NYT Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

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NYT Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

This NYT puzzle from November 2, 2025 contains 117 total clues—52 across and 65 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our NYT crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Cause a mess, as with frying oil	SPLATTER
9A	Create an intricate series of lies, say	SPINAWEB
17A	Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers	TESTRIDES
19A	"Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia"	EPICDRAMA
20A	Or more	ATAMINIMUM
22A	Like many public housing projects	STATEAIDED
23A	Comprehends	GETS
24A	Way to manipulate public opinion through fear	SCARETACTIC
26A	"The ___ is done"	DEED
27A	Some ambulance destinations, for short	ERS
28A	Ceramicists' devices	POTTERYWHEELS
30A	Hog heaven?	STY
31A	Wrong idea	FALSEIMPRESSION
33A	Word with bean or lemon	CURD
34A	___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"	SAEED
35A	Tick off	MIFF
37A	Pieces of art?	MOSAICS
40A	Allude (to)	NODREFER
41A	Winter Olympics event	BOBSLED
44A	Agreements where one party takes some heat?	ARMSDEALS
46A	Old-time theater item	MOVIEREEL
48A	They point toward Mecca while salah is performed	PRAYERMATS
50A	Evergreen pointer	PINENEEDLE
51A	Sharpen	HONE
52A	Natural process of maturing	SUNRIPENING
54A	Airplane wing feature	FLAP
55A	Girder whose name assumes a serif font	IBEAM
57A	Paleolithic-era tools	STONEAXES
58A	Have spiritual unity (with)	BEONE
59A	Falsify	DOCTOR
61A	___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)	SKEETER
62A	Actress and model Ali ___	LARTER
63A	Like some pricing strategies	TIERED
65A	Annual awards whose name is an acronym	ESPYS
66A	Affectedly clever	CUTESY
67A	Allude (to)	NODREFER
69A	Southwest landform	BUTTE
70A	Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short	PSA
73A	Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more	SILICONVALLEY
79A	[ha ha!]	LOL
82A	Reddish-brown color	RUST
84A	Ones skilled in governance	TECHNOCRATS
85A	Gram	NANA
86A	Return analogue	ENTER
88A	"You're one to talk!"	THATSRICH
89A	Mumbo jumbo	HOOEY
90A	Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed	FORTEPIANO
92A	Drink order at a sushi restaurant	SAKEBOTTLE
94A	What might have green rooms?	ECORESORT
95A	Unlikely sportsmanship award winner	SORELOSER
96A	___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister"	ROSAMUND
97A	Quarter-barrel containers of beer	PONYKEGS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)	STAGE
2D	Fizzle (out)	PETER
3D	Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024	LSATS
4D	PINpoints?	ATMS
5D	Lead-in to state or Star	TRI
6D	Typically red-coated toy figurines	TINSOLDIERS
7D	Official proclamations	EDICTS
8D	Try to produce better offspring from	REMATE
9D	Bursts	SPATES
10D	Feels for	PITIES
11D	Sport with crampons and carabiners	ICECLIMBING
12D	Document that promises secrecy, for short	NDA
13D	Like the climate in Antarctica	ARID
14D	Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say	WADES
15D	Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.	EMEET
16D	Villain	BADDY
18D	"No doubt about it!"	SUREIS
19D	Inscribed	ETCHED
21D	Mythical creature with scales	MERMAN
22D	Lost one's temper	SAWRED
25D	Like some donations that anyone can accept	TYPEO
28D	Pride celebration	PARADE
29D	"That much is obvious"	SOISEE
31D	Child who refuses to put things away?	FUSSYEATER
32D	Flag thrower	NFLREFEREE
33D	Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score	COMANECI
36D	Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.	FEEDLOTS
37D	TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist	MRROBOT
38D	Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria	CAMUS
39D	Perspectives	SLANTS
41D	More difficult to eat, as fish	BONIER
42D	Tandoors, e.g.	OVENS
43D	Lucy ___, African American slave narrator	DELANEY
44D	Garden pest	APHID
45D	Butterfly, e.g.	STROKE
46D	Cheeky flirts	MINXES
47D	Sufferer healed by Jesus	LEPER
49D	Unit circle ratios	SINES
50D	Like some soils high in organic matter	PEATY
53D	Small protestation	PEEP
56D	Sociologist's concern	MORES
58D	Eccentric	BATTY
60D	Update the equipment in	REFIT
62D	Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front	LUTES
64D	Erasure	DELETION
66D	Person idolized by a niche audience	CULTHERO
68D	Physics Nobelist Feynman	RICHARD
69D	Covert mission, familiarly	BLACKOP
70D	Be partial to	PREFER
71D	Shell competitor	SUNOCO
72D	Daikin Park team	ASTROS
74D	Gregorian ___	CHANT
75D	Aware of	ONTO
76D	We, in Portuguese	NOS
77D	Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound	VCRS
78D	Teatro alla Scala solos	ARIAS
79D	Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"	LAOTSE
80D	Support for the tree pose in yoga	ONELEG
81D	Strategy against fickle weather	LAYERS
83D	One more than 5-Down	TETRA
85D	Unacceptable	NOTOK
87D	___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"	REEM
89D	Hallowed	HOLY
91D	Nittany Lions' sch.	PSU
93D	Big ___	BEN

The New York Times Crossword has been published since 1942 and is widely considered the gold standard of American crosswords. The puzzle follows a weekly difficulty progression: Monday is the easiest, building up to Saturday's notoriously challenging grid. Sunday features a larger puzzle with Thursday-level difficulty. Edited by Will Shortz since 1993, the NYT crossword has launched countless constructors' careers and remains the most prestigious venue in crossword publishing.

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