NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 29, 2025

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Clues66
Across32
Down34
ConstructorAdrian Johnson

Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers

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Across

1A
Volume of tourists (11)
Starts with T, ends with ETRAVELGUIDE→
16A
Might (3)
Starts with M, ends with YMAY→
17A
Part of a make-up routine? (11)
Starts with A, ends with DAPOLOGYCARD→
18A
Pitcher's output (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
19A
Cytologists' study (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCELLS→
20A
22A
Civil rights activist Baker (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
23A
Drummer Peart (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEIL→
24A
Dish of stuffed grape leaves (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADOLMA→
25A
Groan-worthy, say, as a joke (5)
Starts with C, ends with YCORNY→
26A
Know-it-all who might have a ball? (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
27A
Equilibrium (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTASIS→
29A
Nissan Stadium team (6)
Starts with T, ends with STITANS→
31A
Viva voce (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSPOKEN→
32A
Devices for disc jockeys (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFADERS→
33A
So-called "father of macroeconomics" (6)
Starts with K, ends with SKEYNES→
34A
They're protected by scabbards (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSABERS→
35A
Minor crashes? (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAPS→
36A
Blows a mean horn (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWAILS→
39A
Staff addition (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIRE→
40A
Word with flat or tax (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERATE→
46A
Voguing sequence (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSES→
47A
Babe (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHON→
48A
"Man, that's loud!" (11)
Starts with W, ends with TWHATARACKET→
50A
Valuable city-building resource in Catan (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
51A
Take it back! (11)
Starts with T, ends with ETIMEMACHINE→
52A
Jazz guitarist Montgomery (3)
Starts with W, ends with SWES→
53A
Intuitive alarm bells, informally (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESPIDEYSENSE→

Down

1D
Leave no ___ (camping tenet) (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRACE→
2D
Put off (5)
Starts with R, ends with LREPEL→
3D
One of 32 in the country of Kiribati (5)
Starts with A, ends with LATOLL→
4D
Country rental (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVILLA→
6D
Gamer's frustration (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLAG→
7D
Compound in some soaps (8)
Starts with G, ends with NGLYCERIN→
10D
Tend to, as some holes (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDARN→
11D
Wrapped (5)
Starts with E, ends with DENDED→
12D
"Start talking" (9)
Starts with I, ends with SIMALLEARS→
14D
"Dearie me!" (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMYSTARS→
21D
Play list? (6)
Starts with R, ends with RROSTER→
23D
Prominent features on goblin sharks (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOSES→
25D
What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAKE→
27D
High-level intelligence assets? (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSPYPLANES→
28D
Neighbor of the uvula (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTONSIL→
29D
Put off (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETABLE→
30D
Midmonth marker (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDES→
31D
Coast (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESEASHORE→
32D
It's up for grabs (8)
Starts with F, ends with EFAIRGAME→
33D
Skillfulness (7)
Starts with K, ends with WKNOWHOW→
34D
Like John, Paul or George, but not Ringo (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSAINTED→
36D
Existentialist's inquiry (6)
Starts with W, ends with IWHOAMI→
38D
Axolotl lookalikes (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWTS→
40D
Tamiflu manufacturer (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROCHE→
41D
Welcome to one's home (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASKIN→
42D
Many first-time voters (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
43D
45D
Transport (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHIP→
46D
Orgs. with "war chests" (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPACS→
49D

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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 29, 2025?+

66 clues: 32 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and edited by Will Shortz.

What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+

For example: Volume of tourists (TRAVELGUIDE); Company that made the world's first two-nanometer chip in 2021 (IBM); High-tech means of seeing oneself into work (RETINALSCAN).

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