NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 11, 2025
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Clues71
Across35
Down36
ConstructorChristina Iverson and Scott Hogan
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
CAPTCHA blockees (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOTS→
5A
Crust (over) (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSCAB→
9A
Building with a "broad side," in an idiom (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBARN→
13A
One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
14A
Attire in many a Degas painting (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTUTU→
15A
"Hey, sailor!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAHOY→
16A
"It's hard to say" (14)
Starts with W, ends with SWHOREALLYKNOWS→
19A
Like June 21 among all the days of the year (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLONGEST→
20A
Place to plop down in a parlor (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESETTEE→
21A
Vote in (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELECT→
23A
Sparkler on a ring (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGEM→
24A
2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCA→
27A
Whole bunch (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSLEW→
29A
Bar mitzvah or confirmation (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERITE→
32A
In unison (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASONE→
34A
Relaxing sounds (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAAHS→
36A
The "N" of NGO (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNON→
37A
It's hard to say (14)
Starts with T, ends with TTHATWASMYFAULT→
40A
Vietnamese New Year (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTET→
41A
Stingy sort? (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWASP→
42A
Semiaquatic relative of a badger (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTTER→
43A
Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEROS→
45A
Does poorly (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAILS→
47A
___-à-___ (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETETE→
48A
Holiday centerpiece (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFIR→
50A
"Here, ___!" (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCATCH→
52A
Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTATUE→
55A
One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g. (7)
Starts with Y, ends with RYODELER→
59A
It's hard to say (14)
Starts with W, ends with EWORCESTERSHIRE→
61A
Some rounds (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAMMO→
62A
Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish) (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPARM→
63A
Track shape (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
64A
Polite assent (4)
Starts with Y, ends with MYESM→
65A
Prying (4)
Starts with N, ends with YNOSY→
66A
First coin to use the $ symbol (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
Down
1D
Blubber (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBAWL→
2D
Número de planetas (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
3D
Mega or jumbo ending (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTRON→
4D
Forrest Gump, for one (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSERGEANT→
5D
Inactive periods (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTASES→
6D
Many a midnight movie (11)
Starts with C, ends with CCULTCLASSIC→
7D
Home of the Braves: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
8D
Completely goes along with (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBUYS→
9D
Playful teasing (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBANTER→
10D
Quite some time, antonymously (10)
Starts with A, ends with EAHOTMINUTE→
11D
"Dirty Jobs" host Mike (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROWE→
12D
Where Coca-Cola is KO (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENYSE→
17D
An elver is a young one (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
22D
Leaders in assists, typically (11)
Starts with T, ends with STEAMPLAYERS→
24D
Place for cafe art (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELATTE→
25D
Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow" (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUSHER→
26D
Canada's features a unicorn (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCOATOFARMS→
28D
One of the five W's (3)
Starts with W, ends with YWHY→
30D
For rent (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTOLET→
31D
___ nous (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENTRE→
33D
"I so did not need to hear that!" (3)
Starts with E, ends with WEWW→
35D
Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSFO→
38D
Minor-league level (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAAA→
39D
1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance (8)
Starts with A, ends with PATTHEHOP→
44D
Show with a laugh track (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSITCOM→
46D
Wet, with thunder and lightning (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSTORMY→
49D
Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERUE→
51D
Some music sales, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCDS→
52D
Convince (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSWAY→
53D
"You talkin' ___?" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETOME→
54D
Its website has a "Fantasy" tab (4)
Starts with E, ends with NESPN→
56D
On now (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELIVE→
57D
"Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
58D
Move, in real estate lingo (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORELO→
60D
"The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller) (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 11, 2025?+
71 clues: 35 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: CAPTCHA blockees (BOTS); Crust (over) (SCAB); Building with a "broad side," in an idiom (BARN).
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