Daily Themed Crossword April 18, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the April 18, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
April 18, 2025 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | In ___ likelihood ... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Closest buddy: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Max: Fury Road movie starring Charlize Theron | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Balanced ___ (nutritionist's advice) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Hockey legend Bobby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Car tire filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ diary ... (affectionate diary entry starter) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | ___ Are My Sunshine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Like a fox | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Santa's little helper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Genie's grant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | ___ Armstrong first human on the moon who took one small step for man | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Highest degree mathematically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Oolong or chamomile for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Character played by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Sunday choir song | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | YouTube annoyances for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Picture of ___ first image of our planet taken as a short time-lapse video from outer space | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | ___ Thurman 2015 Fall Out Boy song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Dog command to sit tight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Lingerie part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Nicki Minaj's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Pre-noon hours: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Prefix meaning I'm opposed to this | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Liquid-fueled ___ first of its kind launched by Robert H. Goddard in 1926 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Cee follower | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Gotcha! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | First device used to observe outer space that was built by Galileo Galilei | Show answer | 9 | |
| #29 | Fish appendage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Bull-angering color | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Rain of stones | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Shoe tip | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Surgeon's work areas: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Graham Bell invention for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Put two and two together | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Pinocchio's downfall | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Actress Thompson of Back to the Future | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Peter Pan forever | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Turn that ___ upside down (Smile!) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | ___ flies first living organisms to be sent to space | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Monster ___ song by Bobby Pickett | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Be ill | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Like a martini without vermouth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | What's usually outdoors but indoors on Christmas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Queue in a grocery store | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | ___ market (place for cheap goods) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Librarian's reprimand | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Organization that does outer space missions: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Professor's aides: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Summer hours in NYC: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Heavenly sphere | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ Gagarin first human to journey into outer space | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Ultimate fighting sport: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Short sleep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Barter or swap | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Underwear brand | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Tibetan ox | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___-Goldwyn-Mayer The Wizard of Oz studio | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Direct as a car | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | The T in STEM for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | What a shipwreck survivor might be on | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Dayton's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Shape of a red and white candy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Mormon church: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Cereal grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Easy dish? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Tetris shape | Show answer | 3 |
How the April 18, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for April 18, 2025, a Friday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TELESCOPE at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for April 18, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
April 18, 2025 — Questions
What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for April 18, 2025?
How many clues are in this puzzle?
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Where can I find other dates?
Other Crossword Boards
3 Tips for the April 18, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 9 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for April 18, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the April 18, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.