NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rena CohenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

Jump to a puzzle

Full archive →
SATNOV
15
2025
By Kyle Dolan
SUNNOV
16
2025
By Randolph Ross
MONNOV
17
2025
By Rena Cohen
TUENOV
18
2025
By Joe Deeney
WEDNOV
19
2025
By Jeremy Newton

The Grid

1S
2T
3R
4I
5P
6A
7C
8R
9I
10D
11B
12A
13R
14A
R
O
M
A
15R
H
I
N
O
16U
S
E
17F
I
G
U
R
18E
E
I
G
H
T
19M
I
D
20E
K
E
S
21L
A
P
S
E
22M
B
A
S
23R
E
N
T
24A
L
25R
26A
I
L
27S
W
E
28E
29T
30S
I
X
T
E
31E
32N
33A
34L
35G
A
E
36I
R
A
T
E
37B
A
E
38G
O
R
Y
39S
E
A
R
S
40P
E
S
T
41E
G
O
42O
K
I
N
G
43D
I
E
T
S
44D
O
U
45B
L
E
O
S
E
46V
E
N
47N
U
D
E
48I
F
E
49V
50E
51R
52I
53N
D
Y
54B
55A
56S
57I
N
58S
O
L
E
59D
O
H
60J
A
C
K
S
O
61N
F
I
V
E
62O
N
O
63A
L
L
I
N
64S
O
L
I
D
65L
E
G
66B
L
U
N
T
67C
R
A
S
S

Click a clue to reveal it in the grid.

Across 37

  1. 1Vegas attraction, with "the" ↗STRIP
  2. 6Bitter-smelling ↗ACRID
  3. 11Cell signal unit ↗BAR
  4. 14Pleasant smell ↗AROMA
  5. 15Heavyweight African animal, informally ↗RHINO
  6. 16Application ↗USE
  7. 17Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangle ↗FIGUREEIGHT
  8. 19So-so, in modern slang ↗MID
  9. 20Scrapes (out), as a living ↗EKES
  10. 21Mental slip-up ↗LAPSE
  11. 22Univ. degrees for executives ↗MBAS
  12. 23Many a prom tuxedo ↗RENTAL
  13. 25Train track part ↗RAIL
  14. 27Airheads, Dots, Fun Dip, Heath, Kit Kat, Life Savers, M&M's, Milk Duds, Nerds, Oh Henry!, Peeps, Pez, Rolo, Skittles, Twix, Twizzlers ↗SWEETSIXTEEN
  15. 33Growth in a fish tank ↗ALGAE
  16. 36Steaming mad ↗IRATE
  17. 37Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally ↗BAE
  18. 38Gruesome ↗GORY
  19. 39Cooks just the outsides of ↗SEARS
  20. 40Nuisance ↗PEST
  21. 41A narcissist has a big one ↗EGO
  22. 42Giving the go-ahead ↗OKING
  23. 43Keto and Paleo, for two ↗DIETS
  24. 44Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woof ↗DOUBLEOSEVEN
  25. 47In one's birthday suit ↗NUDE
  26. 48Skeptic's remark ↗IFEVER
  27. 52Home of a "500" race, familiarly ↗INDY
  28. 54Great ___ National Park (Nevada attraction) ↗BASIN
  29. 58Shoe's bottom ↗SOLE
  30. 59Play-___ ↗DOH
  31. 60Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, Stonewall ↗JACKSONFIVE
  32. 62Musical Yoko ↗ONO
  33. 63With everything on the line ↗ALLIN
  34. 64Like a pyramid or sphere ↗SOLID
  35. 65Femur and fibula site ↗LEG
  36. 66Not sharp, as a pencil ↗BLUNT
  37. 67Vulgar ↗CRASS

Down 41

  1. 1Less risky ↗SAFER
  2. 2Tot's three-wheeler ↗TRIKE
  3. 3Comic actor Seth ↗ROGEN
  4. 4"If you want me to be honest ..." ↗IMUSTSAY
  5. 5Golfing standard ↗PAR
  6. 6Region ↗AREA
  7. 7Intel product ↗CHIP
  8. 8Makes unfair, in a way ↗RIGS
  9. 9Receives from a will ↗INHERITS
  10. 10Nickname for Dorothy ↗DOT
  11. 11Insect that stings ↗BUMBLEBEE
  12. 12Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong ↗ASIA
  13. 13Cincinnati team ↗REDS
  14. 18___ Woods, "Legally Blonde" protagonist ↗ELLE
  15. 22Sch. with a T station ↗MIT
  16. 24Amazement ↗AWE
  17. 26Lumberjack's tool ↗AXE
  18. 28Letters before "And on that farm ..." ↗EIEIO
  19. 29The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ ↗TRANS
  20. 30Platoon V.I.P. ↗SARGE
  21. 31Sunrise direction ↗EAST
  22. 32Ping-Pong dividers ↗NETS
  23. 33Like most cheeses with rinds ↗AGED
  24. 34Nike's swoosh, e.g. ↗LOGO
  25. 35Punxsutawney Phil, for one ↗GROUNDHOG
  26. 39Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings ↗SKEEBALL
  27. 40Strongly desires ↗PINESFOR
  28. 42Like a centenarian ↗OLD
  29. 43"For suresies" ↗DEF
  30. 45Purchase ↗BUY
  31. 46Bottle served at a trattoria ↗VINO
  32. 49Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hat ↗VOILA
  33. 50The King of Rock and Roll ↗ELVIS
  34. 51Marsh plants ↗REEDS
  35. 52Object of adoration ↗IDOL
  36. 53Zero ↗NONE
  37. 55Rights advocacy org. since 1920 ↗ACLU
  38. 56Dermatologist's focus ↗SKIN
  39. 57"It ___ that simple ..." ↗ISNT
  40. 60Quick punch ↗JAB
  41. 61Foreign policy grp. ↗NSC