NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 17, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorRena Cohen
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
Vegas attraction, with "the" (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTRIP→
6A
Bitter-smelling (5)
Starts with A, ends with DACRID→
11A
Cell signal unit (3)
Starts with B, ends with RBAR→
14A
Pleasant smell (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAROMA→
15A
Heavyweight African animal, informally (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORHINO→
16A
Application (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
17A
Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangle (11)
Starts with F, ends with TFIGUREEIGHT→
19A
So-so, in modern slang (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMID→
20A
Scrapes (out), as a living (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEKES→
21A
Mental slip-up (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELAPSE→
22A
Univ. degrees for executives (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMBAS→
23A
Many a prom tuxedo (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRENTAL→
25A
Train track part (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAIL→
27A
33A
Growth in a fish tank (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALGAE→
36A
Steaming mad (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
37A
Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBAE→
38A
Gruesome (4)
Starts with G, ends with YGORY→
39A
Cooks just the outsides of (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEARS→
40A
Nuisance (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEST→
41A
A narcissist has a big one (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
42A
Giving the go-ahead (5)
Starts with O, ends with GOKING→
43A
Keto and Paleo, for two (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDIETS→
44A
Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woof (12)
Starts with D, ends with NDOUBLEOSEVEN→
47A
In one's birthday suit (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENUDE→
48A
Skeptic's remark (6)
Starts with I, ends with RIFEVER→
52A
Home of a "500" race, familiarly (4)
Starts with I, ends with YINDY→
54A
Great ___ National Park (Nevada attraction) (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBASIN→
58A
Shoe's bottom (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOLE→
59A
Play-___ (3)
Starts with D, ends with HDOH→
60A
Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, Stonewall (11)
Starts with J, ends with EJACKSONFIVE→
62A
Musical Yoko (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
63A
With everything on the line (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALLIN→
64A
Like a pyramid or sphere (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLID→
65A
Femur and fibula site (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLEG→
66A
Not sharp, as a pencil (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBLUNT→
67A
Vulgar (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCRASS→
Down
1D
Less risky (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSAFER→
2D
Tot's three-wheeler (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRIKE→
3D
Comic actor Seth (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROGEN→
4D
"If you want me to be honest ..." (8)
Starts with I, ends with YIMUSTSAY→
5D
Golfing standard (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
6D
Region (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
7D
Intel product (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHIP→
8D
Makes unfair, in a way (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIGS→
9D
Receives from a will (8)
Starts with I, ends with SINHERITS→
10D
Nickname for Dorothy (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDOT→
11D
Insect that stings (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBUMBLEBEE→
12D
Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
13D
Cincinnati team (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREDS→
18D
___ Woods, "Legally Blonde" protagonist (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
22D
Sch. with a T station (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMIT→
24D
Amazement (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAWE→
26D
Lumberjack's tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAXE→
28D
Letters before "And on that farm ..." (5)
Starts with E, ends with OEIEIO→
29D
The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRANS→
30D
Platoon V.I.P. (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESARGE→
31D
Sunrise direction (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
32D
Ping-Pong dividers (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNETS→
33D
Like most cheeses with rinds (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAGED→
34D
Nike's swoosh, e.g. (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOGO→
35D
Punxsutawney Phil, for one (9)
Starts with G, ends with GGROUNDHOG→
39D
Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings (8)
Starts with S, ends with LSKEEBALL→
40D
Strongly desires (8)
Starts with P, ends with RPINESFOR→
42D
Like a centenarian (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
43D
"For suresies" (3)
Starts with D, ends with FDEF→
45D
Purchase (3)
Starts with B, ends with YBUY→
46D
Bottle served at a trattoria (4)
Starts with V, ends with OVINO→
49D
Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hat (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVOILA→
50D
The King of Rock and Roll (5)
Starts with E, ends with SELVIS→
51D
Marsh plants (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREEDS→
52D
Object of adoration (4)
Starts with I, ends with LIDOL→
55D
Rights advocacy org. since 1920 (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
56D
Dermatologist's focus (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSKIN→
57D
"It ___ that simple ..." (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
60D
Quick punch (3)
Starts with J, ends with BJAB→
61D
Foreign policy grp. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNSC→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 17, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rena Cohen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Vegas attraction, with "the" (STRIP); Bitter-smelling (ACRID); Cell signal unit (BAR).
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