NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 23, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues134
Across63
Down71
TitleSecond in Command
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
Departed unceremoniously? (6)
Starts with E, ends with DELOPED→
7A
Contained (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHELD→
11A
Tries to get a rise out of (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBAITS→
16A
Seeing someone, say (7)
Starts with O, ends with EONADATE→
17A
"Couldn't agree more!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMEN→
18A
"Couldn't agree more!" (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOWTRUE→
20A
Certain vacation booking in Madrid? (13)
Starts with S, ends with ASPANISHRAMADA→
22A
Things from a distant land (7)
Starts with E, ends with AEXOTICA→
23A
Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGAMGEE→
24A
Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome (3)
Starts with V, ends with IVII→
25A
Look for (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSEEK→
26A
Play one's part? (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
27A
Pants, in slang (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTROU→
28A
Billions and billions of boutique items? (16)
Starts with O, ends with SOCTILLIONDRESSES→
34A
One may keep a watch on you (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTRAP→
36A
Honest-to-goodness (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREAL→
37A
Programming pioneer Lovelace (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
38A
Snooped (around) (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOSED→
39A
Exceed (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGOPAST→
41A
Put out (4)
Starts with M, ends with FMIFF→
43A
Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease" (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDIDI→
44A
What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires? (15)
Starts with A, ends with EACMETOTHERESCUE→
49A
Indiana pro athlete (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPACER→
50A
Nest egg inits. (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
51A
Nashville-to-Asheville dir. (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
52A
Big name in kitchenware (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOXO→
53A
San Francisco's ___ Valley (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENOE→
55A
Summer hours in L.A. (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPDT→
56A
Tiny stinger (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREDANT→
58A
"Pretty please?" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICANI→
60A
Bedamn (7)
Starts with A, ends with EACCURSE→
63A
Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia? (19)
Starts with D, ends with SDANCINGWITHTHETSARS→
67A
Cocktails with curaçao (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMAITAIS→
68A
#1, say (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFAVE→
69A
Like the set of single-digit integers (6)
Starts with F, ends with EFINITE→
71A
Suffix with 75-Down (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIZE→
73A
Meeting of the minds? (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
74A
Many a Yeshiva student (3)
Starts with J, ends with WJEW→
75A
Kiss ___ (3)
Starts with C, ends with MCAM→
76A
Olive of old cartoons (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOYL→
77A
Little reminders (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOTES→
79A
Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"? (15)
Starts with E, ends with LEGOCENTRICMODEL→
85A
Many a university benefactor, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with MALUM→
86A
Mouth-puckering (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOUR→
88A
Observes Ramadan, in a way (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFASTS→
90A
Sugar suffix (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOSE→
91A
One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
92A
Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNEPAL→
96A
What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping? (16)
Starts with L, ends with SLESSEROFTWOVEILS→
101A
Bananas (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOCO→
102A
Naked ___ jaybird (3)
Starts with A, ends with AASA→
103A
Contrarian in a nursery rhyme (4)
Starts with M, ends with YMARY→
104A
Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker (3)
Starts with R, ends with YREY→
105A
Country singer Yearwood (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATRISHA→
107A
Tight fit (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESQUEEZE→
109A
Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!) (13)
Starts with U, ends with NUNCLEARPOTION→
113A
Tight formations (7)
Starts with H, ends with SHUDDLES→
114A
Parking spot? (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSEAT→
115A
Stop, to a sailor (7)
Starts with H, ends with OHEAVETO→
116A
Sargasso Sea quartet (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESSES→
117A
Corner of a diamond (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBASE→
118A
Buries (6)
Starts with I, ends with SINTERS→
Down
1D
Fill with love (6)
Starts with E, ends with RENAMOR→
2D
Love ___ (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELANGUAGE→
3D
Canine frenemy of Garfield (4)
Starts with O, ends with EODIE→
4D
Leisurely evening walk (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPASEO→
5D
Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with HETH→
6D
German article (3)
Starts with D, ends with RDER→
7D
Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker (6)
Starts with H, ends with LHAMILL→
8D
It may come with attachments (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEMAIL→
9D
Shepherded (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
10D
Part of what makes you you (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
11D
Ring master? (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBOXER→
12D
Up, now (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAWOKEN→
13D
Cousin of Gomez Addams (3)
Starts with I, ends with TITT→
14D
When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared (14)
Starts with T, ends with DTRIASSICPERIOD→
15D
Made it big (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSUCCEEDED→
16D
Dizzying designs (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOPART→
19D
Grovels (8)
Starts with E, ends with TEATSDIRT→
20D
Police dept. members (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSGTS→
21D
Do the Wright thing? (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAVIATE→
25D
Big fiasco (5)
Starts with S, ends with USNAFU→
29D
Jalopy (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRATE→
30D
John in the Radio Hall of Fame (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTESH→
31D
Indignant retort (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIAMSO→
32D
Like many of Horace's works (4)
Starts with O, ends with CODIC→
33D
Float component (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASODA→
35D
Strengths (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPOTENCIES→
40D
Little reminders (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSTITS→
42D
Metaphorical place of indecision (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFENCE→
44D
Word with gauge or guitar (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
45D
Standing on the street (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCRED→
46D
It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors (14)
Starts with M, ends with SMADAMETUSSAUDS→
47D
Rice-A-___ (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRONI→
48D
Charge to redeem mutual funds (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEXITFEE→
49D
The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it (9)
Starts with P, ends with NPERSIMMON→
54D
Stare down (7)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTFACE→
57D
Japan's largest carrier (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
58D
Some sci-fi film effects, in brief (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICGI→
59D
Utterances of disappointment (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAWS→
60D
4x4, for one (3)
Starts with A, ends with VATV→
61D
"Evita" narrator (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECHE→
62D
Start of many a Latin American city name (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
64D
Scruffs (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNAPES→
65D
Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower" (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHAWN→
66D
Reason to see an ophthalmologist (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESTYE→
70D
90° bend (3)
Starts with E, ends with LELL→
71D
Very fast (8)
Starts with I, ends with HINAFLASH→
72D
Reminiscent of a certain French author’s work (9)
Starts with Z, ends with EZOLAESQUE→
74D
Banana Republic competitor (5)
Starts with J, ends with WJCREW→
75D
Like some suits (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCIVIL→
78D
Experts in CPR (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMTS→
80D
Comically ridiculous (5)
Starts with G, ends with YGOOFY→
81D
Send packing (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOUST→
82D
A dirty look (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEEYE→
83D
Actor Malek of "The Amateur" (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAMI→
84D
Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces (8)
Starts with O, ends with RONELITER→
89D
Mortal mother of Dionysus (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESEMELE→
93D
Puts forward (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSITS→
94D
It may elicit a blessing (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
95D
Advance (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOAN→
97D
Tears down (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRAZES→
98D
Bonanza discoveries (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
99D
Aquatic apex predators (5)
Starts with O, ends with SORCAS→
100D
Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTPAT→
106D
Emulate a vagabond (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROVE→
108D
Newsroom V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEDS→
109D
Kind of PC port (3)
Starts with U, ends with BUSB→
110D
Museum-funding org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANEA→
111D
Tuna often served tartare (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
112D
Stimpy's cartoon pal (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 23, 2025?+
134 clues: 63 Across and 71 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Trenton Charlson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Departed unceremoniously? (ELOPED); Contained (HELD); Tries to get a rise out of (BAITS).
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