NYT Crossword November 8, 2025 Answers

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NYT Crossword November 8, 2025 Answers

This NYT puzzle from November 8, 2025 contains 72 total clues—36 across and 36 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	Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops	IOWA
5A	R-V guy?	STU
8A	Adds to a timeline, say	POSTS
13A	One who's off-base?	SHORTSTOP
16A	See 41-Across	ALPHA
17A	Accessory with a grid of numbers	BINGOCARD
18A	"To repeat ..."	ISAID
19A	Unacceptable	NOTOKAY
20A	They're not up to much	IDLERS
22A	Player - or piece of equipment - at Barclays Center	NET
23A	Instrument with a neck, informally	UKE
24A	Supreme Court justice Gorsuch	NEIL
26A	John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress	GIANTSTEPS
30A	General with orders?	TSO
31A	"Magnum, P.I." setting	OAHU
32A	"Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman	ERE
33A	Saver's asset	THRIFT
35A	Dude who might be in a row	FRATBRO
37A	"You're not just imagining that tone"	IHEARIT
38A	Makes sense	ADDSUP
39A	.pdf alternative	DOC
40A	City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80	RENO
41A	With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly	GEN
42A	Roquefort, e.g.	BLUECHEESE
45A	Book of Mormon figure	ENOS
47A	C.I.A. forerunner	OSS
48A	___ Technica (news site)	ARS
49A	Something often hit without you seeing it	PINATA
51A	Liverpudlians, e.g.	BRITONS
55A	Burdened	LADEN
56A	Job for a driller	ROOTCANAL
58A	___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed)	STEAK
59A	Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it	MANSAMUSA
60A	Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world	DHAKA
61A	Financial report abbr.	YTD
62A	Exam with a max score of 1520	PSAT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Library fig.	ISBN
2D	Red state?	OHIO
3D	Refuses to	WONT
4D	Cephalopods with a name derived from Greek mythology	ARGONAUTS
5D	Visit	STAY
6D	Shortening for a city that omits "onto"	TOR
7D	John who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur"	UPDIKE
8D	Tool used in building some castles	PAIL
9D	Elizabeth of "WandaVision"	OLSEN
10D	Fifth wheels?	SPARETIRES
11D	Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s meme	THISISFINE
12D	Unfortunate	SAD
14D	Show, as of appreciation	TOKEN
15D	Graph type with sets of points	SCATTERPLOT
21D	Football roster planning documents	DEPTHCHARTS
23D	Sport ___	UTE
25D	Game that aptly draws millions each day?	LOTTO
26D	Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked	GARDENPATH
27D	"Who knew?!"	IHADNOIDEA
28D	Sellout letters	SRO
29D	2019 Harry Styles song whose subject "lives in daydreams with me"	SHE
31D	Grown-up	OFAGE
34D	Philatelist's prize	RARESTAMP
36D	Fella	BUB
37D	Games-organizing org.	IOC
39D	Comme ___ Garçons (fashion label)	DES
43D	Outfit for G.I. Joe	USARMY
44D	Lucas's younger sister on "Stranger Things"	ERICA
46D	Pussyfoot	SNEAK
50D	Singer Paul	ANKA
51D	Strong connection	BOND
52D	Encumbrance	ONUS
53D	Overseer of Artemis	NASA
54D	Bedframe part	SLAT
55D	The F.D.A. approved a form of this to treat anxiety in 2024, for short	LSD
57D	Kind of milk	OAT

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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