NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 12, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 12, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 34

  1. 1Protection from an infection SCAB
  2. 5Movie theater popcorn container TUB
  3. 8Kurt who fronted Nirvana COBAIN
  4. 14Accusative, for one CASE
  5. 15Muff or fluff ERR
  6. 16"Be that as it may …" EVENSO
  7. 17Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically OPTICALILLUSION
  8. 20Aristophanes comedy, with "The" FROGS
  9. 21Sailors' patron STELMO
  10. 22Energize FIREUP
  11. 24King George ___, "Hamilton" character III
  12. 25Some H.S. teams JVS
  13. 28Remote batteries AAS
  14. 30Social ___ MEDIA
  15. 32Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce SRIRACHA
  16. 37It keeps you in the dark EYEMASK
  17. 38"Is it too risky?" DOIDARE
  18. 39Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025 DORITOS
  19. 41Appetites URGES
  20. 42Sporty convertible ROADSTER
  21. 44Like some ironed shirts and fall air CRISP
  22. 45Free pass in sports BYE
  23. 46"The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas KYD
  24. 47Washboard parts ABS
  25. 49Grocery aisle enticement SAMPLE
  26. 55Beer brand from Anheuser-Busch BUDICE
  27. 58Wading bird HERON
  28. 59Image in this puzzle AMBIGUOUSFIGURE
  29. 63Steve of "Battle of the Sexes" CARELL
  30. 64"Tubular!" RAD
  31. 65With a clean slate ANEW
  32. 66What some people think this puzzle's image represents RABBIT
  33. 67U.K. home EUR
  34. 68Eliot of the Untouchables NESS

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  1. 1Say "As if!," e.g. SCOFF
  2. 2Clamdigger pants style CAPRI
  3. 3First American multimillionaire ASTOR
  4. 4Sand-colored BEIGE
  5. 5Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches TEA
  6. 6Web addresses URLS
  7. 7Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" BRITISH
  8. 8Bowed instruments CELLI
  9. 9Haploid cell OVUM
  10. 10Kiss, in Córdoba BESO
  11. 11Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER ANI
  12. 12Prefix with -metric ISO
  13. 13French resistance? NON
  14. 18Fort Collins sch. CSU
  15. 19Hawaiian souvenir LEI
  16. 23Late-night host Jack PAAR
  17. 25Website with a "Conservadox" option JDATE
  18. 26Sun blocker VISOR
  19. 27Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 SAKS
  20. 29Great service provider ACER
  21. 30Late-night host Seth MEYERS
  22. 31Put out EMIT
  23. 32"Excuse me" SORRY
  24. 33Stiff RIGID
  25. 34Bad time for Caesar IDES
  26. 35Hoarse voice RASP
  27. 36"Let's call it ___" ADAY
  28. 38What some people think this puzzle's image represents DUCK
  29. 40Many Pablo Neruda works ODES
  30. 43No-name OBSCURE
  31. 47One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps ADULT
  32. 48Life story BIO
  33. 50Fish in a poke bowl AHI
  34. 51Soccer great Rapinoe MEGAN
  35. 52Wrinkly fruit PRUNE
  36. 53Pixelated, informally LORES
  37. 54Cable show covering the red carpet ENEWS
  38. 55Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" BIEB
  39. 56Wrinkly fruit UGLI
  40. 57Isaac's favorite son ESAU
  41. 59Counterpart of down: Abbr. ACR
  42. 60Billy bawl? MAA
  43. 61"Just a sec," in a text BRB
  44. 62Four-term prez FDR