Past the point of no return Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Past the point of no return” from the New York Times crossword of April 20, 2025? It has 9 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 20, 2025
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INTOODEEP is the answer to “Past the point of no return”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 9-letter answer that starts with I.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: TEOPOIDNE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “No longer able to back out ... and a hint to the starred clues' answers”.
More clues from the New York Times (April 20, 2025)
Across
- 1. Van Winkle of folklore3 letters, starts with RRIP
- 4. Engages in playful fisticuffs5 letters, starts with SSPARS
- 9. Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts6 letters, starts with SSBARRO
- 15. Strip for breakfast5 letters, starts with BBACON
- 20. Game with a Reverse card3 letters, starts with UUNO
- 21. Impressive display5 letters, starts with AARRAY
- 22. Suggest6 letters, starts with HHINTAT
- 23. "I might surprise you"5 letters, starts with TTRYME
- 24. "___ all good"3 letters, starts with IITS
- 25. Group that Tiger hires to install wall art?18 letters, starts with WWOODSWOODSCREWCREW
- 28. Out of shape6 letters, starts with NNOTFIT
- 30. Frets5 letters, starts with SSTEWS
- 31. ___-fisted3 letters, starts with HHAM
- 32. Corduroy fabric feature4 letters, starts with WWALE
- 33. Thinks out loud6 letters, starts with OOPINES
- 35. Train7 letters, starts with EEDUCATE
- 38. First game of the season6 letters, starts with OOPENER
- 40. It smells4 letters, starts with OODOR
- 41. Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?16 letters, starts with SSPAMSPAMALOTALOT
- 44. Begrudged8 letters, starts with RRESENTED
- 46. Zippo3 letters, starts with NNIL
- 47. Creeping Charlie, e.g.4 letters, starts with WWEED
- 48. ___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark)5 letters, starts with BBETSY
- 49. Honcho5 letters, starts with NNABOB
- 53. Mob enforcer4 letters, starts with GGOON
- 55. Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis5 letters, starts with AASWAN
- 59. Hands-on business3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 60. Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage?14 letters, starts with MMADMADISONISON
- 64. Med. benefit option, in brief3 letters, starts with HHMO
- 65. Divides4 letters, starts with GGAPS
- 67. Leggy shorebird5 letters, starts with SSTILT
- 68. Captain Jean-___ Picard3 letters, starts with LLUC
- 69. Really stands out4 letters, starts with PPOPS
- 70. Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis7 letters, starts with OOVERHIT
- 73. Sound-asleep sounds6 letters, starts with SSNORES
- 76. Objective7 letters, starts with PPURPOSE
- 78. Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera4 letters, starts with DDEAF
- 79. Common file extension3 letters, starts with DDOC
- 81. Set off5 letters, starts with BBEGAN
- 83. MGM founder Marcus4 letters, starts with LLOEW
- 84. Like, in slang3 letters, starts with DDIG
- 85. Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear?14 letters, starts with DDEMDEMAGOGAGOG
- 89. "You ___ me at hello"3 letters, starts with HHAD
- 92. Ugly expression5 letters, starts with SSNEER
- 94. Laser therapy target4 letters, starts with AACNE
- 95. Roasted or grilled, in Spanish5 letters, starts with AASADA
- 96. Liver spot?5 letters, starts with AABODE
- 98. Food for a woodpecker4 letters, starts with SSUET
- 100. Drain3 letters, starts with SSAP
- 102. Smitten person's declaration8 letters, starts with IIMINLOVE
- 104. Pharmacist comes through for customers?16 letters, starts with PPROPROCURESCURES
- 110. Kind of column4 letters, starts with OOPED
- 111. Hang around6 letters, starts with LLOITER
- 112. Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s7 letters, starts with HHEATHER
- 113. Sign up for again6 letters, starts with RREJOIN
- 115. Word on some Renaissance Faire signage4 letters, starts with OOLDE
- 116. Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short3 letters, starts with EERA
- 118. Mother of Perseus5 letters, starts with DDANAE
- 120. Recover from fainting6 letters, starts with CCOMETO
- 122. Editor's strike?18 letters, starts with RREDREDACTIONACTION
- 127. Young boxer, say3 letters, starts with PPUP
- 128. Some Surrealist paintings5 letters, starts with DDALIS
- 129. What very punctual people arrive on6 letters, starts with TTHEDOT
- 130. Wildly silly5 letters, starts with IINANE
- 131. Portfolio piece, for short3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 132. C-suite figures5 letters, starts with EEXECS
- 133. Subject of a negotiation6 letters, starts with SSALARY
- 134. Territories5 letters, starts with LLANDS
