NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 21, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorJoyce Keller
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
6A
Snappy sort, for short? (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCROC→
10A
Tahoe runners (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMACS→
14A
Fanny Brice portrayer on Broadway (10)
Starts with L, ends with ELEAMICHELE→
16A
Governess of Thornfield Hall (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
17A
Sits legs akimbo, pejoratively (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMANSPREADS→
18A
Highway attention-getter (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOT→
19A
Calculating (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
20A
Symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
21A
Settled down (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATREST→
23A
Shakespearean "Hush!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFT→
24A
"Sorry to tell ya" (7)
Starts with F, ends with OFRAIDSO→
25A
What "it's not," they say (13)
Starts with R, ends with EROCKETSCIENCE→
29A
Eschew (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAVOID→
30A
Parts of some wedding rituals (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHORAS→
31A
Clubs opening, perhaps (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBID→
34A
Prized people (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGEMS→
35A
She was totally taken by Paris (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHELEN→
36A
Popular perfume named after a singing star (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRIRI→
37A
Modern art? (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
39A
That's a wrap! (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSARAN→
40A
Suspenseful (13)
Starts with H, ends with GHEARTSTOPPING→
43A
Grown-up gummies, e.g. (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEDIBLES→
46A
King and queen (6)
Starts with T, ends with STITLES→
47A
Strength of character (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGRIT→
48A
One in a cage (3)
Starts with R, ends with BRIB→
51A
That's a laugh! (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
52A
Insomniac's aid (10)
Starts with W, ends with EWHITENOISE→
55A
Juana ___ de la Cruz, classic Mexican writer known as "The Tenth Muse" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SINES→
56A
Aces (10)
Starts with H, ends with EHOLESINONE→
57A
Schlep (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCART→
58A
Alumni notes datum (4)
Starts with Y, ends with RYEAR→
59A
St. ___ (vacation spot) (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKITTS→
Down
1D
Old-time charity (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALMS→
2D
Word with good or raw (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDEAL→
3D
A host of (4)
Starts with M, ends with YMANY→
4D
Hits up online, in a way (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIMS→
5D
Crept cautiously (7)
Starts with T, ends with DTIPTOED→
6D
Some memory aids (11)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEATSHEETS→
7D
___-a-thon (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREAD→
8D
Senescent (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
9D
It may bring out the kid in you (8)
Starts with C, ends with NCESAREAN→
10D
Height or width, e.g. (6)
Starts with M, ends with CMETRIC→
11D
Sydney Adamu portrayer on "The Bear" (10)
Starts with A, ends with IAYOEDEBIRI→
12D
Peeved (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCROSS→
13D
Brief blowup (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSETTO→
15D
"Tomb Raider" heroine (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCROFT→
22D
Camel and fawn (4)
Starts with T, ends with STANS→
23D
Lodge rental (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIS→
24D
Barbecuer's aid (11)
Starts with F, ends with RFIRESTARTER→
25D
Sitarist's composition (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARAGA→
26D
Totally done with (4)
Starts with O, ends with ROVER→
27D
Flirtatious (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCOMEHITHER→
28D
Nose woes (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLDS→
32D
Azerbaijan neighbor (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
33D
Find fault with, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with GDING→
35D
Lead-in to a clarification (8)
Starts with H, ends with YHERESWHY→
36D
Riveted (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRAPT→
38D
Word often printed in red (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESALE→
39D
"Fellow traveler," in Russian (7)
Starts with S, ends with KSPUTNIK→
41D
Certain marketing deluge (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEBLAST→
42D
Tony's cousins (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOBIES→
43D
Moral virtue (5)
Starts with E, ends with CETHIC→
44D
Anne's best friend in "Anne of Green Gables" (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADIANA→
47D
___ monster (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGILA→
48D
Real hoot (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRIOT→
49D
Ain't proper? (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
50D
They have five eyes and communicate by dancing (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEES→
53D
Break ground, in a way (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
54D
Japanese ogre (3)
Starts with O, ends with IONI→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 21, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joyce Keller and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Allow (ADMIT); Snappy sort, for short? (CROC); Tahoe runners (MACS).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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