NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 4, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorPatrick Hayden
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
Skill needed for bocce (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
4A
World's most commonly cultivated coffee species (7)
Starts with A, ends with AARABICA→
11A
Genre for Jimmy Eat World (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
14A
Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
15A
Like the number "i" (7)
Starts with N, ends with LNONREAL→
16A
___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles) (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMOP→
17A
Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay" (11)
Starts with I, ends with SINDIGOGIRLS→
19A
George Washington bill (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
20A
Repellent ingredient (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEET→
21A
Queens ballplayer (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMET→
22A
Spun platters for a party, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDJED→
23A
Isn't perfect (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERRS→
24A
Half of a standard deck of cards (10)
Starts with B, ends with SBLACKSUITS→
28A
Part of n.b. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANOTA→
30A
Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHIHO→
31A
17-syllable poem (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHAIKU→
33A
Like slavery per the 13th Amendment (9)
Starts with A, ends with DABOLISHED→
38A
Wood-cutting tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with ZADZ→
39A
41A
It can be blonde or brown (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
42A
Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories (9)
Starts with D, ends with EDEEPSTATE→
44A
Bert's roommate (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERNIE→
46A
2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel (4)
Starts with R, ends with MROOM→
47A
See 30-Across (4)
Starts with F, ends with GFROG→
48A
Place for plants to flourish (10)
Starts with G, ends with EGREENHOUSE→
53A
Inquires (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASKS→
56A
"___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit) (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRUMP→
57A
Diarist Anaïs (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNIN→
58A
What you eat (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDIET→
59A
As easy as ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
60A
Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing" (11)
Starts with W, ends with EWHITECASTLE→
64A
As easy as ___ (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
65A
Experienced again (7)
Starts with R, ends with DRELIVED→
66A
The Dream Team (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
67A
Squeeze (by) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
68A
People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak (7)
Starts with Y, ends with SYELLERS→
69A
___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand (3)
Starts with P, ends with MPOM→
Down
1D
The half with the hit song, typically (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASIDE→
2D
Word with city or peace (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINNER→
3D
Update (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMODERNIZE→
4D
"Brokeback Mountain" director Lee (3)
Starts with A, ends with GANG→
5D
Roving floor cleaner (6)
Starts with R, ends with AROOMBA→
6D
Perfectly behaved child (5)
Starts with A, ends with LANGEL→
7D
Water filter brand (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABRITA→
8D
Suffix with front or cash (3)
Starts with I, ends with RIER→
9D
Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
10D
Singers Green and Jardine (3)
Starts with A, ends with SALS→
11D
Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g. (5)
Starts with E, ends with IEMOJI→
12D
French Impressionist Claude (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMONET→
13D
Some newspaper pieces that aren't news (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPEDS→
18D
Empathetic response to an apology (5)
Starts with I, ends with KITSOK→
22D
Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDUOS→
25D
Slog, say (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECHORE→
26D
Garb that's typically plaid (4)
Starts with K, ends with TKILT→
27D
[I'm scared!] (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSHIVER→
29D
City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTUCSON→
31D
Possessed (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHAD→
32D
Common beverage suffix (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
33D
Rental car option (5)
Starts with A, ends with OALAMO→
34D
ChatGPT, for one (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBOT→
35D
Throws in the towel (9)
Starts with H, ends with PHANGSITUP→
36D
QB Manning (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
37D
Syllable doubled after "fiddle" (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
40D
However, in a text (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOTOH→
43D
___ school (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPREP→
45D
"Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote) (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROADS→
47D
Épéeist, e.g. (6)
Starts with F, ends with RFENCER→
48D
One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors" (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAPE→
49D
Eponym of a popular puzzle (5)
Starts with R, ends with KRUBIK→
52D
Metaphor for a bad goalie (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESIEVE→
54D
Ashton Kutcher's role on "That ’70s Show" (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKELSO→
55D
What a hot iron may give off (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEAM→
60D
Like some humor (3)
Starts with W, ends with YWRY→
61D
Start of a bray (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHEE→
62D
Ailing (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
63D
Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 4, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Patrick Hayden and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Skill needed for bocce (AIM); World's most commonly cultivated coffee species (ARABICA); Genre for Jimmy Eat World (EMO).
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