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NYT Crossword Answers Nov 18, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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SUNNOV
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By Randolph Ross
MONNOV
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TUENOV
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By Joe Deeney
WEDNOV
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THUNOV
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Across 35

  1. 1First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly ↗JLO
  2. 4Rebound, as a pool shot ↗BANK
  3. 8Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 ↗REALID
  4. 14Body part that might "pop" ↗EAR
  5. 15Words of understanding ↗ISEE
  6. 16___ State, nickname for New York ↗EMPIRE
  7. 17Soften, as a message ↗TONEDOWN
  8. 19Kitchen strainers ↗SIEVES
  9. 20"Don't go!" ↗STAY
  10. 21Appear gradually from the black, as a film image ↗FADEIN
  11. 23Industrialist Lilly ↗ELI
  12. 24Native led by Montezuma ↗AZTEC
  13. 26A very high price, so to speak ↗TOPDOLLAR
  14. 28Cereal variety from Switzerland ↗MUESLI
  15. 30Lead female character ↗HEROINE
  16. 31Summer temp, say ↗INTERN
  17. 34River's bottom ↗BED
  18. 35Dentist, colloquially ↗TOOTHDOCTOR
  19. 38Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood" ↗NIA
  20. 39Gets back together ↗REUNES
  21. 40Shipped without prepaid postage, for short ↗SENTCOD
  22. 42Much of Mauritania and Mali ↗SAHARA
  23. 47Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games ↗TOKYODOME
  24. 50Martian explorer ↗ROVER
  25. 51Last number in a countdown ↗ONE
  26. 52Surgical stitch ↗SUTURE
  27. 54Used a loom ↗WOVE
  28. 55Related to spiritual cause and effect ↗KARMIC
  29. 57Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise? ↗TODOLIST
  30. 59Timeless, to a poet ↗ETERNE
  31. 60Small vortex ↗EDDY
  32. 61"Thanks, Captain Obvious!" ↗DUH
  33. 62Best-of-seven games, say ↗SERIES
  34. 63Make airtight ↗SEAL
  35. 64Fancy hotel amenity ↗SPA

Down 35

  1. 1Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard ↗JETSAM
  2. 2Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching" ↗LAOTZU
  3. 3Fancy and elaborate ↗ORNATE
  4. 4Auction action ↗BID
  5. 5Since ↗ASOF
  6. 6Just getting started with ↗NEWAT
  7. 7Martial art with bamboo swords ↗KENDO
  8. 8Places to live ↗RESIDENCES
  9. 9Key with one sharp ↗EMINOR
  10. 10Subject of much Jane Goodall research ↗APE
  11. 11More alert and energetic ↗LIVELIER
  12. 12Limerick's locale ↗IRELAND
  13. 13Fancy ↗DESIRE
  14. 18They wink and blink ↗EYES
  15. 22Filmmaker Nora ↗EPHRON
  16. 25Advertising award ↗CLIO
  17. 27Southwestern wolf ↗LOBO
  18. 29Presents ↗INTRODUCES
  19. 32Punctual people are said to arrive on this ↗THEDOT
  20. 33End of an academic address ↗EDU
  21. 35One fiddling around in a workshop ↗TINKERER
  22. 36Like granola bars, typically ↗OATY
  23. 37Onetime leader in St. Petersburg ↗TSAR
  24. 38Newborn child ↗NEONATE
  25. 40Excites ↗STOKES
  26. 41Trigonometry ratio ↗COSINE
  27. 43Coyote's cry ↗HOWL
  28. 44Steers clear of ↗AVOIDS
  29. 45Excites ↗REVSUP
  30. 46First name of the Queen of Soul ↗ARETHA
  31. 48Quiets on Zoom ↗MUTES
  32. 49Wear away ↗ERODE
  33. 53Classic Icelandic saga ↗EDDA
  34. 56Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short ↗MRI
  35. 58Toondom's Olive ↗OYL