NY Times Crossword Answers April 20, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: April 20, 2025

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the April 20 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (69)

Clue #1: 1. Van Winkle of folklore

3-letter answer Answer: RIP

Word Help: Synonyms: countercurrent, blood, rend

Clue #2: 4. Engages in playful fisticuffs

5-letter answer Answer: SPARS

Word Help: Synonyms: spar, sparring

Clue #3: 9. Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts

6-letter answer Answer: SBARRO

Clue #4: 15. Strip for breakfast

5-letter answer Answer: BACON

Word Help: Synonyms: Sir_Francis_Bacon, Viscount_St._Albans, 1st_Baron_Verulam

Clue #5: 20. Game with a Reverse card

3-letter answer Answer: UNO

Clue #6: 21. Impressive display

5-letter answer Answer: ARRAY

Word Help: Synonyms: regalia, raiment, align

Clue #7: 22. Suggest

6-letter answer Answer: HINTAT

Clue #8: 23. "I might surprise you"

5-letter answer Answer: TRYME

Clue #9: 24. "___ all good"

3-letter answer Answer: ITS

Word Help: Synonyms: information_technology, IT

Clue #10: 25. Group that Tiger hires to install wall art?

18-letter answer Answer: WOODSWOODSCREWCREW

Clue #11: 28. Out of shape

6-letter answer Answer: NOTFIT

Clue #12: 30. Frets

5-letter answer Answer: STEWS

Word Help: Synonyms: stew, swither, fret

Clue #13: 31. ___-fisted

3-letter answer Answer: HAM

Word Help: Synonyms: overplay, Ham, overact
Antonyms: underact

Clue #14: 32. Corduroy fabric feature

4-letter answer Answer: WALE

Word Help: Synonyms: wheal, welt, strake

Clue #15: 33. Thinks out loud

6-letter answer Answer: OPINES

Word Help: Synonyms: opine, reckon, sound_off

Clue #16: 35. Train

7-letter answer Answer: EDUCATE

Word Help: Synonyms: civilise, develop, educate

Clue #17: 38. First game of the season

6-letter answer Answer: OPENER

Word Help: Synonyms: opener, unfastener, undoer

Clue #18: 40. It smells

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: odour, olfactory_perception, scent

Clue #19: 41. Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?

16-letter answer Answer: SPAMSPAMALOTALOT

Clue #20: 44. Begrudged

8-letter answer Answer: RESENTED

Word Help: Synonyms: resent, begrudge
Antonyms: wish

Clue #21: 46. Zippo

3-letter answer Answer: NIL

Word Help: Synonyms: zippo, nil, nothing

Clue #22: 47. Creeping Charlie, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: WEED

Word Help: Synonyms: Mary_Jane, gage, pot
Antonyms: cultivated_plant

Clue #23: 48. ___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark)

5-letter answer Answer: BETSY

Clue #24: 49. Honcho

5-letter answer Answer: NABOB

Word Help: Synonyms: nabob, nawab

Clue #25: 53. Mob enforcer

4-letter answer Answer: GOON

Word Help: Synonyms: hood, thug, gawk

Clue #26: 55. Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis

5-letter answer Answer: ASWAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Assuan, Aswan, Assouan

Clue #27: 59. Hands-on business

3-letter answer Answer: SPA

Word Help: Synonyms: watering_hole, spa, health_spa

Clue #28: 60. Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage?

14-letter answer Answer: MADMADISONISON

Clue #29: 64. Med. benefit option, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: HMO

Word Help: Synonyms: health_maintenance_organization, HMO

Clue #30: 65. Divides

4-letter answer Answer: GAPS

Word Help: Synonyms: spread, breach, opening

Clue #31: 67. Leggy shorebird

5-letter answer Answer: STILT

Word Help: Synonyms: stiltbird, piling, pile

Clue #32: 68. Captain Jean-___ Picard

3-letter answer Answer: LUC

Clue #33: 69. Really stands out

4-letter answer Answer: POPS

Word Help: Synonyms: toss_off, bulge, pop_up

Clue #34: 70. Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis

7-letter answer Answer: OVERHIT

Clue #35: 73. Sound-asleep sounds

6-letter answer Answer: SNORES

Word Help: Synonyms: saw_logs, snoring, snore

Clue #36: 76. Objective

7-letter answer Answer: PURPOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: purpose, determination, aim

