NYT Crossword April 3, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Wane 3 4A "First Blood" tough guy 5 9A One sharing the credits? 3 12A Soft drink rival of Mug 5 15A Brand of beverage sourced from the Alps 5 16A Fifth-century invader of Europe 3 17A Big attraction at MoMA 11 19A Xenomorphs in "Alien vs. Predator," e.g. 3 20A Solution to a computer problem, often 6 21A Majestic 7 23A Foggy state 4 24A "Er ... well ... gee …" 3 26A Lead-in to many a side thought, informally 5 27A Where an angler may show off a great catch 4 28A Stop at the side of the road 5 31A Coll. military program 4 32A App with "Reels," informally 5 34A Hounds with fine, silky hair 7 36A Idea that's dead on arrival 7 39A Tight-fitting caps 7 42A Heavyweight athletes 5 47A Egg tart filling 4 48A Using cursive and writing thank you notes, e.g. 5 51A A few 4 52A Lofty space 5 54A Triple jump component 3 55A "___ beaucoup d'amour" 4 56A Went off the path 7 59A Broadway's Lin-___ Miranda 6 61A Org. established by Congress in 2001 3 62A Ill-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle 11 65A Cover 3 66A Country singer Tucker 5 67A Cook in a wok, perhaps 5 68A Dallas-to-Nashville dir. 3 69A Unpleasant forecast 5 70A #23 of 24 3

Down

1D Market checkout option, for short 3 2D Country ruled by the al-Khalifa royal family since 1783 7 3D Summer refreshers 7 4D Words on a U-Haul storage container 6 5D Prefix with fauna 3 6D Certain "Top Gun" jets 4 7D Bangkok bank deposit 4 8D Ready to pour 5 9D Vocally encourage 7 10D Places for prongs 7 11D Band with the 2000 11x platinum album "No Strings Attached" 6 13D 1980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character 6 14D Full house letters 3 18D "___ honor" 4 22D Olympic skater Lipinski 4 23D Printer resolution spec 3 25D Show with the most-watched episode in scripted TV history 7 29D Young newt 3 30D Get on 3 33D Andy's toy sibling 3 35D Smash hits: Abbr. 3 37D Painting material 3 38D Agent Smith's foe in "The Matrix" 3 39D Sticks one's nose where it doesn't belong 7 40D Online investment firm founded in 1991 7 41D 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit 4 43D Patriotic chant 6 44D Gets promoted 7 45D Brunch fare 7 46D Brief moment 3 47D Corner piece 6 49D Certain "Top Gun" jet 6 50D Practice taekwondo, say 4 53D Fluid-filled sacs 5 57D List abbr. 4 58D Great ___ 4 60D Contacts info: Abbr. 3 63D Ingredient in an old-fashioned 3 64D Agnus ___ 3