NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 27, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorAlexander Liebeskind
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Feature of a mountain or fingerprint (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDGE→
6A
Deli counter units: Abbr. (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOZS→
9A
"___ dabba doo!" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with AYABBA→
14A
Type type (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIAL→
15A
Thanos, to the Avengers (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFOE→
16A
Company that's the subject of the documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NENRON→
17A
Football offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape (17)
Starts with W, ends with NWISHBONEFORMATION→
20A
High key? (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
21A
Big inits. in home security (3)
Starts with A, ends with TADT→
22A
Stranger (6)
Starts with E, ends with REERIER→
23A
Symbols for density, in physics (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRHOS→
25A
Select, as a career (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGOINTO→
27A
Low-lying area (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVALE→
29A
Good person to give a time-consuming project, maybe (10)
Starts with F, ends with RFASTWORKER→
34A
St. ___ (city on a bay, informally) (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPETE→
35A
Latin for "but" (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSED→
36A
One way to live (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELARGE→
37A
Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSERUM→
38A
"Tee" follower (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHEE→
39A
Greek theater (5)
Starts with O, ends with NODEON→
40A
In ___ (developing) (5)
Starts with U, ends with OUTERO→
41A
Like nonagenarians (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
42A
Joshes (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIBS→
43A
Process for a descending spacecraft (12)
Starts with E, ends with YEARTHREENTRY→
45A
Kerfuffles (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADOS→
46A
Losers to the Olympians (6)
Starts with T, ends with STITANS→
48A
Sing like Ella Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCAT→
51A
Coke-versus-Pepsi and Apple-versus-Samsung, e.g. (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADWARS→
54A
So far (3)
Starts with Y, ends with TYET→
56A
"Ouch!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with WYOW→
57A
60A
Check someone's checks? (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAUDIT→
61A
Openly gay (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOUT→
62A
Total brawl (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMELEE→
63A
Tosses out (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCASTS→
64A
"Antiques Roadshow" network (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPBS→
65A
Use, as one's influence (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEXERT→
Down
1D
More cold and wet (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRAWER→
2D
Like some wolfhounds and whiskeys (5)
Starts with I, ends with HIRISH→
3D
Lucky scientist, perhaps (10)
Starts with D, ends with RDISCOVERER→
4D
"This is terrible!" (3)
Starts with G, ends with HGAH→
5D
Actor Idris (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
6D
Bound for (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOFFTO→
7D
Wild scene (3)
Starts with Z, ends with OZOO→
8D
Sang to (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSERENADED→
9D
"Anno Domini" period (12)
Starts with Y, ends with DYEAROTWOLORD→
10D
Against (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
11D
Creamy pairing with fig jam (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBRIE→
12D
Obnoxious sort (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBOOR→
13D
___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946) (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
18D
Anxious (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONEDGE→
19D
M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024 (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMETS→
24D
Gloomy, as an atmosphere (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESATURTHREE→
26D
"That's relatable" (7)
Starts with I, ends with AIFEELYA→
28D
Some citrus desserts (10)
Starts with L, ends with SLEMONTARTS→
30D
Ship-to-shore communicators (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRADIOS→
31D
Essential biochemical process that releases energy in cells (10)
Starts with K, ends with EKREBSCYCLE→
32D
Big ones might clash (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
33D
___ Faire (medieval-themed festival) (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
34D
Grp. that's down on all furs? (4)
Starts with P, ends with APETA→
35D
Person who's off-base? (9)
Starts with S, ends with PSHORTSTOP→
37D
Go after, in a way (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESUE→
44D
Tread on me! (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIRE→
45D
See 53-Down (4)
Starts with A, ends with CASEC→
47D
Russian refusals (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNYETS→
49D
Many an early internet user, informally (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAOLER→
50D
#'s place (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTWEET→
51D
Cousin of turquoise (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAQUA→
52D
Disappointments (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDUDS→
53D
With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWAIT→
55D
"Put your pens and pencils down" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIME→
57D
California's capital, in some of its nicknames (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
58D
Center of activity (3)
Starts with H, ends with BHUB→
59D
"Vivat ___" ("Long live the king") (3)
Starts with R, ends with XREX→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 27, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Alexander Liebeskind and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Feature of a mountain or fingerprint (RIDGE); Deli counter units: Abbr. (OZS); "___ dabba doo!" (YABBA).
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