NYT Crossword April 29, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, for three 4 5A Like cigars and some salmon 6 11A Spill the beans 4 15A Rephrase, say 4 16A Gourmet garnish served with a mother-of-pearl spoon 6 17A Casino city near Lake Tahoe 4 18A "Game of Thrones" co-star Headey 4 19A "The Gift of the Magi" writer 6 20A Gemstone whose name comes from the Greek for "claw" 4 21A Early struggles for a new enterprise … or a hint to the shaded squares 12 24A 3-D meas. 3 25A Blues group, for short? 3 26A "Attack!" 5 29A Went in haste 4 33A The "Lo" of "J.Lo" 5 37A Rating system used in chess 3 38A Proper-sounding spring flower? 8 41A "House of the Dragon" airer 3 42A 2011 animated film set in Brazil 3 43A Early 2000s rating site with a rhyming name 8 44A Bear, in Spanish 3 45A Muffin pan, essentially 4 47A Green day, familiarly? 6 48A Piece of news 4 49A Get off the ground 5 51A Feathery females 4 52A Clickable images 5 53A Figures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry 12 56A Pageant prize 7 58A Without forethought, say 7 61A Sharpen 4 62A [Shrug] 6 65A Midwest tribe 4 66A What some may find off-putting about Limburger cheese 4 67A People are talking about them 6 68A Neo-___ (film genre) 4 69A Bestrewn with droplets 4 70A Aquarium resident 4 71A Mediterranean peak 4

Down

1D Stuff inside an aloe plant 3 2D Lofty tribute 3 3D Inspiriting sound on a game show 4 4D Long (for), as attention 6 5D Death stare 5 6D When doubled, ingredient in a seafood taco 4 7D Womb, in an idiom 4 8D Double-decker checker 4 9D Wyatt of the Wild West 4 10D Forest nymph in Greek mythology 5 11D Bucking horse in a rodeo 6 12D Part of a camera 4 13D Whatever amount 3 14D Trade punches 3 22D That extra punch 5 23D Estuary 5 26D What many cleaning brands say they can kill 99% of 5 27D T.S. ___, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature 5 28D "You had your chance" 10 29D Go berserk 10 30D "Pass it to me!" 6 31D Way off course 6 32D Instruction to improve posture 10 34D Cameraperson's session 10 35D Buddy ___, Jed Clampett portrayer on "The Beverly Hillbillies" 5 36D Verb that has largely replaced "Skypes" 5 39D Children's author Asquith 3 40D "Hel-l-lp!" 3 46D Curtains 7 48D Dessert drink made with frozen grapes 7 50D Explosive letters 3 52D Once ___ lifetime 3 54D Decent chap 4 55D Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz 4 56D Like a racehorse's feet 4 57D What a software developer develops with 4 59D Victorious cry 4 60D Actress Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" 4 63D Cost-of-living stat. 3 64D Fleur-de-___ 3