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New York Times Crossword November 12 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword November 12 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 78 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Protection from an infectionSCAB4Across1 Movie theater popcorn containerTUB3Across5 Kurt who fronted NirvanaCOBAIN6Across8 Accusative, for oneCASE4Across14 Muff or fluffERR3Across15 "Be that as it may …"EVENSO6Across16 Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabeticallyOPTICALILLUSION15Across17 Aristophanes comedy, with "The"FROGS5Across20 Sailors' patronSTELMO6Across21 EnergizeFIREUP6Across22 King George ___, "Hamilton" characterIII3Across24 Some H.S. teamsJVS3Across25 Remote batteriesAAS3Across28 Social ___MEDIA5Across30 Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauceSRIRACHA8Across32 It keeps you in the darkEYEMASK7Across37 "Is it too risky?"DOIDARE7Across38 Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025DORITOS7Across39 AppetitesURGES5Across41 Sporty convertibleROADSTER8Across42 Like some ironed shirts and fall airCRISP5Across44 Free pass in sportsBYE3Across45 "The Spanish Tragedy" playwright ThomasKYD3Across46 Washboard partsABS3Across47 Grocery aisle enticementSAMPLE6Across49 Beer brand from Anheuser-BuschBUDICE6Across55 Wading birdHERON5Across58 Image in this puzzleAMBIGUOUSFIGURE15Across59 Steve of "Battle of the Sexes"CARELL6Across63 "Tubular!"RAD3Across64 With a clean slateANEW4Across65 What some people think this puzzle's image representsRABBIT6Across66 U.K. homeEUR3Across67 Eliot of the UntouchablesNESS4Across68

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Say "As if!," e.g.SCOFF5Down1 Clamdigger pants styleCAPRI5Down2 First American multimillionaireASTOR5Down3 Sand-coloredBEIGE5Down4 Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwichesTEA3Down5 Web addressesURLS4Down6 Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed"BRITISH7Down7 Bowed instrumentsCELLI5Down8 Haploid cellOVUM4Down9 Kiss, in CórdobaBESO4Down10 Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBERANI3Down11 Prefix with -metricISO3Down12 French resistance?NON3Down13 Fort Collins sch.CSU3Down18 Hawaiian souvenirLEI3Down19 Late-night host JackPAAR4Down23 Website with a "Conservadox" optionJDATE5Down25 Sun blockerVISOR5Down26 Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024SAKS4Down27 Great service providerACER4Down29 Late-night host SethMEYERS6Down30 Put outEMIT4Down31 "Excuse me"SORRY5Down32 StiffRIGID5Down33 Bad time for CaesarIDES4Down34 Hoarse voiceRASP4Down35 "Let's call it ___"ADAY4Down36 What some people think this puzzle's image representsDUCK4Down38 Many Pablo Neruda worksODES4Down40 No-nameOBSCURE7Down43 One paying for a full-price ticket, perhapsADULT5Down47 Life storyBIO3Down48 Fish in a poke bowlAHI3Down50 Soccer great RapinoeMEGAN5Down51 Wrinkly fruitPRUNE5Down52 Pixelated, informallyLORES5Down53 Cable show covering the red carpetENEWS5Down54 Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the"BIEB4Down55 Wrinkly fruitUGLI4Down56 Isaac's favorite sonESAU4Down57 Counterpart of down: Abbr.ACR3Down59 Billy bawl?MAA3Down60 "Just a sec," in a textBRB3Down61 Four-term prezFDR3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.