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New York Times Crossword November 17 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword November 17 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Vegas attraction, with "the"STRIP5Across1 Bitter-smellingACRID5Across6 Cell signal unitBAR3Across11 Pleasant smellAROMA5Across14 Heavyweight African animal, informallyRHINO5Across15 ApplicationUSE3Across16 Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangleFIGUREEIGHT11Across17 So-so, in modern slangMID3Across19 Scrapes (out), as a livingEKES4Across20 Mental slip-upLAPSE5Across21 Univ. degrees for executivesMBAS4Across22 Many a prom tuxedoRENTAL6Across23 Train track partRAIL4Across25 Airheads, Dots, Fun Dip, Heath, Kit Kat, Life Savers, M&M's, Milk Duds, Nerds, Oh Henry!, Peeps, Pez, Rolo, Skittles, Twix, TwizzlersSWEETSIXTEEN12Across27 Growth in a fish tankALGAE5Across33 Steaming madIRATE5Across36 Girlfriend or boyfriend, informallyBAE3Across37 GruesomeGORY4Across38 Cooks just the outsides ofSEARS5Across39 NuisancePEST4Across40 A narcissist has a big oneEGO3Across41 Giving the go-aheadOKING5Across42 Keto and Paleo, for twoDIETS5Across43 Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woofDOUBLEOSEVEN12Across44 In one's birthday suitNUDE4Across47 Skeptic's remarkIFEVER6Across48 Home of a "500" race, familiarlyINDY4Across52 Great ___ National Park (Nevada attraction)BASIN5Across54 Shoe's bottomSOLE4Across58 Play-___DOH3Across59 Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, StonewallJACKSONFIVE11Across60 Musical YokoONO3Across62 With everything on the lineALLIN5Across63 Like a pyramid or sphereSOLID5Across64 Femur and fibula siteLEG3Across65 Not sharp, as a pencilBLUNT5Across66 VulgarCRASS5Across67

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Less riskySAFER5Down1 Tot's three-wheelerTRIKE5Down2 Comic actor SethROGEN5Down3 "If you want me to be honest ..."IMUSTSAY8Down4 Golfing standardPAR3Down5 RegionAREA4Down6 Intel productCHIP4Down7 Makes unfair, in a wayRIGS4Down8 Receives from a willINHERITS8Down9 Nickname for DorothyDOT3Down10 Insect that stingsBUMBLEBEE9Down11 Home to Hanoi and Hong KongASIA4Down12 Cincinnati teamREDS4Down13 ___ Woods, "Legally Blonde" protagonistELLE4Down18 Sch. with a T stationMIT3Down22 AmazementAWE3Down24 Lumberjack's toolAXE3Down26 Letters before "And on that farm ..."EIEIO5Down28 The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+TRANS5Down29 Platoon V.I.P.SARGE5Down30 Sunrise directionEAST4Down31 Ping-Pong dividersNETS4Down32 Like most cheeses with rindsAGED4Down33 Nike's swoosh, e.g.LOGO4Down34 Punxsutawney Phil, for oneGROUNDHOG9Down35 Classic arcade game with bull's-eye ringsSKEEBALL8Down39 Strongly desiresPINESFOR8Down40 Like a centenarianOLD3Down42 "For suresies"DEF3Down43 PurchaseBUY3Down45 Bottle served at a trattoriaVINO4Down46 Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hatVOILA5Down49 The King of Rock and RollELVIS5Down50 Marsh plantsREEDS5Down51 Object of adorationIDOL4Down52 ZeroNONE4Down53 Rights advocacy org. since 1920ACLU4Down55 Dermatologist's focusSKIN4Down56 "It ___ that simple ..."ISNT4Down57 Quick punchJAB3Down60 Foreign policy grp.NSC3Down61

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, November 17, 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.