49Traveled like a tossed ball

50New York's Mario ___ Bridge

51Poems that express approval

55Big Ten sch. whose main campus is in Happy Valley

56Line near the bottom of a receipt

57Right-angled bend

58Common sushi roll topping

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Apr 8, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedApr 8, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBarbara Lin

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17ATreat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package15 ltrs 54AOffice workstation15 ltrs 11DWander through the neighborhood after dinner, maybe11 ltrs 24DAwareness of body position, scientifically11 ltrs 22ABluffer's activity9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.