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NYT Crossword Answers Nov 23, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Trenton CharlsonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21134 clues

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Across 63

  1. 1Departed unceremoniously? ↗ELOPED
  2. 7Contained ↗HELD
  3. 11Tries to get a rise out of ↗BAITS
  4. 16Seeing someone, say ↗ONADATE
  5. 17"Couldn't agree more!" ↗AMEN
  6. 18"Couldn't agree more!" ↗HOWTRUE
  7. 20Certain vacation booking in Madrid? ↗SPANISHRAMADA
  8. 22Things from a distant land ↗EXOTICA
  9. 23Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins ↗GAMGEE
  10. 24Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome ↗VII
  11. 25Look for ↗SEEK
  12. 26Play one's part? ↗ACT
  13. 27Pants, in slang ↗TROU
  14. 28Billions and billions of boutique items? ↗OCTILLIONDRESSES
  15. 34One may keep a watch on you ↗STRAP
  16. 36Honest-to-goodness ↗REAL
  17. 37Programming pioneer Lovelace ↗ADA
  18. 38Snooped (around) ↗NOSED
  19. 39Exceed ↗GOPAST
  20. 41Put out ↗MIFF
  21. 43Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease" ↗DIDI
  22. 44What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires? ↗ACMETOTHERESCUE
  23. 49Indiana pro athlete ↗PACER
  24. 50Nest egg inits. ↗IRA
  25. 51Nashville-to-Asheville dir. ↗ESE
  26. 52Big name in kitchenware ↗OXO
  27. 53San Francisco's ___ Valley ↗NOE
  28. 55Summer hours in L.A. ↗PDT
  29. 56Tiny stinger ↗REDANT
  30. 58"Pretty please?" ↗CANI
  31. 60Bedamn ↗ACCURSE
  32. 63Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia? ↗DANCINGWITHTHETSARS
  33. 67Cocktails with curaçao ↗MAITAIS
  34. 68#1, say ↗FAVE
  35. 69Like the set of single-digit integers ↗FINITE
  36. 71Suffix with 75-Down ↗IZE
  37. 73Meeting of the minds? ↗ESP
  38. 74Many a Yeshiva student ↗JEW
  39. 75Kiss ___ ↗CAM
  40. 76Olive of old cartoons ↗OYL
  41. 77Little reminders ↗NOTES
  42. 79Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"? ↗EGOCENTRICMODEL
  43. 85Many a university benefactor, informally ↗ALUM
  44. 86Mouth-puckering ↗SOUR
  45. 87Sport ↗HAVEON
  46. 88Observes Ramadan, in a way ↗FASTS
  47. 90Sugar suffix ↗OSE
  48. 91One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker ↗SEMI
  49. 92Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains ↗NEPAL
  50. 96What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping? ↗LESSEROFTWOVEILS
  51. 101Bananas ↗LOCO
  52. 102Naked ___ jaybird ↗ASA
  53. 103Contrarian in a nursery rhyme ↗MARY
  54. 104Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker ↗REY
  55. 105Country singer Yearwood ↗TRISHA
  56. 107Tight fit ↗SQUEEZE
  57. 109Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!) ↗UNCLEARPOTION
  58. 113Tight formations ↗HUDDLES
  59. 114Parking spot? ↗SEAT
  60. 115Stop, to a sailor ↗HEAVETO
  61. 116Sargasso Sea quartet ↗ESSES
  62. 117Corner of a diamond ↗BASE
  63. 118Buries ↗INTERS

Down 71

  1. 1Fill with love ↗ENAMOR
  2. 2Love ___ ↗LANGUAGE
  3. 3Canine frenemy of Garfield ↗ODIE
  4. 4Leisurely evening walk ↗PASEO
  5. 5Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. ↗ETH
  6. 6German article ↗DER
  7. 7Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker ↗HAMILL
  8. 8It may come with attachments ↗EMAIL
  9. 9Shepherded ↗LED
  10. 10Part of what makes you you ↗DNA
  11. 11Ring master? ↗BOXER
  12. 12Up, now ↗AWOKEN
  13. 13Cousin of Gomez Addams ↗ITT
  14. 14When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared ↗TRIASSICPERIOD
  15. 15Made it big ↗SUCCEEDED
  16. 16Dizzying designs ↗OPART
  17. 18Mind ↗HEED
  18. 19Grovels ↗EATSDIRT
  19. 20Police dept. members ↗SGTS
  20. 21Do the Wright thing? ↗AVIATE
  21. 25Big fiasco ↗SNAFU
  22. 29Jalopy ↗CRATE
  23. 30John in the Radio Hall of Fame ↗TESH
  24. 31Indignant retort ↗IAMSO
  25. 32Like many of Horace's works ↗ODIC
  26. 33Float component ↗SODA
  27. 35Strengths ↗POTENCIES
  28. 40Little reminders ↗POSTITS
  29. 42Metaphorical place of indecision ↗FENCE
  30. 44Word with gauge or guitar ↗AIR
  31. 45Standing on the street ↗CRED
  32. 46It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors ↗MADAMETUSSAUDS
  33. 47Rice-A-___ ↗RONI
  34. 48Charge to redeem mutual funds ↗EXITFEE
  35. 49The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it ↗PERSIMMON
  36. 54Stare down ↗OUTFACE
  37. 57Japan's largest carrier ↗ANA
  38. 58Some sci-fi film effects, in brief ↗CGI
  39. 59Utterances of disappointment ↗AWS
  40. 604x4, for one ↗ATV
  41. 61"Evita" narrator ↗CHE
  42. 62Start of many a Latin American city name ↗SAN
  43. 64Scruffs ↗NAPES
  44. 65Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower" ↗HAWN
  45. 66Reason to see an ophthalmologist ↗STYE
  46. 7090° bend ↗ELL
  47. 71Very fast ↗INAFLASH
  48. 72Reminiscent of a certain French author’s work ↗ZOLAESQUE
  49. 74Banana Republic competitor ↗JCREW
  50. 75Like some suits ↗CIVIL
  51. 78Experts in CPR ↗EMTS
  52. 80Comically ridiculous ↗GOOFY
  53. 81Send packing ↗OUST
  54. 82A dirty look ↗THEEYE
  55. 83Actor Malek of "The Amateur" ↗RAMI
  56. 84Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces ↗ONELITER
  57. 89Mortal mother of Dionysus ↗SEMELE
  58. 91Lithe ↗SVELTE
  59. 93Puts forward ↗POSITS
  60. 94It may elicit a blessing ↗ACHOO
  61. 95Advance ↗LOAN
  62. 97Tears down ↗RAZES
  63. 98Bonanza discoveries ↗ORES
  64. 99Aquatic apex predators ↗ORCAS
  65. 100Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly ↗STPAT
  66. 106Emulate a vagabond ↗ROVE
  67. 108Newsroom V.I.P.s ↗EDS
  68. 109Kind of PC port ↗USB
  69. 110Museum-funding org. ↗NEA
  70. 111Tuna often served tartare ↗AHI
  71. 112Stimpy's cartoon pal ↗REN