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By John Kugelman

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  1. 22NamelyTOWIT
  2. 23Popcorn and pretzels at a parade?PROCESSIONSCONCESSIONS
  3. 26ManagesCOPES
  4. 29FittingAPT
  5. 40FarewellADIEU
  6. 50MockRIPON
  7. 67Tools of the trade?CONTRACTORSPROTRACTORS
  8. 76MeaniesOGRES
  9. 86Police interrogator or priest?CONFESSIONPROFESSION
  10. 110Angry words at a school assembly?CONVOCATIONPROVOCATION
  11. 115ExpertADEPT
  12. 119Way out thereYONDER

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  1. 8HeirSCION
  2. 10Rx-freeOTC
  3. 17Hair curlRINGLET
  4. 30ZippedSPED
  5. 41Not disDAT
  6. 50PrécisRECAP
  7. 55BouquetPOSY
  8. 70Zombie-to-beCORPSE
  9. 83DiggingINTO
  10. 86Wear downCORRODE
  11. 88FlourishPROSPER
  12. 100TurnPIVOT
  13. 101All togetherASONE
  14. 111H+ or OH-ION
  15. 112Green-litOKD

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Front-runners at the Iditarod? — Answer: LEADDOGS
  2. 9. Discreetly acknowledges — Answer: NODSAT
  3. 15. Antidepressant type, in brief — Answer: SSRI
  4. 19. One end of a headphone cable — Answer: AUDIOJACK
  5. 21. Peter of "The Lion in Winter" — Answer: OTOOLE
  6. 22. Namely — Answer: TOWIT
  7. 23. Popcorn and pretzels at a parade? — Answer: PROCESSIONSCONCESSIONS
  8. 26. Manages — Answer: COPES
  9. 27. Platforms for politicians, say — Answer: PODIA
  10. 28. Dr. Wilson's department on "House" — Answer: ONCOLOGY
  11. 29. Fitting — Answer: APT. Hint: Think of a word meaning suitable or well-suited. 🎯
  12. 30. Fig. that never starts with 666 — Answer: SSN
  13. 31. Young DC Comics sidekick with a lightning bolt on his chest — Answer: KIDFLASH
  14. 35. Mideast grp. — Answer: PLO
  15. 36. Keep rhythm, in a way — Answer: TOETAP
  16. 39. Missing people? — Answer: LONELY
  17. 40. Farewell — Answer: ADIEU
  18. 42. Someone who might excel at a Bible trivia game? — Answer: PROTESTANTCONTESTANT
  19. 48. Biked past, say — Answer: RODEBY
  20. 49. "Never mind that" — Answer: IGNOREIT
  21. 50. Mock — Answer: RIPON
  22. 53. Bonobo relative — Answer: CHIMP
  23. 56. Newcastle ninny — Answer: PRAT
  24. 57. "The X-Files" org. — Answer: FBI
  25. 60. "The ___ Show" (12x platinum 2002 album) — Answer: EMINEM
  26. 62. 1982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The" — Answer: TAOOFPOOH
  27. 66. Monopoly token retired in 2013 — Answer: IRON
  28. 67. Tools of the trade? — Answer: CONTRACTORSPROTRACTORS
  29. 71. Lead-in to complete — Answer: AUTO
  30. 72. Little tipple, cutesily — Answer: DRINKYPOO
  31. 73. Spill the tea — Answer: GOSSIP. Hint: What do friends do when they share the latest news about each other? ☕
  32. 74. Org. that's usually inactive in the summer — Answer: PTA
  33. 75. Beach day bummer — Answer: RAIN
  34. 76. Meanies — Answer: OGRES
  35. 79. "Midnight Cowboy" nickname — Answer: RATSO
  36. 80. Motto that derives from the Latin for "always faithful" — Answer: SEMPERFI
  37. 84. Cleans up after a dirty guest? — Answer: BLEEPS
  38. 86. Police interrogator or priest? — Answer: CONFESSIONPROFESSION
  39. 92. Gallup's bailiwick — Answer: POLLS
  40. 93. Linear algebra array — Answer: MATRIX
  41. 94. Retail magnate James Cash ___ — Answer: PENNEY
  42. 96. Airport alternative to MDW — Answer: ORD
  43. 97. "Groundhog Day" plot device — Answer: TIMELOOP
  44. 100. Famous flautist — Answer: PAN
  45. 102. Number of times lightning struck Apollo 12 on its way to the moon — Answer: TWO
  46. 103. Certain dance partner — Answer: PROMDATE
  47. 106. Final Four, e.g. — Answer: SEMIS
  48. 108. "Bloody" queen of England — Answer: MARYI
  49. 110. Angry words at a school assembly? — Answer: CONVOCATIONPROVOCATION
  50. 115. Expert — Answer: ADEPT
  51. 116. "Well, ___ here!" — Answer: LOOKIE
  52. 117. Many-time role for Robert Downey Jr. — Answer: TONYSTARK
  53. 118. Capone's foiler — Answer: NESS
  54. 119. Way out there — Answer: YONDER
  55. 120. Bill Gates gave six of them between 2009 and 2015 — Answer: TEDTALKS

