NYT Crossword April 20, 2025 Answers
By Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from April 20, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Van Winkle of folklore 3 4A Engages in playful fisticuffs 5 9A Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts 6 15A Strip for breakfast 5 20A Game with a Reverse card 3 21A Impressive display 5 22A Suggest 6 23A "I might surprise you" 5 24A "___ all good" 3 25A Group that Tiger hires to install wall art? 18 28A Out of shape 6 30A Frets 5 31A ___-fisted 3 32A Corduroy fabric feature 4 33A Thinks out loud 6 35A Train 7 38A First game of the season 6 40A It smells 4 41A Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production? 16 44A Begrudged 8 46A Zippo 3 47A Creeping Charlie, e.g. 4 48A ___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark) 5 49A Honcho 5 53A Mob enforcer 4 55A Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis 5 59A Hands-on business 3 60A Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage? 14 64A Med. benefit option, in brief 3 65A Divides 4 67A Leggy shorebird 5 68A Captain Jean-___ Picard 3 69A Really stands out 4 70A Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis 7 73A Sound-asleep sounds 6 76A Objective 7 78A Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera 4 79A Common file extension 3 81A Set off 5 83A MGM founder Marcus 4 84A Like, in slang 3 85A Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear? 14 89A "You ___ me at hello" 3 92A Ugly expression 5 94A Laser therapy target 4 95A Roasted or grilled, in Spanish 5 96A Liver spot? 5 98A Food for a woodpecker 4 100A Drain 3 102A Smitten person's declaration 8 104A Pharmacist comes through for customers? 16 110A Kind of column 4 111A Hang around 6 112A Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s 7 113A Sign up for again 6 115A Word on some Renaissance Faire signage 4 116A Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short 3 118A Mother of Perseus 5 120A Recover from fainting 6 122A Editor's strike? 18 127A Young boxer, say 3 128A Some Surrealist paintings 5 129A What very punctual people arrive on 6 130A Wildly silly 5 131A Portfolio piece, for short 3 132A C-suite figures 5 133A Subject of a negotiation 6 134A Territories 5 135A Jellied fish in an English dish 3Down
1D Wreck 4 2D Past the point of no return 9 3D Email era? 14 4D Welcomed at the door 5 5D Stand against 7 6D Certain queer identity, for short 3 7D X-ray doses 4 8D Way 6 9D Make an appearance 6 10D Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation 7 11D "... so?" 3 12D Offensive linemen, for short 3 13D Friend on "Friends" 6 14D ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 4 15D Start of a tangent, in a text 3 16D Makeup of some metallic bonds 8 17D Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play 6 18D Serving at a breakfast buffet 6 19D More up-to-the-minute 5 26D Unites 4 27D Play for the camera, say 5 29D Gives the (pink) slip 5 34D Go on a spree 5 36D Bud 5 37D It's quite gripping 5 39D Song of thanksgiving 5 40D Globes 4 42D ___ apple 5 43D Cops (to) 6 45D Juvenile locust 5 50D They hang around a lot 4 51D One-eyed Norse god 4 52D Ginkgo ___ (tree species) 6 54D Frying need 3 56D "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"? 14 57D Music boxes? 4 58D Prominent feature of 17-Down 4 61D One might start "Incidentally …" 5 62D "___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale) 6 63D Eye: Prefix 5 66D Pound sound 3 69D Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief 3 70D They're short for a favorite 4 71D Blood line 4 72D Common salad add-in 6 74D Big heads 4 75D Long tale 4 77D "Fear Factor" host Joe 5 80D Public health org. 3 82D Low point 5 85D Peach or plum, botanically 5 86D Come after 5 87D Anne of classic comedy 5 88D One trying to level up, often 5 90D Thrill-seeker's pursuit 9 91D It is done 4 93D Like much tax law or ancient philosophy 8 97D Nursery sight 5 99D Got it wrong 5 101D Little flap, maybe 7 103D Support line? 7 104D Weapon similar to a halberd 6 105D Brain twister 6 106D Cuban dance style 6 107D "Drunken Sailor," e.g. 6 108D Wrestler-turned-actor John 4 109D RNA base 6 111D Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power" 5 114D Hanker (for) 5 117D "Dagnabbit!" 4 119D Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth 4 121D Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone 4 123D Twisty curve 3 124D Abbr. on a business card 3 125D Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. 3 126D Actor Somerhalder 3Frequently Asked Questions
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