NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 13, 2025
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Clues78
Across40
Down38
ConstructorKyle Perkins
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Palm Sunday remnant used on the first Wednesday of Lent (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
4A
Milky Way maker … or Milky Way object (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMARS→
8A
Cereal option (6)
Starts with M, ends with IMUESLI→
14A
Word with brain … or body? (3)
Starts with P, ends with APEA→
15A
Company behind National Pancake Day (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
16A
"You can't be serious!" (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOHCMON→
17A
La ___, Bolivia (3)
Starts with P, ends with ZPAZ→
18A
Practices on the court (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOOTSSOOPS→
20A
Hose fillers (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEGS→
22A
"___-high by the Fourth of July" (corn farmer's adage) (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
23A
"Uh-uh" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
24A
Isolated (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSILOED→
26A
Deep cut (4)
Starts with G, ends with HGASH→
28A
November honoree, informally (3)
Starts with V, ends with TVET→
29A
Shows exasperation, in a way (9)
Starts with R, ends with SRONESEYES→
31A
Two-cent pieces? (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPEDS→
33A
Burden (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONUS→
34A
Mega Man console, informally (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNES→
35A
Comedian Costello (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULOU→
36A
Pollen producer on a flower (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAMEN→
38A
Time off, perhaps? (6)
Starts with J, ends with GJETLAG→
41A
Where someone might keep a tab on you? (3)
Starts with P, ends with BPUB→
42A
Make it (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTAG→
43A
Those in charge: Abbr. (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLDRS→
45A
Assail (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBESET→
48A
Bewilder (9)
Starts with T, ends with PTHROWFOOP→
50A
One serving a queen, perhaps (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
51A
Spicy cuisine (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITHAI→
53A
Little squirt (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSHORTY→
54A
Certain bra spec (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDCUP→
56A
Sound from Peppa of kids' TV (4)
Starts with O, ends with KOINK→
58A
Part of Q.E.D. (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERAT→
59A
Props for one's performance (11)
Starts with R, ends with EROFAPPLAUSE→
62A
Nonhuman source of spam (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBOT→
64A
Like a premium plan for an account user, maybe (6)
Starts with A, ends with EADFREE→
65A
The Israelites' golden calf, e.g. (4)
Starts with I, ends with LIDOL→
66A
Neckwear that can't be laundered (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
68A
Takes from (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROBS→
69A
Subject discussed in — and also hidden in the name of — the 2019 documentary "Third Eye Spies" (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
Down
1D
Maps or Notes, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAPP→
2D
They're known for their bark (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSEALIONS→
3D
Flavor of Frangelico liqueur (8)
Starts with H, ends with THAZELNUT→
4D
Whiffs, say (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMISSES→
5D
Spa sound (3)
Starts with A, ends with HAHH→
6D
Cheat, informally (4)
Starts with R, ends with KROOK→
7D
Mooches (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSPONGES→
8D
He smashed his tablets in anger (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOSES→
9D
Speech fillers (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUHS→
10D
Nobel Prize category, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with NECON→
11D
Actor J.B. of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESMOOVE→
12D
Cut (off) (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLOPPED→
13D
Map miniatures (6)
Starts with I, ends with SINSETS→
19D
Things caddies carry (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEAS→
21D
Freaks out (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGOESAPE→
24D
Sign of a packed house (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSRO→
25D
Brightest star in Cygnus (5)
Starts with D, ends with BDENEB→
27D
Eerie forest sound (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOOT→
30D
Kyoto cash (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
32D
Root on (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPULLFOR→
35D
Some unpleasant things to step on with bare feet (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEGOS→
37D
Many a rescue dog (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMUTT→
39D
So cute (8)
Starts with A, ends with EADORABLE→
42D
What something a magician holds might disappear into (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTHINAIR→
44D
One with secrets (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
45D
Undeserved reputation, informally (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBADRAP→
46D
Make hard to read, in a way (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCODE→
48D
Common serving of lobster (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTAIL→
49D
What this puzzle's sets of shaded squares resemble (6)
Starts with W, ends with SWHEELS→
52D
Optimist (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHOPER→
55D
Word aptly filling the blanks of this verb: SE_ _ _A_E (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPART→
57D
Bit of praise, humorously (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKUDO→
60D
English letter that looks like the Greek rho (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPEE→
61D
Cry, cry, cry (3)
Starts with S, ends with BSOB→
63D
Start to fall, say (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTIP→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 13, 2025?+
78 clues: 40 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kyle Perkins and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Palm Sunday remnant used on the first Wednesday of Lent (ASH); Milky Way maker … or Milky Way object (MARS); Cereal option (MUESLI).
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