NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam WagnerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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TUENOV
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WEDNOV
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THUNOV
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FRINOV
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SATNOV
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Across 38

  1. 1Duds in bed? ↗PJS
  2. 4Place for a castle ↗BEACH
  3. 9Retailer across the street from Rockefeller Center ↗SAKS
  4. 13Bread for dipping ↗SOP
  5. 14Very, very ↗ULTRA
  6. 15Very, very particular ↗ANAL
  7. 16Cubing needs ↗SKINDIVES
  8. 18Like an S-Tier video game character ↗ELITE
  9. 19Computer pros ↗TECHS
  10. 20In position ↗SITUATED
  11. 22Beurre demi-___ (salted butter, in France) ↗SEL
  12. 23Turns on ↗BETTERDAYS
  13. 25___ ejemplo ↗POR
  14. 26"Hail," in Latin ↗AVE
  15. 27Scottsbluff's state: Abbr. ↗NEB
  16. 28Overlook for an award, say ↗SNUB
  17. 30Hitchhiker's hope ↗RIDE
  18. 32Niihau neighbor ↗KAUAI
  19. 36Make, as money ↗AMBIENT
  20. 38Ensnare ↗STARMAP
  21. 40Puts through the paces ↗TESTS
  22. 41On the topic of ↗ASTO
  23. 43Spanx founder Blakely ↗SARA
  24. 44Spanish diminutive suffix ↗ITO
  25. 46"Excuse me!" ↗HEY
  26. 47Video game customization, informally ↗MOD
  27. 48Fops ↗DAMNEDLIES
  28. 52Surfboard stabilizer ↗FIN
  29. 53Vesper Lynd portrayer in "Casino Royale" ↗EVAGREEN
  30. 54"Star Wars" character originally portrayed by a puppet that weighed over a ton ↗JABBA
  31. 56They may be threaded ↗BROWS
  32. 57He doesn't belong ... or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 23-, 36-, 38- and 48-Across ↗ODDMANOUT
  33. 60Singer with the #1 hits "Umbrella" and "Disturbia," familiarly ↗RIRI
  34. 61Levi's Stadium player, informally ↗NINER
  35. 62Actor who participated in the first WrestleMania event, in 1985 ↗MRT
  36. 63Came down to earth ↗ALIT
  37. 64"Jumping Jehoshaphat!" ↗EGADS
  38. 65Supporting article? ↗BRA

Down 36

  1. 1Subtle attention-getter ↗PSST
  2. 2"Guess I'm the dummy" ↗JOKESONME
  3. 3Dry seasons? ↗SPICERUBS
  4. 4Signs of spring ↗BUDS
  5. 5Yalie ↗ELI
  6. 6Off-road rover, for short ↗ATV
  7. 7Sporting a tuft of feathers ↗CRESTED
  8. 8Knows the solution ↗HASIT
  9. 9Restaurants' "serve yourself" features ↗SALADBARS
  10. 10Baker of R&B ↗ANITA
  11. 11Actress Sagal ↗KATEY
  12. 12They make runs at the Winter Olympics ↗SLEDS
  13. 17Blues' grp. ↗NHL
  14. 18"I've got the answer!" ↗EUREKA
  15. 21Atomic number of neon ↗TEN
  16. 23Rustic wedding venue ↗BARN
  17. 24Musical with the showstopper "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" ↗EVITA
  18. 25Exam for some sophs. ↗PSAT
  19. 29Humor with an edge ↗BITINGWIT
  20. 31First name in cosmetics ↗ESTEE
  21. 33Dish that creates an explosion of rich flavors, in modern parlance ↗UMAMIBOMB
  22. 34Narrator/antagonist in "Hamilton" ↗AARONBURR
  23. 35Pixel alternative ↗IPAD
  24. 37Perfume compounds ↗ESTERS
  25. 39Most characters in Pixar's first film ↗TOYS
  26. 42Bash ↗SHINDIG
  27. 45"___ to Joy" ↗ODE
  28. 48Messing around on TV? ↗DEBRA
  29. 49Mars follower, in Marseille ↗AVRIL
  30. 50Source of the word "tiki" ↗MAORI
  31. 51Sierra ___ ↗LEONE
  32. 52Summer cooler ↗FAN
  33. 54Tipping points? ↗JARS
  34. 55Palindromic flour ↗ATTA
  35. 58The stuff of life ↗DNA
  36. 59___ school ↗MED