NYT Crossword April 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" 10 11A Exclamation to an old chap 4 15A Solitary 10 16A Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit 4 17A Trend that involves pink accessories and décor 10 18A Low notes 4 19A Plants, maybe 5 20A Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers 4 22A Three-part event, informally 3 23A Roofing supply 3 24A "___ crazy?" 3 26A Sore loser's wail 6 28A Common additive in chewing gum 4 30A Throat lozenge, often 4 31A Act like everything's normal despite how one feels 10 37A Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat 4 39A Call in a casino 15 41A Let go to pot? 4 42A Lowest of the low 10 43A Get dressed (up) 4 45A Time on end 4 46A Shadow 6 48A Cries of faux despair, say 3 49A Leave it to beaver? 3 52A "Feliz ____ Novo!" 3 53A Some Elomi products 4 55A Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism 5 57A Government V.I.P. 4 59A Bad thing to do when you see red 10 62A Literature Nobelist Morrison 4 63A Football maneuver involving a fake handoff 10 64A It's OK 4 65A "Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" 10

Down

1D Amounts of cream 4 2D Not quite right 5 3D Places in the heart 5 4D Philadelphia tourist attraction 11 5D Goddess known as "Great Mother" 4 6D Ring bearer? 3 7D Discreetly fill in, in a way 3 8D Garlic-rich topping 5 9D Charge 4 10D Naomi ___, author of 2007's "The Shock Doctrine" 5 11D Chat qualifier 3 12D Present-day attire? 9 13D Watered-down espresso, essentially 9 14D Arabic name that means "wealthy" 5 21D Lay the groundwork for, say 3 24D Make amends? 5 25D 1960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn 5 27D Claws or bites 11 29D Be in rough shape 3 31D Droid, e.g., for short 3 32D Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire 9 33D They help you get off a lot 9 34D Tolkien menace 3 35D Well-pitched 5 36D University of New Mexico athletes 5 38D ___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) 3 40D Slew 3 44D Pre-smash hit 3 46D They "can obscure the truth," per Maya Angelou 5 47D Deli purchases 5 48D Trashy TV character? 5 50D Reply of shocked annoyance 5 51D Social movement introduced in 2006 5 54D Org. with a "Defending Speech We Hate" section on its website 4 55D Stock market sector, informally 4 56D Flat fee? 4 58D ___ Grande 3 60D LASIK target 3 61D One may cover estates 3