"___ crazy?"
Crossword Answer — April 18, 2025
NYT Crossword
Friday, April 18, 2025
By Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. "Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" — Answer: DIALITBACK
- 11. Exclamation to an old chap — Answer: ISAY
- 15. Solitary — Answer: ANTISOCIAL
- 16. Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit — Answer: MAMA
- 17. Trend that involves pink accessories and décor — Answer: BARBIECORE
- 18. Low notes — Answer: ONES
- 19. Plants, maybe — Answer: SPIES
- 20. Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers — Answer: LEIS
- 22. Three-part event, informally — Answer: TRI
- 23. Roofing supply — Answer: TAR
- 24. "___ crazy?" — Answer: AMI
- 26. Sore loser's wail — Answer: NOFAIR
- 28. Common additive in chewing gum — Answer: TALC
- 30. Throat lozenge, often — Answer: DISC
- 31. Act like everything's normal despite how one feels — Answer: PLAYITCOOL
- 37. Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat — Answer: GUAM
- 39. Call in a casino — Answer: DOUBLEORNOTHING
- 41. Let go to pot? — Answer: ANTE
- 42. Lowest of the low — Answer: ROCKBOTTOM
- 43. Get dressed (up) — Answer: DOLL
- 45. Time on end — Answer: EONS
- 46. Shadow — Answer: FOLLOW
- 48. Cries of faux despair, say — Answer: OYS
- 49. Leave it to beaver? — Answer: DAM
- 52. "Feliz ____ Novo!" — Answer: ANO
- 53. Some Elomi products — Answer: BRAS
- 55. Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism — Answer: TIGER
- 57. Government V.I.P. — Answer: CZAR
- 59. Bad thing to do when you see red — Answer: ACCELERATE
- 62. Literature Nobelist Morrison — Answer: TONI
- 63. Football maneuver involving a fake handoff — Answer: PLAYACTION
- 64. It's OK — Answer: SOSO
- 65. "Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" — Answer: SUREWHYNOT
Down
- 1. Amounts of cream — Answer: DABS
- 2. Not quite right — Answer: INAPT
- 3. Places in the heart — Answer: ATRIA
- 4. Philadelphia tourist attraction — Answer: LIBERTYBELL
- 5. Goddess known as "Great Mother" — Answer: ISIS
- 6. Ring bearer? — Answer: TOE
- 7. Discreetly fill in, in a way — Answer: BCC
- 8. Garlic-rich topping — Answer: AIOLI
- 9. Charge — Answer: CARE
- 10. Naomi ___, author of 2007's "The Shock Doctrine" — Answer: KLEIN
- 11. Chat qualifier — Answer: IMO
- 12. Present-day attire? — Answer: SANTASUIT
- 13. Watered-down espresso, essentially — Answer: AMERICANO
- 14. Arabic name that means "wealthy" — Answer: YASIR
- 21. Lay the groundwork for, say — Answer: SOD
- 24. Make amends? — Answer: ALTER
- 25. 1960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn — Answer: MCCOO
- 27. Claws or bites — Answer: FIGHTSDIRTY
- 29. Be in rough shape — Answer: AIL
- 31. Droid, e.g., for short — Answer: PDA
- 32. Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire — Answer: LONDONZOO
- 33. They help you get off a lot — Answer: AUTOLOANS
- 34. Tolkien menace — Answer: ORC
- 35. Well-pitched — Answer: ONKEY
- 36. University of New Mexico athletes — Answer: LOBOS
- 38. ___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) — Answer: MGM
- 40. Slew — Answer: TON
- 44. Pre-smash hit — Answer: LOB
- 46. They "can obscure the truth," per Maya Angelou — Answer: FACTS
- 47. Deli purchases — Answer: WRAPS
- 48. Trashy TV character? — Answer: OSCAR
- 50. Reply of shocked annoyance — Answer: AGAIN
- 51. Social movement introduced in 2006 — Answer: METOO
- 54. Org. with a "Defending Speech We Hate" section on its website — Answer: ACLU
- 55. Stock market sector, informally — Answer: TECH
- 56. Flat fee? — Answer: RENT
- 58. ___ Grande — Answer: RIO
- 60. LASIK target — Answer: EYE
- 61. One may cover estates — Answer: LAW
The answer to “"___ crazy?"” in the New York Times crossword is AMI — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on April 18, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 24-Across. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“"___ crazy?"” answer
AMI (3 letters)
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Why the answer is AMI
AMI is the 3-letter solution that fits ""___ crazy?"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 18, 2025 (24-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “"___ crazy?"” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
April 18, 2025 (this puzzle) → AMI. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on April 18, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Garlic-rich topping → AIOLI
- Make amends? → ALTER
- 1960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn → MCCOO
- Roofing supply → TAR
- Three-part event, informally → TRI
- Sore loser's wail → NOFAIR
- Lay the groundwork for, say → SOD
- Claws or bites → FIGHTSDIRTY
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for April 18, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Friday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “"___ crazy?"”?
The answer is AMI, a 3-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 18, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “"___ crazy?"”?
3 letters: AMI.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on April 18, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 24-Across.
Can “"___ crazy?"” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for April 18, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.