NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 12, 2025
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Clues78
Across34
Down44
ConstructorBrad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Protection from an infection (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSCAB→
5A
Movie theater popcorn container (3)
Starts with T, ends with BTUB→
8A
Kurt who fronted Nirvana (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCOBAIN→
14A
Accusative, for one (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECASE→
15A
Muff or fluff (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
16A
"Be that as it may …" (6)
Starts with E, ends with OEVENSO→
17A
Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically (15)
Starts with O, ends with NOPTICALILLUSION→
20A
Aristophanes comedy, with "The" (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFROGS→
21A
Sailors' patron (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTELMO→
22A
Energize (6)
Starts with F, ends with PFIREUP→
24A
King George ___, "Hamilton" character (3)
Starts with I, ends with IIII→
25A
Some H.S. teams (3)
Starts with J, ends with SJVS→
28A
Remote batteries (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAAS→
30A
Social ___ (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEDIA→
32A
Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce (8)
Starts with S, ends with ASRIRACHA→
37A
It keeps you in the dark (7)
Starts with E, ends with KEYEMASK→
38A
"Is it too risky?" (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDOIDARE→
39A
Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025 (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDORITOS→
41A
Appetites (5)
Starts with U, ends with SURGES→
42A
Sporty convertible (8)
Starts with R, ends with RROADSTER→
44A
Like some ironed shirts and fall air (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCRISP→
45A
Free pass in sports (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBYE→
46A
"The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas (3)
Starts with K, ends with DKYD→
47A
Washboard parts (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
49A
Grocery aisle enticement (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESAMPLE→
55A
Beer brand from Anheuser-Busch (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBUDICE→
58A
Wading bird (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHERON→
59A
Image in this puzzle (15)
Starts with A, ends with EAMBIGUOUSFIGURE→
63A
Steve of "Battle of the Sexes" (6)
Starts with C, ends with LCARELL→
64A
"Tubular!" (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRAD→
65A
With a clean slate (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
66A
What some people think this puzzle's image represents (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRABBIT→
67A
U.K. home (3)
Starts with E, ends with REUR→
68A
Eliot of the Untouchables (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
Down
1D
Say "As if!," e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSCOFF→
2D
Clamdigger pants style (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICAPRI→
3D
First American multimillionaire (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTOR→
4D
Sand-colored (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBEIGE→
5D
Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
6D
Web addresses (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURLS→
7D
Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" (7)
Starts with B, ends with HBRITISH→
8D
Bowed instruments (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICELLI→
9D
Haploid cell (4)
Starts with O, ends with MOVUM→
10D
Kiss, in Córdoba (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBESO→
11D
Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
12D
Prefix with -metric (3)
Starts with I, ends with OISO→
13D
French resistance? (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNON→
18D
Fort Collins sch. (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCSU→
19D
Hawaiian souvenir (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
23D
Late-night host Jack (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPAAR→
25D
Website with a "Conservadox" option (5)
Starts with J, ends with EJDATE→
26D
Sun blocker (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVISOR→
27D
Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAKS→
29D
Great service provider (4)
Starts with A, ends with RACER→
30D
Late-night host Seth (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMEYERS→
31D
Put out (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
32D
"Excuse me" (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSORRY→
34D
Bad time for Caesar (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDES→
35D
Hoarse voice (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRASP→
36D
"Let's call it ___" (4)
Starts with A, ends with YADAY→
38D
What some people think this puzzle's image represents (4)
Starts with D, ends with KDUCK→
40D
Many Pablo Neruda works (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
43D
No-name (7)
Starts with O, ends with EOBSCURE→
47D
One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADULT→
48D
Life story (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
50D
Fish in a poke bowl (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
51D
Soccer great Rapinoe (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMEGAN→
52D
Wrinkly fruit (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPRUNE→
53D
Pixelated, informally (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLORES→
54D
Cable show covering the red carpet (5)
Starts with E, ends with SENEWS→
55D
Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBIEB→
56D
Wrinkly fruit (4)
Starts with U, ends with IUGLI→
57D
Isaac's favorite son (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
59D
Counterpart of down: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with RACR→
60D
Billy bawl? (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMAA→
61D
"Just a sec," in a text (3)
Starts with B, ends with BBRB→
62D
Four-term prez (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFDR→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 12, 2025?+
78 clues: 34 Across and 44 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Protection from an infection (SCAB); Movie theater popcorn container (TUB); Kurt who fronted Nirvana (COBAIN).
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