NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 21, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 21, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joyce KellerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Allow ↗ADMIT
  2. 6Snappy sort, for short? ↗CROC
  3. 10Tahoe runners ↗MACS
  4. 14Fanny Brice portrayer on Broadway ↗LEAMICHELE
  5. 16Governess of Thornfield Hall ↗EYRE
  6. 17Sits legs akimbo, pejoratively ↗MANSPREADS
  7. 18Highway attention-getter ↗TOOT
  8. 19Calculating ↗SLY
  9. 20Symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt ↗TOAD
  10. 21Settled down ↗ATREST
  11. 23Shakespearean "Hush!" ↗SOFT
  12. 24"Sorry to tell ya" ↗FRAIDSO
  13. 25What "it's not," they say ↗ROCKETSCIENCE
  14. 29Eschew ↗AVOID
  15. 30Parts of some wedding rituals ↗HORAS
  16. 31Clubs opening, perhaps ↗BID
  17. 34Prized people ↗GEMS
  18. 35She was totally taken by Paris ↗HELEN
  19. 36Popular perfume named after a singing star ↗RIRI
  20. 37Modern art? ↗ARE
  21. 38Germs ↗SEEDS
  22. 39That's a wrap! ↗SARAN
  23. 40Suspenseful ↗HEARTSTOPPING
  24. 43Grown-up gummies, e.g. ↗EDIBLES
  25. 45Touch ↗ABUT
  26. 46King and queen ↗TITLES
  27. 47Strength of character ↗GRIT
  28. 48One in a cage ↗RIB
  29. 51That's a laugh! ↗HAHA
  30. 52Insomniac's aid ↗WHITENOISE
  31. 55Juana ___ de la Cruz, classic Mexican writer known as "The Tenth Muse" ↗INES
  32. 56Aces ↗HOLESINONE
  33. 57Schlep ↗CART
  34. 58Alumni notes datum ↗YEAR
  35. 59St. ___ (vacation spot) ↗KITTS

Down 37

  1. 1Old-time charity ↗ALMS
  2. 2Word with good or raw ↗DEAL
  3. 3A host of ↗MANY
  4. 4Hits up online, in a way ↗IMS
  5. 5Crept cautiously ↗TIPTOED
  6. 6Some memory aids ↗CHEATSHEETS
  7. 7___-a-thon ↗READ
  8. 8Senescent ↗OLD
  9. 9It may bring out the kid in you ↗CESAREAN
  10. 10Height or width, e.g. ↗METRIC
  11. 11Sydney Adamu portrayer on "The Bear" ↗AYOEDEBIRI
  12. 12Peeved ↗CROSS
  13. 13Brief blowup ↗SETTO
  14. 15"Tomb Raider" heroine ↗CROFT
  15. 22Camel and fawn ↗TANS
  16. 23Lodge rental ↗SKIS
  17. 24Barbecuer's aid ↗FIRESTARTER
  18. 25Sitarist's composition ↗RAGA
  19. 26Totally done with ↗OVER
  20. 27Flirtatious ↗COMEHITHER
  21. 28Nose woes ↗COLDS
  22. 32Azerbaijan neighbor ↗IRAN
  23. 33Find fault with, informally ↗DING
  24. 35Lead-in to a clarification ↗HERESWHY
  25. 36Riveted ↗RAPT
  26. 38Word often printed in red ↗SALE
  27. 39"Fellow traveler," in Russian ↗SPUTNIK
  28. 41Certain marketing deluge ↗EBLAST
  29. 42Tony's cousins ↗OBIES
  30. 43Moral virtue ↗ETHIC
  31. 44Anne's best friend in "Anne of Green Gables" ↗DIANA
  32. 47___ monster ↗GILA
  33. 48Real hoot ↗RIOT
  34. 49Ain't proper? ↗ISNT
  35. 50They have five eyes and communicate by dancing ↗BEES
  36. 53Break ground, in a way ↗HOE
  37. 54Japanese ogre ↗ONI