NYT Crossword November 23, 2025 Answers

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NYT Crossword November 23, 2025 Answers

This NYT puzzle from November 23, 2025 contains 134 total clues—63 across and 71 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	Departed unceremoniously?	ELOPED
7A	Contained	HELD
11A	Tries to get a rise out of	BAITS
16A	Seeing someone, say	ONADATE
17A	"Couldn't agree more!"	AMENHOWTRUE
18A	"Couldn't agree more!"	AMENHOWTRUE
20A	Certain vacation booking in Madrid?	SPANISHRAMADA
22A	Things from a distant land	EXOTICA
23A	Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins	GAMGEE
24A	Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome	VII
25A	Look for	SEEK
26A	Play one's part?	ACT
27A	Pants, in slang	TROU
28A	Billions and billions of boutique items?	OCTILLIONDRESSES
34A	One may keep a watch on you	STRAP
36A	Honest-to-goodness	REAL
37A	Programming pioneer Lovelace	ADA
38A	Snooped (around)	NOSED
39A	Exceed	GOPAST
41A	Put out	MIFF
43A	Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease"	DIDI
44A	What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires?	ACMETOTHERESCUE
49A	Indiana pro athlete	PACER
50A	Nest egg inits.	IRA
51A	Nashville-to-Asheville dir.	ESE
52A	Big name in kitchenware	OXO
53A	San Francisco's ___ Valley	NOE
55A	Summer hours in L.A.	PDT
56A	Tiny stinger	REDANT
58A	"Pretty please?"	CANI
60A	Bedamn	ACCURSE
63A	Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia?	DANCINGWITHTHETSARS
67A	Cocktails with curaçao	MAITAIS
68A	#1, say	FAVE
69A	Like the set of single-digit integers	FINITE
71A	Suffix with 75-Down	IZE
73A	Meeting of the minds?	ESP
74A	Many a Yeshiva student	JEW
75A	Kiss ___	CAM
76A	Olive of old cartoons	OYL
77A	Little reminders	NOTESPOSTITS
79A	Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"?	EGOCENTRICMODEL
85A	Many a university benefactor, informally	ALUM
86A	Mouth-puckering	SOUR
87A	Sport	HAVEON
88A	Observes Ramadan, in a way	FASTS
90A	Sugar suffix	OSE
91A	One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker	SEMI
92A	Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains	NEPAL
96A	What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping?	LESSEROFTWOVEILS
101A	Bananas	LOCO
102A	Naked ___ jaybird	ASA
103A	Contrarian in a nursery rhyme	MARY
104A	Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker	REY
105A	Country singer Yearwood	TRISHA
107A	Tight fit	SQUEEZE
109A	Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!)	UNCLEARPOTION
113A	Tight formations	HUDDLES
114A	Parking spot?	SEAT
115A	Stop, to a sailor	HEAVETO
116A	Sargasso Sea quartet	ESSES
117A	Corner of a diamond	BASE
118A	Buries	INTERS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Fill with love	ENAMOR
2D	Love ___	LANGUAGE
3D	Canine frenemy of Garfield	ODIE
4D	Leisurely evening walk	PASEO
5D	Addis Ababa's country: Abbr.	ETH
6D	German article	DER
7D	Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker	HAMILL
8D	It may come with attachments	EMAIL
9D	Shepherded	LED
10D	Part of what makes you you	DNA
11D	Ring master?	BOXER
12D	Up, now	AWOKEN
13D	Cousin of Gomez Addams	ITT
14D	When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared	TRIASSICPERIOD
15D	Made it big	SUCCEEDED
16D	Dizzying designs	OPART
18D	Mind	HEED
19D	Grovels	EATSDIRT
20D	Police dept. members	SGTS
21D	Do the Wright thing?	AVIATE
25D	Big fiasco	SNAFU
29D	Jalopy	CRATE
30D	John in the Radio Hall of Fame	TESH
31D	Indignant retort	IAMSO
32D	Like many of Horace's works	ODIC
33D	Float component	SODA
35D	Strengths	POTENCIES
40D	Little reminders	NOTESPOSTITS
42D	Metaphorical place of indecision	FENCE
44D	Word with gauge or guitar	AIR
45D	Standing on the street	CRED
46D	It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors	MADAMETUSSAUDS
47D	Rice-A-___	RONI
48D	Charge to redeem mutual funds	EXITFEE
49D	The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it	PERSIMMON
54D	Stare down	OUTFACE
57D	Japan's largest carrier	ANA
58D	Some sci-fi film effects, in brief	CGI
59D	Utterances of disappointment	AWS
60D	4x4, for one	ATV
61D	"Evita" narrator	CHE
62D	Start of many a Latin American city name	SAN
64D	Scruffs	NAPES
65D	Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower"	HAWN
66D	Reason to see an ophthalmologist	STYE
70D	90° bend	ELL
71D	Very fast	INAFLASH
72D	Reminiscent of a certain French author’s work	ZOLAESQUE
74D	Banana Republic competitor	JCREW
75D	Like some suits	CIVIL
78D	Experts in CPR	EMTS
80D	Comically ridiculous	GOOFY
81D	Send packing	OUST
82D	A dirty look	THEEYE
83D	Actor Malek of "The Amateur"	RAMI
84D	Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces	ONELITER
89D	Mortal mother of Dionysus	SEMELE
91D	Lithe	SVELTE
93D	Puts forward	POSITS
94D	It may elicit a blessing	ACHOO
95D	Advance	LOAN
97D	Tears down	RAZES
98D	Bonanza discoveries	ORES
99D	Aquatic apex predators	ORCAS
100D	Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly	STPAT
106D	Emulate a vagabond	ROVE
108D	Newsroom V.I.P.s	EDS
109D	Kind of PC port	USB
110D	Museum-funding org.	NEA
111D	Tuna often served tartare	AHI
112D	Stimpy's cartoon pal	REN

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