NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 26, 2025
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorJohn McClung
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
Posterior (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHIND→
5A
Unadventurous (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSTAID→
10A
Growth on one side of trees (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOSS→
14A
Psalm starter (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOGOD→
15A
Home to the renowned Khan el-Khalili bazaar (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAIRO→
17A
Posterior (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBUTT→
18A
20A
"No" vote (3)
Starts with N, ends with YNAY→
21A
Jewish ceremony performed eight days after birth (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRIS→
22A
"Over here!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
23A
"To love ___ is the beginning of a lifelong romance": Oscar Wilde (7)
Starts with O, ends with FONESELF→
25A
Simple songs (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDITTIES→
28A
30A
Fannie ___ (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
31A
Work of Congress (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
32A
Price you pay (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFEE→
33A
Loch viewed from the village of Drumnadrochit (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
34A
See 28-Across (5)
Starts with E, ends with HEARTH→
37A
Pa Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" (3)
Starts with J, ends with DJED→
38A
"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it." (1994) (5)
Starts with N, ends with HNORTH→
39A
[Sigh] (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALAS→
40A
Amazon wrapper (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABOA→
41A
Film locale (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
42A
QB Brady (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTOM→
43A
"A two-hour movie squeezed into three hours" (2001) (11)
Starts with P, ends with RPEARLHARBOR→
48A
One who may end on a high note (7)
Starts with S, ends with OSOPRANO→
50A
Filmmakers with distinctive styles (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAUTEURS→
51A
Like a die-hard fan (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAVID→
52A
Book after Judges (4)
Starts with R, ends with HRUTH→
53A
Cable channel since 1981 (3)
Starts with M, ends with VMTV→
54A
57A
___ school (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPREP→
58A
With 34-Down, food delivery app (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUBER→
59A
Drive back (5)
Starts with R, ends with LREPEL→
60A
Wise guy (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAGE→
61A
___ Universe (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMISS→
62A
Slate, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTONE→
63A
Apple product introduced in 2010 (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIPAD→
Down
1D
Mingle (6)
Starts with H, ends with BHOBNOB→
2D
Lizard with an oceangoing subspecies nicknamed Godzilla (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIGUANA→
3D
"Wait!" (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNOTYET→
4D
Once-common pesticide banned in 1972 (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDDT→
5D
Color of a literary "A" (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSCARLET→
6D
Tax on imports (6)
Starts with T, ends with FTARIFF→
7D
Gets ready to fire (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIMS→
8D
Nest egg inits. (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
9D
Disorderly heap of people (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDOGPILE→
10D
"There's a traitor in our ___!" (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMIDST→
11D
Veteran (8)
Starts with O, ends with ROLDTIMER→
12D
Advisory in a school zone (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSLO→
13D
ID with two hyphens (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSSN→
19D
Abbr. before a year (4)
Starts with E, ends with DESTD→
21D
One might precede "Excuse you!" (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBELCH→
24D
Ballpark figures (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTATS→
25D
Homeowner's proof of purchase (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEED→
26D
Right direction? (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
27D
Meeting, slangily (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSESH→
29D
Worrier's opening words (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIFEAR→
33D
___ Dame (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTRE→
34D
See 58-Across (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEATS→
35D
Potatoes, in Indian cuisine (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALOO→
36D
Runs amok (8)
Starts with R, ends with SRAMPAGES→
37D
Juan : Spanish :: ___ : Portuguese (4)
Starts with J, ends with OJOAO→
38D
Below, poetically (5)
Starts with N, ends with HNEATH→
40D
Drinking sprees (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBENDERS→
41D
One way to get to an airport (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESHUTTLE→
43D
Modest poker holding (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPAIR→
44D
Big name in upscale fashion (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLAUREN→
45D
Unfair accusation (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBUMRAP→
46D
Jenna of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" (6)
Starts with O, ends with AORTEGA→
47D
Answered an invitation (6)
Starts with R, ends with DRSVPED→
49D
People looking for hookups, informally (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRVERS→
52D
Car at an auction, maybe (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREPO→
54D
Part of a Bahama Mama (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRUM→
55D
Belt in judo (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOBI→
56D
"You ___!" (words of agreement) (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBET→
57D
Letter after chi (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPSI→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 26, 2025?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by John McClung and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Posterior (HIND); Unadventurous (STAID); Growth on one side of trees (MOSS).
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