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New York Times Crossword April 25 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword April 25 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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#
Cold War allianceSOVIETBLOC10Across1 Quick shotsJABS4Across11 "It's just me here"IMALLALONE10Across15 Sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024UCLA4Across16 Booked itRANLIKEMAD10Across17 Certain diagnostic techniqueSCAN4Across18 SkinnyINSIDEDOPE10Across19 MindTEND4Across20 Inits. in eight-bit gamingNES3Across21 Ready for useATHAND6Across22 R&B singer Ella ___MAI3Across24 Lean sirloin cutTIPROAST8Across26 Positive thinker's wordCAN3Across29 Lead-in to -verseMETA4Across30 Certain swimming eventRELAY5Across31 Passage in a mystery novel?HIDDENSTAIRCASE15Across34 Like nine U.S. presidents while in officeUNWED5Across38 Daytime ___EMMY4Across39 ___ Toretto, female protagonist of the "Fast and the Furious" filmsMIA3Across40 [Oy!]HEADSLAP8Across41 Number that stands for letters, in briefGPA3Across44 You may find it hard to swallowCAPLET6Across45 Language in which the first five counting numbers are nung, song, sam, si, haLAO3Across46 Some makeshift percussion instrumentsPOTS4Across48 Prepares for a marathon, in a wayCARBOLOADS10Across49 Wyndham alternativeOMNI4Across55 Award-winning actress for "The Bear"AYOEDEBIRI10Across56 Urban irritantSMOG4Across57 Entered with heavy, awkward stepsLUMBEREDIN10Across58 Doth possessHATH4Across59 Things feared in the 80s and 90s?SPEEDTRAPS10Across60

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
She "learned" Arabic in December 2015SIRI4Down1 Home to the Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage SiteOMAN4Down2 They often have sliding doorsVANS4Down3 "Fighting" Big Ten teamILLINI6Down4 Skip overELIDE5Down5 Stops briefly to restTAKESTEN8Down6 Ran through some laundry, sayBLED4Down7 ___ saltado (traditional Peruvian dish)LOMO4Down8 Commensurate (with)ONAPAR6Down9 Formally giveCEDETO6Down10 "Hang on!"JUSTASEC8Down11 Light touch from a decorator?ACCENTLAMP10Down12 Like foods recommended for an upset stomachBLAND5Down13 Measurer of passing timeSAND4Down14 Styles of musicHARRY5Down23 PrimaryMAIN4Down24 "... plus all the rest"ANDWHATNOT10Down25 "Baby ___ You" (Shirelles hit)ITS3Down27 Actor Dev of "Lion"PATEL5Down28 Jon M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked"CHU3Down29 An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of itMEDAL5Down30 Turkey's Cape Baba is its westernmost pointASIA4Down32 ___ bigYEA3Down33 [What is it this time?!]DEEPSIGH8Down35 Tell-all Reddit seshAMA3Down36 Fell apart in spectacular fashionIMPLODED8Down37 "My child is on the honor roll" and othersDECALS6Down42 Not go to bedSTAYUP6Down43 Foolish sortGOOBER6Down44 Common component of a dateCOMMA5Down45 Certain phone pop-upALERT5Down47 SwankyPOSH4Down48 Setting for "Gladiator"ROME4Down50 Leche drinkerBEBE4Down51 Work that debuted at the Cairo opera house in 1871AIDA4Down52 Annoying plumbing problemDRIP4Down53 Producers of stainsSINS4Down54

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, April 25, 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.