NYT Crossword Answers 04/18/25

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Across Clues

• 1 “Whoa! Easy there, buddy!” DIALITBACK
• 11 Exclamation to an old chap ISAY
• 15 Solitary ANTISOCIAL
• 16 Who “can’t buy you love” in an Elton John hit MAMA
• 17 Trend that involves pink accessories and décor BARBIECORE
• 18 Low notes ONES
• 19 Plants, maybe SPIES
• 20 Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers LEIS
• 22 Three-part event, informally TRI
• 23 Roofing supply TAR
• 24 “___ crazy?” AMI
• 26 Sore loser’s wail NOFAIR
• 28 Common additive in chewing gum TALC
• 30 Throat lozenge, often DISC
• 31 Act like everything’s normal despite how one feels PLAYITCOOL
• 37 Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat GUAM
• 39 Call in a casino DOUBLEORNOTHING
• 41 Let go to pot? ANTE
• 42 Lowest of the low ROCKBOTTOM
• 43 Get dressed (up) DOLL
• 45 Time on end EONS
• 46 Shadow FOLLOW
• 48 Cries of faux despair, say OYS
• 49 Leave it to beaver? DAM
• 52 “Feliz ____ Novo!” ANO
• 53 Some Elomi products BRAS
• 55 Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism TIGER
• 57 Government V.I.P. CZAR
• 59 Bad thing to do when you see red ACCELERATE
• 62 Literature Nobelist Morrison TONI
• 63 Football maneuver involving a fake handoff PLAYACTION
• 64 It’s OK SOSO
• 65 “Oh, what’s the worst that could happen?” SUREWHYNOT

Vertical Clues

• 1 Amounts of cream DABS
• 2 Not quite right INAPT
• 3 Places in the heart ATRIA
• 4 Philadelphia tourist attraction LIBERTYBELL
• 5 Goddess known as “Great Mother” ISIS
• 6 Ring bearer? TOE
• 7 Discreetly fill in, in a way BCC
• 8 Garlic-rich topping AIOLI
• 9 Charge CARE
• 10 Naomi ___, author of 2007’s “The Shock Doctrine” KLEIN
• 11 Chat qualifier IMO
• 12 Present-day attire? SANTASUIT
• 13 Watered-down espresso, essentially AMERICANO
• 14 Arabic name that means “wealthy” YASIR
• 21 Lay the groundwork for, say SOD
• 24 Make amends? ALTER
• 25 1960s-’80s singer/TV host Marilyn MCCOO
• 27 Claws or bites FIGHTSDIRTY
• 29 Be in rough shape AIL
• 31 Droid, e.g., for short PDA
• 32 Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire LONDONZOO
• 33 They help you get off a lot AUTOLOANS
• 34 Tolkien menace ORC
• 35 Well-pitched ONKEY
• 36 University of New Mexico athletes LOBOS
• 38 ___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) MGM
• 40 Slew TON
• 44 Pre-smash hit LOB
• 46 They “can obscure the truth,” per Maya Angelou FACTS
• 47 Deli purchases WRAPS
• 48 Trashy TV character? OSCAR
• 50 Reply of shocked annoyance AGAIN
• 51 Social movement introduced in 2006 METOO
• 54 Org. with a “Defending Speech We Hate” section on its website ACLU
• 55 Stock market sector, informally TECH
• 56 Flat fee? RENT
• 58 ___ Grande RIO
• 60 LASIK target EYE
• 61 One may cover estates LAW