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New York Times Crossword April 17 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 17 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 72 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
___ bowl (healthful dish)ACAI4Across1 Cellular proteinACTIN5Across5 Give outEMIT4Across10 ExpelsBANS4Across14 Mars with barsBRUNO5Across15 Cold-blooded kind of monsterGILA4Across16 "And so …"ERGO4Across17 Common back-to-school purchasesLUNCHBOXES10Across18 Bit of ballet wearTOESHOE7Across20 2013 movie co-starring Scarlett Johansson in which she is never seenHER3Across22 "Going Back to Cali" rapper, 1998LLCOOLJ7Across23 *Abigail Adams or Eleanor Roosevelt, informallyLOTUS5Across25 *Red denizen of Sesame StreetELM3Across29 Advocates forESPOUSES8Across30 Animal with luxurious furSABLE5Across33 Consumer protection agcy.FTC3Across36 Muse of memoryMNEME5Across37 See 64-AcrossTREES5Across38 *HastyASH3Across39 Become fixedSETIN5Across40 Santa ___ (hot winds)ANAS4Across41 What three isCROWD5Across42 "Hmm, I don't think so"UHNO4Across44 *"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a ___ to be kindled": PlutarchFIR3Across45 Eliot protagonistMARNER6Across46 *Pickle or asparagus unitPEAR4Across47 BogFEN3Across48 Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, sayCRISPED7Across49 State with 1,350 miles of coastline (second-most after Alaska): Abbr.FLA3Across51 *Small, embedded programAPPLE5Across52 São ___, most populous city in the Southern HemispherePAULO5Across54 Toward that place, quaintlyTHITHER7Across56 Ancient Rome and PersiaEMPIRES7Across58 OwnPOSSESS7Across61 ComfortsSOLACES7Across62 Almost half of ScandinaviansSWEDES6Across63 What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle?FOREST6Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Help with a crimeABET4Down1 Apt name for a December babyCAROL5Down2 Early investorANGEL5Down3 Literally, "equal legs"ISOSCELES9Down4 Like many a plant in springABLOOM6Down5 DraconianCRUEL5Down6 Large cask for beer or wineTUN3Down7 Crawl (along)INCH4Down8 What a bad assistant might beNOHELP6Down9 Teamwork inhibitorEGO3Down10 Word with cake or trailMIX3Down11 Spot dans la SeineILE3Down12 Many Ph.D. studentsTAS3Down13 Some Halloween "transports"BROOMS6Down19 Plot problemsHOLES5Down21 ABC's first program broadcast in color, with "The"JETSONS7Down24 Refurbish, as an old pianoTUNEUP6Down26 What one may have to do to destroy a Death StarUSETHEFORCE11Down27 Original and influentialSEMINAL7Down28 Big name in soft drinksSCHWEPPES9Down31 ___ Presidenta, term of address for Mexico's leader beginning in 2024SENORA6Down32 Wizard's weapon, maybeSTAFF5Down33 "___ the Doughnut," start of a children's book seriesARNIE5Down34 Classic French sauceBEARNAISE9Down35 Horseshoe enthusiasts?FARRIERS8Down36 Like one who might have to hoof itCARLESS7Down42 Aspire toDREAMOF7Down43 John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World"MCPHEE6Down46 Brand of oversize Lego bricksDUPLO5Down50 Veteran's affliction, in briefPTSD4Down53 Yarn spinnerLIAR4Down55 Does a certain prank on, informallyTPS3Down56 ___-toHOW3Down57 Some M.I.T. grads, in briefEES3Down59 The last one flew in 10/03SST3Down60

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.