NYT Crossword November 30 2025 Answers

All 125 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

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PUZZLE GRID21×19 · SPOILERS HIDDEN

1M2A3I4L5I6P7A8B9O10E11R12POLLO13INAN14E15ADRE16P17SUDOKU18ASSAY19NERVE20S21MAMET22D23ONTSPE24AK25SEAT26S27ALPS28GOA29ATP30RS31S32ARAL33NAUT34ILUS35NHL36THA37TLLDO38UMP39WATT40TEE41SOFA42SIA43PIT44BOSS45ATBA46Y47TES48TBAN49HANS50LAUDE51HERE52E53LECTO54R55INCAN56TARIF57F58S59DOJO60NI61H62SKY63FOR64TORO65TRAN66SICO67N68CLOB69BERED70VIM71LOOIE72HONOR73ETA74BUN75SO76S77W78EET79RA80D81S82O83POR84AINTITFU85N86TE87S88S89A90CHOY91HON92JLO93SO94B95SWAN96RARI97TAN98NUBI99A100VA101MPING102IRKSOME103ADULT104ABTONER105MAYHEM106PERES107EATERY

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES125 CLUES

ACROSS

1APost-vacation pile4 lettersMAIL

5ABrooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief3 lettersIPA

8AHistorical Dutch settler4 lettersBOER

12A___ guisado (Caribbean stew)5 lettersPOLLO

13AVapid5 lettersINANE

15ACampaign manager?5 lettersADREP

17APuzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year"6 lettersSUDOKU

18AMetallurgist's evaluation5 lettersASSAY

19AButterflies, so to speak6 lettersNERVES

21AActress Zosia ___ of "Girls"5 lettersMAMET

22A"Zip it"9 lettersDONTSPEAK

25AAccommodates5 lettersSEATS

27AMountains where St. Bernards were originally bred4 lettersALPS

28AFormer Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast3 lettersGOA

29AChemical essential to cellular metabolism, for short3 lettersATP

30A___ feed (news reader)3 lettersRSS

32A___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water4 lettersARAL

33ASpiral-shelled mollusk8 lettersNAUTILUS

35AOrg. for Penguins and Ducks3 lettersNHL

36A"Enough already"8 lettersTHATLLDO

38AMake some calls3 lettersUMP

39A"W" on a light bulb4 lettersWATT

40AThree-way intersection3 lettersTEE

41ACoin collector?4 lettersSOFA

42ASinger with the 2014 #1 album "1,000 Forms of Fear"3 lettersSIA

43ADealer's manager7 lettersPITBOSS

45AIn check5 lettersATBAY

47ANuclear restraint pact7 lettersTESTBAN

49A___ Castorp, protagonist of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"4 lettersHANS

50ASumma cum ___5 lettersLAUDE

51A"Hold this"4 lettersHERE

52ACollege voter?7 lettersELECTOR

55AAncient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha5 lettersINCAN

56ATaxes levied during trade wars7 lettersTARIFFS

59AChop house?4 lettersDOJO

60ACancer research agcy.3 lettersNIH

62ALocale for drones3 lettersSKY

63APreposition that can be represented by a number3 lettersFOR

64AMatador's opponent4 lettersTORO

65AGay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one9 lettersTRANSICON

68ABeat badly9 lettersCLOBBERED

70AEnergy3 lettersVIM

71ASarge's boss5 lettersLOOIE

72AKnighthood, for one5 lettersHONOR

73A"When r u getting in?"3 lettersETA

74AMantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine3 lettersBUN

75A"Awwww!"7 lettersSOSWEET

79A"Awesome!"3 lettersRAD

81ALethargy5 lettersSOPOR

84AGrammy-winning Paramore hit of 20149 lettersAINTITFUN

86AActress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You"5 lettersTESSA

90ABok ___4 lettersCHOY

91ADearie3 lettersHON

92ACo-star of 2025's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," to fans3 lettersJLO

93ABreak down in tears3 lettersSOB

95AAquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___4 lettersSWAN

96ALenape people from whom a New Jersey river gets its name7 lettersRARITAN

98AEgypt/Sudan border region5 lettersNUBIA

100ANoodling in a jazz tune7 lettersVAMPING

102AAnnoying7 lettersIRKSOME

103AIn the majority?5 lettersADULT

104ACore-sculpting belt7 lettersABTONER

105AUtter chaos6 lettersMAYHEM

106A1994 co-Nobelist Shimon5 lettersPERES

107AGreasy spoon, e.g.6 lettersEATERY

DOWN

1DSelf-effacing6 lettersMODEST

2DOodles4 lettersALOT

3DStrain3 lettersILK

4DBaseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo8 lettersLOUDOUTS

5DBottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps11 lettersINSTANTTANS

6DSkirt responsibility11 lettersPASSTHEBUCK

7DProverbial cure-all11 lettersANAPPLEADAY

8DBasketball attempt that uses the backboard8 lettersBANKSHOT

9DMartín Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence"3 lettersODE

10DLeaves the straight and narrow4 lettersERRS

11DExpose6 lettersREVEAL

12DFirst Eurodance hit in the U.S. (1989)12 lettersPUMPUPTHEJAM

13DEnding with mammal or Mendel3 lettersIAN

14DGood quality for an artist3 lettersEYE

16DWith 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts … as seen in four columns in this puzzle?12 lettersPEARLSBEFORE

17DItalian sub ingredient6 lettersSALAMI

20DDiamonds can sometimes be found in them6 lettersSTADIA

21D"Quit whining, dude!"5 lettersMANUP

23DMalt-drying kiln4 lettersOAST

24D"O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night"4 lettersARTS

26DJohn who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village"5 lettersSLOAN

28D2022 sequel to "Knives Out"10 lettersGLASSONION

31DRefuge10 lettersSAFEHARBOR

34D"You can't make me!"5 lettersIWONT

37DArm of the police department5 lettersTASER

44DEssayist Francis5 lettersBACON

45DComedian Wong3 lettersALI

46DCash on the Ginza3 lettersYEN

48DOverdone5 lettersTRITE

52D1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show4 lettersEDTV

53DActress Petty of "A League of Their Own"4 lettersLORI

54DAnti-mob law acronym4 lettersRICO

56DAnimated character, informally4 lettersTOON

57DAct the worrywart4 lettersFRET

58D___ fountain4 lettersSODA

61DSauce served with Peking duck6 lettersHOISIN

63DMichelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief6 lettersFLOTUS

66DIndistinct speech4 lettersSLUR

67DIt's a gas4 lettersNEON

68D"Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear")4 lettersCHEF

69DYoung miscreant4 lettersBRAT

74DLike some charm6 lettersBOYISH

76DPatron of lost causes6 lettersSTJUDE

77DLiterary runt of the litter6 lettersWILBUR

78D"L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto)6 lettersETOILE

80DDictatorial figure6 lettersDESPOT

81DOpen-weave fabric5 lettersSCRIM

82DNew York School poet Frank5 lettersOHARA

83D"Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker5 lettersPORKY

84DFirst-rate4 lettersAONE

85DFlare up?4 lettersNOVA

87DSee 16-Down5 lettersSWINE

88DMore prudent5 lettersSANER

89DAbout to explode, say5 lettersANGRY

91DPink character in the "Toy Story" movies4 lettersHAMM

94DFarmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest4 lettersBABE

97DTurf ___ (football injury)3 lettersTOE

98DPart of a day care schedule3 lettersNAP

99D@ @ @3 lettersATS

101DInits. at Grand Central Terminal3 lettersMTA

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