Day: April 8, 2025

0408-25 NY Times Crossword 8 Apr 25, Tuesday

Constructed by: Barbara Lin
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Chips In

Themed answers are all things IN which one finds CHIPS:

  • 37A Contributes to a group gift … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across : CHIPS IN
  • 17A Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package : TOLL HOUSE COOKIE
  • 22A Bluffer’s activity : POKER GAME
  • 48A Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl : TACO SALAD
  • 54A Office workstation : DESKTOP COMPUTER

Bill’s time: Not recorded

Bill’s errors:

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

I have been dealing with some unanticipated health issues over the past couple of days. As a result, I was very late getting to today’s puzzle, and to this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Taylor Swift’s ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts : ERAS
5 Noodles that often come in a flat rectangular pouch : RAMEN
10 Instruction in a risotto recipe : STIR
14 Go it alone : SOLO
15 Sánchez who wrote “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” : ERIKA
16 More than a few : MANY
17 Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package : TOLL HOUSE COOKIE
20 Hit and run, but not error : VERBS
21 Makes an analogy (to) : LIKENS
22 Bluffer’s activity : POKER GAME
26 Bad thing to spring : LEAK
27 Shares one’s ideas : OPINES
28 Awards depicted by a winged woman holding an atom : EMMYS
30 Thrilled : SENT
31 More than a fad : MANIA
33 “For shame!” : TSK!
36 Before, in poetry : ERE
37 Contributes to a group gift … or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across : CHIPS IN
39 Filmmaker Howard : RON
40 Berlin article : DAS
41 Most popular sport in New Zealand : RUGBY
42 Ice cream base : CONE
43 Engagement, quaintly : TROTH
45 Showy flower native to Central America : DAHLIA
47 ___ Academy, source of free online courses : KHAN
48 Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl : TACO SALAD
51 Eight fluid ounces : ONE CUP
53 In the country : RURAL
54 Office workstation : DESKTOP COMPUTER
59 “Night” author Wiesel : ELIE
60 “I’m willing to help” : USE ME
61 ___ Alto, Calif. : PALO
62 Mean, median or mode : STAT
63 Elizabeth I’s house : TUDOR
64 Rod between wheels : AXLE

Down

1 It’s just a guess: Abbr. : EST
2 Kanga’s son, in children’s literature : ROO
3 More than most : ALL
4 Having cash to spend : SOLVENT
5 Corporate doings in which one’s boss may change : REORGS
6 Caribbean locale with the slogan “One Happy Island” : ARUBA
7 The Divine ___ (Bette Midler) : MISS M
8 Scratch (out) : EKE
9 Table salt, to a chemist : NACL
10 Motown great Robinson : SMOKEY
11 Wander through the neighborhood after dinner, maybe : TAKE A STROLL
12 Traditional way to sign a contract : IN INK
13 Seeded loaves : RYES
18 “You are ___” (map notation) : HERE
19 T. Boone Pickens, for one : OILMAN
22 Like lots of Insta pics : POSED
23 Word after soap or before box : OPERA
24 Awareness of body position, scientifically : KINESTHESIA
25 Itsy-bitsy : EENSY
29 Nintendo avatar : MII
31 Strength : MIGHT
32 P.D. alert : APB
34 Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
35 Work with the hands : KNEAD
37 Modern pastry portmanteau : CRONUT
38 Unassuming home : HUT
42 Mexican dish made with fried masa : CHALUPA
44 Hullabaloo : RACKET
45 Type of window — not a student who lives in a college building : DORMER
46 Immediately : ASAP
47 Prepared to propose, perhaps : KNELT
49 Traveled like a tossed ball : ARCED
50 New York’s Mario ___ Bridge : CUOMO
51 Poems that express approval : ODES
52 Grumpy face : POUT
55 Big Ten sch. whose main campus is in Happy Valley : PSU
56 Line near the bottom of a receipt : TAX
57 Right-angled bend : ELL
58 Common sushi roll topping : ROE