NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 52

  1. 1Cause a mess, as with frying oil ↗SPLATTER
  2. 9Create an intricate series of lies, say ↗SPINAWEB
  3. 17Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers ↗TESTRIDES
  4. 19"Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia" ↗EPICDRAMA
  5. 20Or more ↗ATAMINIMUM
  6. 22Like many public housing projects ↗STATEAIDED
  7. 23Comprehends ↗GETS
  8. 24Way to manipulate public opinion through fear ↗SCARETACTIC
  9. 26"The ___ is done" ↗DEED
  10. 27Some ambulance destinations, for short ↗ERS
  11. 28Ceramicists' devices ↗POTTERYWHEELS
  12. 30Hog heaven? ↗STY
  13. 31Wrong idea ↗FALSEIMPRESSION
  14. 33Word with bean or lemon ↗CURD
  15. 34___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives" ↗SAEED
  16. 35Tick off ↗MIFF
  17. 37Pieces of art? ↗MOSAICS
  18. 40Allude (to) ↗NOD
  19. 41Winter Olympics event ↗BOBSLED
  20. 44Agreements where one party takes some heat? ↗ARMSDEALS
  21. 46Old-time theater item ↗MOVIEREEL
  22. 48They point toward Mecca while salah is performed ↗PRAYERMATS
  23. 50Evergreen pointer ↗PINENEEDLE
  24. 51Sharpen ↗HONE
  25. 52Natural process of maturing ↗SUNRIPENING
  26. 54Airplane wing feature ↗FLAP
  27. 55Girder whose name assumes a serif font ↗IBEAM
  28. 57Paleolithic-era tools ↗STONEAXES
  29. 58Have spiritual unity (with) ↗BEONE
  30. 59Falsify ↗DOCTOR
  31. 61___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites) ↗SKEETER
  32. 62Actress and model Ali ___ ↗LARTER
  33. 63Like some pricing strategies ↗TIERED
  34. 65Annual awards whose name is an acronym ↗ESPYS
  35. 66Affectedly clever ↗CUTESY
  36. 67Allude (to) ↗REFER
  37. 69Southwest landform ↗BUTTE
  38. 70Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short ↗PSA
  39. 73Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more ↗SILICONVALLEY
  40. 79[ha ha!] ↗LOL
  41. 82Reddish-brown color ↗RUST
  42. 84Ones skilled in governance ↗TECHNOCRATS
  43. 85Gram ↗NANA
  44. 86Return analogue ↗ENTER
  45. 88"You're one to talk!" ↗THATSRICH
  46. 89Mumbo jumbo ↗HOOEY
  47. 90Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed ↗FORTEPIANO
  48. 92Drink order at a sushi restaurant ↗SAKEBOTTLE
  49. 94What might have green rooms? ↗ECORESORT
  50. 95Unlikely sportsmanship award winner ↗SORELOSER
  51. 96___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister" ↗ROSAMUND
  52. 97Quarter-barrel containers of beer ↗PONYKEGS

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  1. 1Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo) ↗STAGE
  2. 2Fizzle (out) ↗PETER
  3. 3Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024 ↗LSATS
  4. 4PINpoints? ↗ATMS
  5. 5Lead-in to state or Star ↗TRI
  6. 6Typically red-coated toy figurines ↗TINSOLDIERS
  7. 7Official proclamations ↗EDICTS
  8. 8Try to produce better offspring from ↗REMATE
  9. 9Bursts ↗SPATES
  10. 10Feels for ↗PITIES
  11. 11Sport with crampons and carabiners ↗ICECLIMBING
  12. 12Document that promises secrecy, for short ↗NDA
  13. 13Like the climate in Antarctica ↗ARID
  14. 14Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say ↗WADES
  15. 15Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g. ↗EMEET
  16. 16Villain ↗BADDY
  17. 18"No doubt about it!" ↗SUREIS
  18. 19Inscribed ↗ETCHED
  19. 21Mythical creature with scales ↗MERMAN
  20. 22Lost one's temper ↗SAWRED
  21. 25Like some donations that anyone can accept ↗TYPEO
  22. 28Pride celebration ↗PARADE
  23. 29"That much is obvious" ↗SOISEE
  24. 31Child who refuses to put things away? ↗FUSSYEATER
  25. 32Flag thrower ↗NFLREFEREE
  26. 33Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score ↗COMANECI
  27. 36Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A. ↗FEEDLOTS
  28. 37TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist ↗MRROBOT
  29. 38Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria ↗CAMUS
  30. 39Perspectives ↗SLANTS
  31. 41More difficult to eat, as fish ↗BONIER
  32. 42Tandoors, e.g. ↗OVENS
  33. 43Lucy ___, African American slave narrator ↗DELANEY
  34. 44Garden pest ↗APHID
  35. 45Butterfly, e.g. ↗STROKE
  36. 46Cheeky flirts ↗MINXES
  37. 47Sufferer healed by Jesus ↗LEPER
  38. 49Unit circle ratios ↗SINES
  39. 50Like some soils high in organic matter ↗PEATY
  40. 53Small protestation ↗PEEP
  41. 56Sociologist's concern ↗MORES
  42. 58Eccentric ↗BATTY
  43. 60Update the equipment in ↗REFIT
  44. 62Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front ↗LUTES
  45. 64Erasure ↗DELETION
  46. 66Person idolized by a niche audience ↗CULTHERO
  47. 68Physics Nobelist Feynman ↗RICHARD
  48. 69Covert mission, familiarly ↗BLACKOP
  49. 70Be partial to ↗PREFER
  50. 71Shell competitor ↗SUNOCO
  51. 72Daikin Park team ↗ASTROS
  52. 74Gregorian ___ ↗CHANT
  53. 75Aware of ↗ONTO
  54. 76We, in Portuguese ↗NOS
  55. 77Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound ↗VCRS
  56. 78Teatro alla Scala solos ↗ARIAS
  57. 79Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master" ↗LAOTSE
  58. 80Support for the tree pose in yoga ↗ONELEG
  59. 81Strategy against fickle weather ↗LAYERS
  60. 83One more than 5-Down ↗TETRA
  61. 85Unacceptable ↗NOTOK
  62. 87___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table" ↗REEM
  63. 89Hallowed ↗HOLY
  64. 91Nittany Lions' sch. ↗PSU
  65. 93Big ___ ↗BEN