Clue #37: 78. Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera

4-letter answer Answer: DEAF

Word Help: Synonyms: deafen, indifferent, deaf
Antonyms: hearing

Clue #38: 79. Common file extension

3-letter answer Answer: DOC

Word Help: Synonyms: Department_of_Commerce, Commerce, MD

Clue #39: 81. Set off

5-letter answer Answer: BEGAN

Word Help: Synonyms: get_down, start, set_out
Antonyms: end

Clue #40: 83. MGM founder Marcus

4-letter answer Answer: LOEW

Clue #41: 84. Like, in slang

3-letter answer Answer: DIG

Word Help: Synonyms: cut_into, dig_out, apprehend

Clue #42: 85. Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear?

14-letter answer Answer: DEMDEMAGOGAGOG

Clue #43: 89. "You ___ me at hello"

3-letter answer Answer: HAD

Word Help: Synonyms: sustain, deliver, possess
Antonyms: refuse, lack

Clue #44: 92. Ugly expression

5-letter answer Answer: SNEER

Word Help: Synonyms: leer, sneer

Clue #45: 94. Laser therapy target

4-letter answer Answer: ACNE

Word Help: Synonyms: acne

Clue #46: 95. Roasted or grilled, in Spanish

5-letter answer Answer: ASADA

Clue #47: 96. Liver spot?

5-letter answer Answer: ABODE

Word Help: Synonyms: digest, habitation, put_up

Clue #48: 98. Food for a woodpecker

4-letter answer Answer: SUET

Word Help: Synonyms: suet

Clue #49: 100. Drain

3-letter answer Answer: SAP

Word Help: Synonyms: tomfool, sap, saphead

Clue #50: 102. Smitten person's declaration

8-letter answer Answer: IMINLOVE

Clue #51: 104. Pharmacist comes through for customers?

16-letter answer Answer: PROPROCURESCURES

Clue #52: 110. Kind of column

4-letter answer Answer: OPED

Clue #53: 111. Hang around

6-letter answer Answer: LOITER

Word Help: Synonyms: tarry, hang_around, mill_around

Clue #54: 112. Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s

7-letter answer Answer: HEATHER

Word Help: Synonyms: heather, ling, heather_mixture

Clue #55: 113. Sign up for again

6-letter answer Answer: REJOIN

Word Help: Synonyms: riposte, come_back, retort

Clue #56: 115. Word on some Renaissance Faire signage

4-letter answer Answer: OLDE

Clue #57: 116. Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: era, geological_era, ERA

Clue #58: 118. Mother of Perseus

5-letter answer Answer: DANAE

Clue #59: 120. Recover from fainting

6-letter answer Answer: COMETO

Clue #60: 122. Editor's strike?

18-letter answer Answer: REDREDACTIONACTION

Clue #61: 127. Young boxer, say

3-letter answer Answer: PUP

Word Help: Synonyms: pup, puppy, whelp

Clue #62: 128. Some Surrealist paintings

5-letter answer Answer: DALIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Dali, Salvador_Dali

Clue #63: 129. What very punctual people arrive on

6-letter answer Answer: THEDOT

Clue #64: 130. Wildly silly

5-letter answer Answer: INANE

Word Help: Synonyms: vacuous, asinine, inane

Clue #65: 131. Portfolio piece, for short

3-letter answer Answer: IRA

Word Help: Synonyms: Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provisional_IRA, ira

Clue #66: 132. C-suite figures

5-letter answer Answer: EXECS

Word Help: Synonyms: EXEC, White_House

Clue #67: 133. Subject of a negotiation

6-letter answer Answer: SALARY

Word Help: Synonyms: earnings, salary, remuneration

Clue #68: 134. Territories

5-letter answer Answer: LANDS

Word Help: Synonyms: Din_Land, acres, estate

Clue #69: 135. Jellied fish in an English dish

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Across Clues and Answers (69)

Clue #1: 1. Wreck

4-letter answer Answer: RUIN

Word Help: Synonyms: dilapidation, ruin, ruining

Clue #2: 2. Past the point of no return

9-letter answer Answer: INTOODEEP

Clue #3: 3. Email era?

