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New York Times Crossword November 28 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword November 28 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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#
Pension alternatives, for shortIRAS4Across1 HustleSCAM4Across5 "Odds are …"IDBET5Across9 Drive around the office?WORKETHIC9Across14 Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive"NAOMI5Across16 Bahamians and BahrainisISLANDERS9Across17 Speedboat's speedKNOTS5Across18 Fake accountLIE3Across19 Dead ends?DEES4Across20 James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of FameRICK4Across21 Piano études, essentiallyLESSONS7Across22 Not aboveBENEATH7Across24 TrustyTRIEDANDTRUE12Across27 Alternative to a fingerprint, maybePASSCODE8Across29 Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand SlamRORY4Across30 Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor"FAYE4Across31 The Jazz, on sports tickersUTA3Across32 Coming ___SOON4Across33 Small bandTRIO4Across34 Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of "Tea for Two"ARTTATUM8Across35 Plant eater?VENUSFLYTRAP12Across37 What the British call people who make crosswordsSETTERS7Across39 Prepared statement?IMREADY7Across40 One-named rock idol who was born Paul David HewsonBONO4Across44 Locking hornsATIT4Across45 Guess alternativeLEE3Across46 Vegges outLOAFS5Across47 Restaurant sommelier's offeringHOUSEWINE9Across49 Foundational skateboard trickOLLIE5Across51 Doesn't exactly ham it upUNDERACTS9Across52 Sings (out)BELTS5Across53 Stereotypical eye-rollerTEEN4Across54 Informal get-togetherSESH4Across55

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Words of affirmationIWILL5Down1 Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings"ROSIE5Down2 Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night"ARLES5Down3 Genre for Toots and the MaytalsSKA3Down4 Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is namedSTDENIS7Down5 Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its nameCHEESECURLS11Down6 RunsAIRS4Down7 Rap figures, for shortMCS3Down8 SimilarlyINKIND6Down9 Flash mob group, perhapsDANCETROUPE11Down10 Decide where to stayBOOKAROOM9Down11 One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for shortEMT3Down12 "Quite so"TIS3Down13 Back in the race?ENDORSE7Down15 French name meaning "born again"RENE4Down21 "Mind your own beeswax!"STAYOUTOFIT11Down23 It's not constructiveBADATTITUDE11Down24 Game divisionTURN4Down25 "I saw that!"HEY3Down26 EccentricDOTTY5Down28 Colorful capsule that splattersPAINTBALL9Down29 Like samplesFREE4Down31 AppetizerSTARTER7Down33 Anchors might be seen on themTVS3Down34 ___-LatinoAFRO4Down35 Funny FredARMISEN7Down36 Picks upSENSES6Down38 Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)"ALICE5Down41 Some hailstone "souvenirs"DENTS5Down42 "Oof, sounds terrible!"YEESH5Down43 Top-tierAONE4Down45 Softball questionLOB3Down47 José ___ (Mexican food brand)OLE3Down48 Humble dwellingHUT3Down49 Served asWAS3Down50

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, November 28, 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.