NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 28, 2025

Complete answer list for the November 28, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jacob McDermottEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Pension alternatives, for short ↗IRAS
  2. 5Hustle ↗SCAM
  3. 9"Odds are …" ↗IDBET
  4. 14Drive around the office? ↗WORKETHIC
  5. 16Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive" ↗NAOMI
  6. 17Bahamians and Bahrainis ↗ISLANDERS
  7. 18Speedboat's speed ↗KNOTS
  8. 19Fake account ↗LIE
  9. 20Dead ends? ↗DEES
  10. 21James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame ↗RICK
  11. 22Piano études, essentially ↗LESSONS
  12. 24Not above ↗BENEATH
  13. 27Trusty ↗TRIEDANDTRUE
  14. 29Alternative to a fingerprint, maybe ↗PASSCODE
  15. 30Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand Slam ↗RORY
  16. 31Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor" ↗FAYE
  17. 32The Jazz, on sports tickers ↗UTA
  18. 33Coming ___ ↗SOON
  19. 34Small band ↗TRIO
  20. 35Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of "Tea for Two" ↗ARTTATUM
  21. 37Plant eater? ↗VENUSFLYTRAP
  22. 39What the British call people who make crosswords ↗SETTERS
  23. 40Prepared statement? ↗IMREADY
  24. 44One-named rock idol who was born Paul David Hewson ↗BONO
  25. 45Locking horns ↗ATIT
  26. 46Guess alternative ↗LEE
  27. 47Vegges out ↗LOAFS
  28. 49Restaurant sommelier's offering ↗HOUSEWINE
  29. 51Foundational skateboard trick ↗OLLIE
  30. 52Doesn't exactly ham it up ↗UNDERACTS
  31. 53Sings (out) ↗BELTS
  32. 54Stereotypical eye-roller ↗TEEN
  33. 55Informal get-together ↗SESH

Down 35

  1. 1Words of affirmation ↗IWILL
  2. 2Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings" ↗ROSIE
  3. 3Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night" ↗ARLES
  4. 4Genre for Toots and the Maytals ↗SKA
  5. 5Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is named ↗STDENIS
  6. 6Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its name ↗CHEESECURLS
  7. 7Runs ↗AIRS
  8. 8Rap figures, for short ↗MCS
  9. 9Similarly ↗INKIND
  10. 10Flash mob group, perhaps ↗DANCETROUPE
  11. 11Decide where to stay ↗BOOKAROOM
  12. 12One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for short ↗EMT
  13. 13"Quite so" ↗TIS
  14. 15Back in the race? ↗ENDORSE
  15. 21French name meaning "born again" ↗RENE
  16. 23"Mind your own beeswax!" ↗STAYOUTOFIT
  17. 24It's not constructive ↗BADATTITUDE
  18. 25Game division ↗TURN
  19. 26"I saw that!" ↗HEY
  20. 28Eccentric ↗DOTTY
  21. 29Colorful capsule that splatters ↗PAINTBALL
  22. 31Like samples ↗FREE
  23. 33Appetizer ↗STARTER
  24. 34Anchors might be seen on them ↗TVS
  25. 35___-Latino ↗AFRO
  26. 36Funny Fred ↗ARMISEN
  27. 38Picks up ↗SENSES
  28. 41Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)" ↗ALICE
  29. 42Some hailstone "souvenirs" ↗DENTS
  30. 43"Oof, sounds terrible!" ↗YEESH
  31. 45Top-tier ↗AONE
  32. 47Softball question ↗LOB
  33. 48José ___ (Mexican food brand) ↗OLE
  34. 49Humble dwelling ↗HUT
  35. 50Served as ↗WAS