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  1. 1. Pet sitter? — Answer: LAPCAT
  2. 2. Genre for Abba and Ace of Base — Answer: EUROPOP
  3. 3. Many a dog owner — Answer: ADOPTER
  4. 4. Chop chop! — Answer: DICE
  5. 5. Forest females — Answer: DOES
  6. 6. Diner drinks, for short — Answer: OJS
  7. 7. Reacts to a jump scare — Answer: GASPS
  8. 8. Heir — Answer: SCION
  9. 9. A flawed person — Answer: NOSAINT
  10. 10. Rx-free — Answer: OTC
  11. 11. Scooby-___ — Answer: DOO. Hint: This animated dog solves mysteries with his friends! 🐶
  12. 12. Solomon, to King David — Answer: SON
  13. 13. Metal producer based in Pittsburgh — Answer: ALCOA
  14. 14. Not-so-young 'uns — Answer: TEENS
  15. 15. Something added to a plot — Answer: SOIL
  16. 16. Enter heroically — Answer: SWOOPIN
  17. 17. Hair curl — Answer: RINGLET
  18. 18. Surprised shout when the villain gets unmasked — Answer: ITSYOU
  19. 20. Leveled, for short — Answer: KOD
  20. 22. "General" of takeout — Answer: TSO
  21. 24. Canon competitor — Answer: NIKON
  22. 25. Member of a conference, maybe: Abbr. — Answer: SCH
  23. 30. Zipped — Answer: SPED
  24. 32. Prefix with bel — Answer: DECI
  25. 33. Promote excessively — Answer: FLOG
  26. 34. Suburb north of Boston — Answer: LYNN
  27. 37. Third-largest tech hub in North America — Answer: TORONTO
  28. 38. Penitent person — Answer: ATONER
  29. 39. Give excessive praise — Answer: LAYITON
  30. 40. Plugging away — Answer: ATIT
  31. 41. Not dis — Answer: DAT
  32. 43. Small time? — Answer: SEC
  33. 44. Texter's "Not gonna lie" — Answer: TBH
  34. 45. Bad way something might go — Answer: TOPOT
  35. 46. 404 Not Found, e.g. — Answer: ERROR. Hint: It’s a website’s way of saying the requested page went missing. 🕸️
  36. 47. Cartoon witch with a crush on Popeye — Answer: SEAHAG
  37. 50. Précis — Answer: RECAP
  38. 51. "Not interested" — Answer: IMOUT
  39. 52. Part of a 15th-century trio — Answer: PINTA
  40. 54. Easy target — Answer: MARK
  41. 55. Bouquet — Answer: POSY
  42. 57. Poet with four Pulitzers — Answer: FROST
  43. 58. First name of Russia's first president — Answer: BORIS
  44. 59. Creative motivation, in online slang — Answer: INSPO
  45. 61. Title for Marie Tussaud — Answer: MADAME
  46. 63. Research on a political rival, for short — Answer: OPPO
  47. 64. Michigan J. ___, Warner Bros. character with a top hat and cane — Answer: FROG
  48. 65. Container for alms — Answer: POORBOX
  49. 66. "God does not approve!" — Answer: ITSASIN
  50. 68. Bloods' West Coast rival — Answer: CRIPS
  51. 69. Food stickers? — Answer: TINES
  52. 70. Zombie-to-be — Answer: CORPSE
  53. 75. Members of the "third team," jocularly — Answer: REFS
  54. 77. Wearer of pointy shoes — Answer: ELF
  55. 78. "Told you so!" — Answer: SEE
  56. 80. Show with a 50th anniversary celebration in 2025, familiarly — Answer: SNL
  57. 81. Coleridge's "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner" — Answer: RIME
  58. 82. Filly or colt — Answer: FOAL
  59. 83. Digging — Answer: INTO
  60. 85. "Monday Night Football" broadcaster — Answer: ESPN
  61. 86. Wear down — Answer: CORRODE
  62. 87. Items being replaced — Answer: OLDONES
  63. 88. Flourish — Answer: PROSPER
  64. 89. More mature — Answer: RIPER
  65. 90. Being prosecuted — Answer: ONTRIAL
  66. 91. Second-largest tech hub in North America — Answer: NEWYORK
  67. 92. Common recyclable — Answer: POPCAN
  68. 95. Snatches, comic-book style — Answer: YOINKS
  69. 97. Tic follower — Answer: TAC
  70. 98. Country that fully encloses two others — Answer: ITALY
  71. 99. Social movement of 2017 — Answer: METOO
  72. 100. Turn — Answer: PIVOT
  73. 101. All together — Answer: ASONE
  74. 104. Sports standouts, for short — Answer: MVPS
  75. 105. "i" completer — Answer: DOT
  76. 107. Word, in French — Answer: MOT
  77. 108. Sail holder — Answer: MAST. Hint: Look up to the sturdy vertical support that keeps a sail in place ⛵
  78. 109. "___ girl!" — Answer: ATTA
  79. 111. H+ or OH- — Answer: ION
  80. 112. Green-lit — Answer: OKD
  81. 113. Never, in Nuremberg — Answer: NIE
  82. 114. Dancer Charisse of old Hollywood — Answer: CYD

