NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 8, 2025
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Clues72
Across36
Down36
ConstructorRyan Judge
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOWA→
5A
R-V guy? (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
8A
Adds to a timeline, say (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSTS→
13A
One who's off-base? (9)
Starts with S, ends with PSHORTSTOP→
16A
See 41-Across (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALPHA→
17A
Accessory with a grid of numbers (9)
Starts with B, ends with DBINGOCARD→
18A
"To repeat ..." (5)
Starts with I, ends with DISAID→
19A
Unacceptable (7)
Starts with N, ends with YNOTOKAY→
20A
They're not up to much (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIDLERS→
22A
Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
23A
Instrument with a neck, informally (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUKE→
24A
Supreme Court justice Gorsuch (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEIL→
26A
John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress (10)
Starts with G, ends with SGIANTSTEPS→
30A
General with orders? (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTSO→
31A
"Magnum, P.I." setting (4)
Starts with O, ends with UOAHU→
32A
"Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
33A
Saver's asset (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHRIFT→
35A
Dude who might be in a row (7)
Starts with F, ends with OFRATBRO→
37A
"You're not just imagining that tone" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TIHEARIT→
38A
Makes sense (6)
Starts with A, ends with PADDSUP→
39A
.pdf alternative (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDOC→
40A
City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80 (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
41A
With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGEN→
42A
Roquefort, e.g. (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBLUECHEESE→
45A
Book of Mormon figure (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
47A
C.I.A. forerunner (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOSS→
48A
___ Technica (news site) (3)
Starts with A, ends with SARS→
49A
Something often hit without you seeing it (6)
Starts with P, ends with APINATA→
51A
Liverpudlians, e.g. (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBRITONS→
55A
Burdened (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLADEN→
56A
Job for a driller (9)
Starts with R, ends with LROOTCANAL→
58A
___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed) (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTEAK→
59A
60A
Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADHAKA→
61A
Financial report abbr. (3)
Starts with Y, ends with DYTD→
62A
Exam with a max score of 1520 (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSAT→
Down
1D
Library fig. (4)
Starts with I, ends with NISBN→
2D
Red state? (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHIO→
3D
Refuses to (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWONT→
4D
Cephalopods with a name derived from Greek mythology (9)
Starts with A, ends with SARGONAUTS→
6D
Shortening for a city that omits "onto" (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTOR→
7D
John who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur" (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUPDIKE→
8D
Tool used in building some castles (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPAIL→
9D
Elizabeth of "WandaVision" (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOLSEN→
10D
Fifth wheels? (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSPARETIRES→
11D
Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s meme (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETHISISFINE→
12D
Unfortunate (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
14D
Show, as of appreciation (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTOKEN→
15D
Graph type with sets of points (11)
Starts with S, ends with TSCATTERPLOT→
21D
Football roster planning documents (11)
Starts with D, ends with SDEPTHCHARTS→
23D
Sport ___ (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
25D
Game that aptly draws millions each day? (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLOTTO→
26D
Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked (10)
Starts with G, ends with HGARDENPATH→
27D
"Who knew?!" (10)
Starts with I, ends with AIHADNOIDEA→
28D
Sellout letters (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSRO→
29D
2019 Harry Styles song whose subject "lives in daydreams with me" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
31D
Grown-up (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOFAGE→
34D
Philatelist's prize (9)
Starts with R, ends with PRARESTAMP→
37D
Games-organizing org. (3)
Starts with I, ends with CIOC→
39D
Comme ___ Garçons (fashion label) (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDES→
43D
Outfit for G.I. Joe (6)
Starts with U, ends with YUSARMY→
44D
Lucas's younger sister on "Stranger Things" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AERICA→
46D
Pussyfoot (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSNEAK→
50D
Singer Paul (4)
Starts with A, ends with AANKA→
51D
Strong connection (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBOND→
52D
Encumbrance (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONUS→
53D
Overseer of Artemis (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANASA→
54D
Bedframe part (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
55D
The F.D.A. approved a form of this to treat anxiety in 2024, for short (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
57D
Kind of milk (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 8, 2025?+
72 clues: 36 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ryan Judge and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops (IOWA); R-V guy? (STU); Adds to a timeline, say (POSTS).
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