NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 18, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorJoe Deeney
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly (3)
Starts with J, ends with OJLO→
4A
Rebound, as a pool shot (4)
Starts with B, ends with KBANK→
8A
Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 (6)
Starts with R, ends with DREALID→
14A
Body part that might "pop" (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
15A
Words of understanding (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
16A
___ State, nickname for New York (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEMPIRE→
17A
Soften, as a message (8)
Starts with T, ends with NTONEDOWN→
19A
Kitchen strainers (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSIEVES→
20A
"Don't go!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAY→
21A
Appear gradually from the black, as a film image (6)
Starts with F, ends with NFADEIN→
23A
Industrialist Lilly (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
24A
Native led by Montezuma (5)
Starts with A, ends with CAZTEC→
26A
A very high price, so to speak (9)
Starts with T, ends with RTOPDOLLAR→
28A
Cereal variety from Switzerland (6)
Starts with M, ends with IMUESLI→
30A
Lead female character (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHEROINE→
31A
Summer temp, say (6)
Starts with I, ends with NINTERN→
34A
River's bottom (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBED→
35A
Dentist, colloquially (11)
Starts with T, ends with RTOOTHDOCTOR→
38A
Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANIA→
39A
Gets back together (6)
Starts with R, ends with SREUNES→
40A
Shipped without prepaid postage, for short (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSENTCOD→
42A
Much of Mauritania and Mali (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASAHARA→
47A
Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETOKYODOME→
50A
Martian explorer (5)
Starts with R, ends with RROVER→
51A
Last number in a countdown (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
52A
Surgical stitch (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESUTURE→
54A
Used a loom (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWOVE→
55A
Related to spiritual cause and effect (6)
Starts with K, ends with CKARMIC→
57A
Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise? (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTODOLIST→
59A
Timeless, to a poet (6)
Starts with E, ends with EETERNE→
60A
Small vortex (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDDY→
61A
"Thanks, Captain Obvious!" (3)
Starts with D, ends with HDUH→
62A
Best-of-seven games, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSERIES→
63A
Make airtight (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSEAL→
64A
Fancy hotel amenity (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
Down
1D
Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard (6)
Starts with J, ends with MJETSAM→
2D
Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching" (6)
Starts with L, ends with ULAOTZU→
3D
Fancy and elaborate (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORNATE→
4D
Auction action (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBID→
6D
Just getting started with (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWAT→
7D
Martial art with bamboo swords (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKENDO→
8D
Places to live (10)
Starts with R, ends with SRESIDENCES→
9D
Key with one sharp (6)
Starts with E, ends with REMINOR→
10D
Subject of much Jane Goodall research (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
11D
More alert and energetic (8)
Starts with L, ends with RLIVELIER→
12D
Limerick's locale (7)
Starts with I, ends with DIRELAND→
18D
They wink and blink (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEYES→
22D
Filmmaker Nora (6)
Starts with E, ends with NEPHRON→
25D
Advertising award (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCLIO→
27D
Southwestern wolf (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOBO→
29D
Presents (10)
Starts with I, ends with SINTRODUCES→
32D
Punctual people are said to arrive on this (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHEDOT→
33D
End of an academic address (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
35D
One fiddling around in a workshop (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTINKERER→
36D
Like granola bars, typically (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOATY→
37D
Onetime leader in St. Petersburg (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
38D
Newborn child (7)
Starts with N, ends with ENEONATE→
40D
Excites (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOKES→
41D
Trigonometry ratio (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECOSINE→
43D
Coyote's cry (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHOWL→
44D
Steers clear of (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAVOIDS→
45D
Excites (6)
Starts with R, ends with PREVSUP→
46D
First name of the Queen of Soul (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARETHA→
48D
Quiets on Zoom (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMUTES→
49D
Wear away (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
53D
Classic Icelandic saga (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDDA→
56D
Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMRI→
58D
Toondom's Olive (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOYL→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 18, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe Deeney and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly (JLO); Rebound, as a pool shot (BANK); Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 (REALID).
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