14-letter answer Answer: POSTPOSTAGEAGE

Clue #4: 4. Welcomed at the door

5-letter answer Answer: SAWIN

Clue #5: 5. Stand against

7-letter answer Answer: PROTEST

Word Help: Synonyms: protest, resist, objection

Clue #6: 6. Certain queer identity, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #7: 7. X-ray doses

4-letter answer Answer: RADS

Word Help: Synonyms: rad, radian

Clue #8: 8. Way

6-letter answer Answer: SYSTEM

Word Help: Synonyms: arrangement, system, organization

Clue #9: 9. Make an appearance

6-letter answer Answer: SHOWUP

Clue #10: 10. Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation

7-letter answer Answer: BIOSCAN

Clue #11: 11. "... so?"

3-letter answer Answer: AND

Clue #12: 12. Offensive linemen, for short

3-letter answer Answer: RTS

Clue #13: 13. Friend on "Friends"

6-letter answer Answer: RACHEL

Word Help: Synonyms: Rachel

Clue #14: 14. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)

4-letter answer Answer: OTRA

Clue #15: 15. Start of a tangent, in a text

3-letter answer Answer: BTW

Clue #16: 16. Makeup of some metallic bonds

8-letter answer Answer: ARCWELDS

Clue #17: 17. Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play

6-letter answer Answer: CYRANO

Clue #18: 18. Serving at a breakfast buffet

6-letter answer Answer: OMELET

Word Help: Synonyms: omelet, omelette

Clue #19: 19. More up-to-the-minute

5-letter answer Answer: NEWER

Word Help: Synonyms: Modern, New, young
Antonyms: worn, old

Clue #20: 26. Unites

4-letter answer Answer: WEDS

Word Help: Synonyms: get_married, wed, Midweek

Clue #21: 27. Play for the camera, say

5-letter answer Answer: EMOTE

Word Help: Synonyms: emote

Clue #22: 29. Gives the (pink) slip

5-letter answer Answer: FIRES

Word Help: Synonyms: elicit, ardour, fervency
Antonyms: hire

Clue #23: 34. Go on a spree

5-letter answer Answer: SPEND

Word Help: Synonyms: expend, pass, drop

Clue #24: 36. Bud

5-letter answer Answer: AMIGO

Word Help: Synonyms: amigo

Clue #25: 37. It's quite gripping

5-letter answer Answer: TALON

Word Help: Synonyms: talon

Clue #26: 39. Song of thanksgiving

5-letter answer Answer: PAEAN

Word Help: Synonyms: pean, paean, encomium

Clue #27: 40. Globes

4-letter answer Answer: ORBS

Word Help: Synonyms: revolve, globe, orb

Clue #28: 42. ___ apple

5-letter answer Answer: ADAMS

Word Help: Synonyms: cristal, disco_biscuit, Mount_Adams

Clue #29: 43. Cops (to)

6-letter answer Answer: OWNSUP

Clue #30: 45. Juvenile locust

5-letter answer Answer: NYMPH

Word Help: Synonyms: houri, nymph

Clue #31: 50. They hang around a lot

4-letter answer Answer: BATS

Word Help: Synonyms: cream, dotty, bat

Clue #32: 51. One-eyed Norse god

4-letter answer Answer: ODIN

Word Help: Synonyms: Odin

Clue #33: 52. Ginkgo ___ (tree species)

6-letter answer Answer: BILOBA

Clue #34: 54. Frying need

3-letter answer Answer: OIL

Word Help: Synonyms: crude_oil, oil_color, fossil_oil

Clue #35: 56. "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?

14-letter answer Answer: WHOOWHOOPIEPIE

Clue #36: 57. Music boxes?

4-letter answer Answer: AMPS

Word Help: Synonyms: amp, adenosine_monophosphate, AMP

Clue #37: 58. Prominent feature of 17-Down

4-letter answer Answer: NOSE

Word Help: Synonyms: horn_in, nuzzle, intrude

Clue #38: 61. One might start "Incidentally …"

5-letter answer Answer: ASIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: excursus, digression, away

Clue #39: 62. "___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)