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Full NYT Crossword answer list for April 13, 2025

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Across

#ClueAnswer
1Front-runners at the Iditarod?LEADDOGS
9Discreetly acknowledgesNODSAT
15Antidepressant type, in briefSSRI
19One end of a headphone cableAUDIOJACK
21Peter of "The Lion in Winter"OTOOLE
22NamelyTOWIT
23Popcorn and pretzels at a parade?PROCESSIONSCONCESSIONS
26ManagesCOPES
27Platforms for politicians, sayPODIA
28Dr. Wilson's department on "House"ONCOLOGY
29FittingAPT
30Fig. that never starts with 666SSN
31Young DC Comics sidekick with a lightning bolt on his chestKIDFLASH
35Mideast grp.PLO
36Keep rhythm, in a wayTOETAP
39Missing people?LONELY
40FarewellADIEU
42Someone who might excel at a Bible trivia game?PROTESTANTCONTESTANT
48Biked past, sayRODEBY
49"Never mind that"IGNOREIT
50MockRIPON
53Bonobo relativeCHIMP
56Newcastle ninnyPRAT
57"The X-Files" org.FBI
60"The ___ Show" (12x platinum 2002 album)EMINEM
621982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The"TAOOFPOOH
66Monopoly token retired in 2013IRON
67Tools of the trade?CONTRACTORSPROTRACTORS
71Lead-in to completeAUTO
72Little tipple, cutesilyDRINKYPOO
73Spill the teaGOSSIP
74Org. that's usually inactive in the summerPTA
75Beach day bummerRAIN
76MeaniesOGRES
79"Midnight Cowboy" nicknameRATSO
80Motto that derives from the Latin for "always faithful"SEMPERFI
84Cleans up after a dirty guest?BLEEPS
86Police interrogator or priest?CONFESSIONPROFESSION
92Gallup's bailiwickPOLLS
93Linear algebra arrayMATRIX
94Retail magnate James Cash ___PENNEY
96Airport alternative to MDWORD
97"Groundhog Day" plot deviceTIMELOOP
100Famous flautistPAN
102Number of times lightning struck Apollo 12 on its way to the moonTWO
103Certain dance partnerPROMDATE
106Final Four, e.g.SEMIS
108"Bloody" queen of EnglandMARYI
110Angry words at a school assembly?CONVOCATIONPROVOCATION
115ExpertADEPT
116"Well, ___ here!"LOOKIE
117Many-time role for Robert Downey Jr.TONYSTARK
118Capone's foilerNESS
119Way out thereYONDER
120Bill Gates gave six of them between 2009 and 2015TEDTALKS