- 135. Jellied fish in an English dish3 letters, starts with EEEL
Down
- 1. Wreck4 letters, starts with RRUIN
- 2. Past the point of no return9 letters, starts with IINTOODEEP
- 3. Email era?14 letters, starts with PPOSTPOSTAGEAGE
- 4. Welcomed at the door5 letters, starts with SSAWIN
- 5. Stand against7 letters, starts with PPROTEST
- 6. Certain queer identity, for short3 letters, starts with AARO
- 7. X-ray doses4 letters, starts with RRADS
- 8. Way6 letters, starts with SSYSTEM
- 9. Make an appearance6 letters, starts with SSHOWUP
- 10. Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation7 letters, starts with BBIOSCAN
- 11. "... so?"3 letters, starts with AAND
- 12. Offensive linemen, for short3 letters, starts with RRTS
- 13. Friend on "Friends"6 letters, starts with RRACHEL
- 14. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)4 letters, starts with OOTRA
- 15. Start of a tangent, in a text3 letters, starts with BBTW
- 16. Makeup of some metallic bonds8 letters, starts with AARCWELDS
- 17. Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play6 letters, starts with CCYRANO
- 18. Serving at a breakfast buffet6 letters, starts with OOMELET
- 19. More up-to-the-minute5 letters, starts with NNEWER
- 26. Unites4 letters, starts with WWEDS
- 27. Play for the camera, say5 letters, starts with EEMOTE
- 29. Gives the (pink) slip5 letters, starts with FFIRES
- 34. Go on a spree5 letters, starts with SSPEND
- 36. Bud5 letters, starts with AAMIGO
- 37. It's quite gripping5 letters, starts with TTALON
- 39. Song of thanksgiving5 letters, starts with PPAEAN
- 40. Globes4 letters, starts with OORBS
- 42. ___ apple5 letters, starts with AADAMS
- 43. Cops (to)6 letters, starts with OOWNSUP
- 45. Juvenile locust5 letters, starts with NNYMPH
- 50. They hang around a lot4 letters, starts with BBATS
- 51. One-eyed Norse god4 letters, starts with OODIN
- 52. Ginkgo ___ (tree species)6 letters, starts with BBILOBA
- 54. Frying need3 letters, starts with OOIL
- 56. "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?14 letters, starts with WWHOOWHOOPIEPIE
- 57. Music boxes?4 letters, starts with AAMPS
- 58. Prominent feature of 17-Down4 letters, starts with NNOSE
- 61. One might start "Incidentally …"5 letters, starts with AASIDE
- 62. "___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)6 letters, starts with SSTREGA
- 63. Eye: Prefix5 letters, starts with OOCULO
- 66. Pound sound3 letters, starts with AARF
- 69. Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief3 letters, starts with PPPE
- 70. They're short for a favorite4 letters, starts with OODDS
- 71. Blood line4 letters, starts with VVEIN
- 72. Common salad add-in6 letters, starts with TTOMATO
- 74. Big heads4 letters, starts with EEGOS
- 75. Long tale4 letters, starts with SSAGA
- 77. "Fear Factor" host Joe5 letters, starts with RROGAN
- 80. Public health org.3 letters, starts with CCDC
- 82. Low point5 letters, starts with NNADIR
- 85. Peach or plum, botanically5 letters, starts with DDRUPE
- 86. Come after5 letters, starts with EENSUE
- 87. Anne of classic comedy5 letters, starts with MMEARA
- 88. One trying to level up, often5 letters, starts with GGAMER
- 90. Thrill-seeker's pursuit9 letters, starts with AADVENTURE
- 91. It is done4 letters, starts with DDEED
- 93. Like much tax law or ancient philosophy8 letters, starts with EESOTERIC
- 97. Nursery sight5 letters, starts with BBLOOM
- 99. Got it wrong5 letters, starts with EERRED
- 101. Little flap, maybe7 letters, starts with PPETDOOR
- 103. Support line?7 letters, starts with IISECOND
- 104. Weapon similar to a halberd6 letters, starts with PPOLEAX
- 105. Brain twister6 letters, starts with RRIDDLE
- 106. Cuban dance style6 letters, starts with CCHACHA
- 107. "Drunken Sailor," e.g.6 letters, starts with SSHANTY
- 108. Wrestler-turned-actor John4 letters, starts with CCENA
- 109. RNA base6 letters, starts with UURACIL
- 111. Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power"5 letters, starts with LLORDE
- 114. Hanker (for)5 letters, starts with JJONES
- 117. "Dagnabbit!"4 letters, starts with RRATS
- 119. Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth4 letters, starts with EETNA
- 121. Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone4 letters, starts with OOPAL
- 123. Twisty curve3 letters, starts with EESS
- 124. Abbr. on a business card3 letters, starts with TTEL
- 125. Rocky Mountain state: Abbr.3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 126. Actor Somerhalder3 letters, starts with IIAN
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Questions
What is the answer to “Past the point of no return”?
INTOODEEP, 9 letters.
When was “Past the point of no return” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of April 20, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
9 letters, starting with I.