6-letter answer Answer: STREGA

Clue #40: 63. Eye: Prefix

5-letter answer Answer: OCULO

Clue #41: 66. Pound sound

3-letter answer Answer: ARF

Clue #42: 69. Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief

3-letter answer Answer: PPE

Clue #43: 70. They're short for a favorite

4-letter answer Answer: ODDS

Word Help: Synonyms: betting_odds, odds

Clue #44: 71. Blood line

4-letter answer Answer: VEIN

Word Help: Synonyms: mineral_vein, vein, venous_blood_vessel

Clue #45: 72. Common salad add-in

6-letter answer Answer: TOMATO

Word Help: Synonyms: Lycopersicon_esculentum, tomato_plant, love_apple

Clue #46: 74. Big heads

4-letter answer Answer: EGOS

Word Help: Synonyms: ego, self, self-importance

Clue #47: 75. Long tale

4-letter answer Answer: SAGA

Word Help: Synonyms: saga

Clue #48: 77. "Fear Factor" host Joe

5-letter answer Answer: ROGAN

Clue #49: 80. Public health org.

3-letter answer Answer: CDC

Word Help: Synonyms: CDC, Center_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention

Clue #50: 82. Low point

5-letter answer Answer: NADIR

Word Help: Synonyms: nadir, low-water_mark
Antonyms: zenith

Clue #51: 85. Peach or plum, botanically

5-letter answer Answer: DRUPE

Word Help: Synonyms: stone_fruit, drupe

Clue #52: 86. Come after

5-letter answer Answer: ENSUE

Word Help: Synonyms: result, ensue

Clue #53: 87. Anne of classic comedy

5-letter answer Answer: MEARA

Clue #54: 88. One trying to level up, often

5-letter answer Answer: GAMER

Word Help: Synonyms: crippled, halt, lame

Clue #55: 90. Thrill-seeker's pursuit

9-letter answer Answer: ADVENTURE

Word Help: Synonyms: take_chances, stake, jeopardize

Clue #56: 91. It is done

4-letter answer Answer: DEED

Word Help: Synonyms: title, deed, deed_of_conveyance

Clue #57: 93. Like much tax law or ancient philosophy

8-letter answer Answer: ESOTERIC

Word Help: Synonyms: esoteric
Antonyms: exoteric

Clue #58: 97. Nursery sight

5-letter answer Answer: BLOOM

Word Help: Synonyms: flower, blossom, efflorescence

Clue #59: 99. Got it wrong

5-letter answer Answer: ERRED

Word Help: Synonyms: slip, stray, mistake

Clue #60: 101. Little flap, maybe

7-letter answer Answer: PETDOOR

Clue #61: 103. Support line?

7-letter answer Answer: ISECOND

Clue #62: 104. Weapon similar to a halberd

6-letter answer Answer: POLEAX

Word Help: Synonyms: poleax, poleaxe

Clue #63: 105. Brain twister

6-letter answer Answer: RIDDLE

Word Help: Synonyms: interpenetrate, diffuse, conundrum

Clue #64: 106. Cuban dance style

6-letter answer Answer: CHACHA

Clue #65: 107. "Drunken Sailor," e.g.

6-letter answer Answer: SHANTY

Word Help: Synonyms: shack, hutch, shanty

Clue #66: 108. Wrestler-turned-actor John

4-letter answer Answer: CENA

Clue #67: 109. RNA base

6-letter answer Answer: URACIL

Word Help: Synonyms: uracil, U

Clue #68: 111. Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power"

5-letter answer Answer: LORDE

Clue #69: 114. Hanker (for)

5-letter answer Answer: JONES

Word Help: Synonyms: Bobby_Jones, Daniel_Jones, Mary_Harris_Jones

Clue #70: 117. "Dagnabbit!"

4-letter answer Answer: RATS

Word Help: Synonyms: stinkpot, grass, scab

Clue #71: 119. Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth

4-letter answer Answer: ETNA

Word Help: Synonyms: Mt_Etna, etna, bunsen

Clue #72: 121. Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone

4-letter answer Answer: OPAL

Word Help: Synonyms: opal

Clue #73: 123. Twisty curve

3-letter answer Answer: ESS

Word Help: Synonyms: E, atomic_number_99, einsteinium

Clue #74: 124. Abbr. on a business card

3-letter answer Answer: TEL

Clue #75: 125. Rocky Mountain state: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: IDA

Word Help: Synonyms: International_Development_Association, IDA

Clue #76: 126. Actor Somerhalder

3-letter answer Answer: IAN

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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