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1Pet sitter?LAPCAT
2Genre for Abba and Ace of BaseEUROPOP
3Many a dog ownerADOPTER
4Chop chop!DICE
5Forest femalesDOES
6Diner drinks, for shortOJS
7Reacts to a jump scareGASPS
8HeirSCION
9A flawed personNOSAINT
10Rx-freeOTC
11Scooby-___DOO
12Solomon, to King DavidSON
13Metal producer based in PittsburghALCOA
14Not-so-young 'unsTEENS
15Something added to a plotSOIL
16Enter heroicallySWOOPIN
17Hair curlRINGLET
18Surprised shout when the villain gets unmaskedITSYOU
20Leveled, for shortKOD
22"General" of takeoutTSO
24Canon competitorNIKON
25Member of a conference, maybe: Abbr.SCH
30ZippedSPED
32Prefix with belDECI
33Promote excessivelyFLOG
34Suburb north of BostonLYNN
37Third-largest tech hub in North AmericaTORONTO
38Penitent personATONER
39Give excessive praiseLAYITON
40Plugging awayATIT
41Not disDAT
43Small time?SEC
44Texter's "Not gonna lie"TBH
45Bad way something might goTOPOT
46404 Not Found, e.g.ERROR
47Cartoon witch with a crush on PopeyeSEAHAG
50PrécisRECAP
51"Not interested"IMOUT
52Part of a 15th-century trioPINTA
54Easy targetMARK
55BouquetPOSY
57Poet with four PulitzersFROST
58First name of Russia's first presidentBORIS
59Creative motivation, in online slangINSPO
61Title for Marie TussaudMADAME
63Research on a political rival, for shortOPPO
64Michigan J. ___, Warner Bros. character with a top hat and caneFROG
65Container for almsPOORBOX
66"God does not approve!"ITSASIN
68Bloods' West Coast rivalCRIPS
69Food stickers?TINES
70Zombie-to-beCORPSE
75Members of the "third team," jocularlyREFS
77Wearer of pointy shoesELF
78"Told you so!"SEE
80Show with a 50th anniversary celebration in 2025, familiarlySNL
81Coleridge's "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner"RIME
82Filly or coltFOAL
83DiggingINTO
85"Monday Night Football" broadcasterESPN
86Wear downCORRODE
87Items being replacedOLDONES
88FlourishPROSPER
89More matureRIPER
90Being prosecutedONTRIAL
91Second-largest tech hub in North AmericaNEWYORK
92Common recyclablePOPCAN
95Snatches, comic-book styleYOINKS
97Tic followerTAC
98Country that fully encloses two othersITALY
99Social movement of 2017METOO
100TurnPIVOT
101All togetherASONE
104Sports standouts, for shortMVPS
105"i" completerDOT
107Word, in FrenchMOT
108Sail holderMAST
109"___ girl!"ATTA
111H+ or OH-ION
112Green-litOKD
113Never, in NurembergNIE
114Dancer Charisse of old HollywoodCYD

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