NYT Crossword April 25, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Cold War alliance 10 11A Quick shots 4 15A "It's just me here" 10 16A Sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024 4 17A Booked it 10 18A Certain diagnostic technique 4 19A Skinny 10 20A Mind 4 21A Inits. in eight-bit gaming 3 22A Ready for use 6 24A R&B singer Ella ___ 3 26A Lean sirloin cut 8 29A Positive thinker's word 3 30A Lead-in to -verse 4 31A Certain swimming event 5 34A Passage in a mystery novel? 15 38A Like nine U.S. presidents while in office 5 39A Daytime ___ 4 40A ___ Toretto, female protagonist of the "Fast and the Furious" films 3 41A [Oy!] 8 44A Number that stands for letters, in brief 3 45A You may find it hard to swallow 6 46A Language in which the first five counting numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha 3 48A Some makeshift percussion instruments 4 49A Prepares for a marathon, in a way 10 55A Wyndham alternative 4 56A Award-winning actress for "The Bear" 10 57A Urban irritant 4 58A Entered with heavy, awkward steps 10 59A Doth possess 4 60A Things feared in the 80s and 90s? 10

Down

1D She "learned" Arabic in December 2015 4 2D Home to the Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 4 3D They often have sliding doors 4 4D "Fighting" Big Ten team 6 5D Skip over 5 6D Stops briefly to rest 8 7D Ran through some laundry, say 4 8D ___ saltado (traditional Peruvian dish) 4 9D Commensurate (with) 6 10D Formally give 6 11D "Hang on!" 8 12D Light touch from a decorator? 10 13D Like foods recommended for an upset stomach 5 14D Measurer of passing time 4 23D Styles of music 5 24D Primary 4 25D "... plus all the rest" 10 27D "Baby ___ You" (Shirelles hit) 3 28D Actor Dev of "Lion" 5 29D Jon M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked" 3 30D An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it 5 32D Turkey's Cape Baba is its westernmost point 4 33D ___ big 3 35D [What is it this time?!] 8 36D Tell-all Reddit sesh 3 37D Fell apart in spectacular fashion 8 42D "My child is on the honor roll" and others 6 43D Not go to bed 6 44D Foolish sort 6 45D Common component of a date 5 47D Certain phone pop-up 5 48D Swanky 4 50D Setting for "Gladiator" 4 51D Leche drinker 4 52D Work that debuted at the Cairo opera house in 1871 4 53D Annoying plumbing problem 4 54D Producers of stains 4