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NYT Crossword November 18 2025 Answers

All 70 clues from the Tuesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES70 CLUES
ACROSS
1AFirst female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›4ARebound, as a pool shot4 lettersSee answer ›8ARequirement for domestic air travel starting in 20256 lettersSee answer ›14ABody part that might "pop"3 lettersSee answer ›15AWords of understanding4 lettersSee answer ›16A___ State, nickname for New York6 lettersSee answer ›17ASoften, as a message8 lettersSee answer ›19AKitchen strainers6 lettersSee answer ›20A"Don't go!"4 lettersSee answer ›21AAppear gradually from the black, as a film image6 lettersSee answer ›23AIndustrialist Lilly3 lettersSee answer ›24ANative led by Montezuma5 lettersSee answer ›26AA very high price, so to speak9 lettersSee answer ›28ACereal variety from Switzerland6 lettersSee answer ›30ALead female character7 lettersSee answer ›31ASummer temp, say6 lettersSee answer ›34ARiver's bottom3 lettersSee answer ›35ADentist, colloquially11 lettersSee answer ›38AActress Long of "Boyz N the Hood"3 lettersSee answer ›39AGets back together6 lettersSee answer ›40AShipped without prepaid postage, for short7 lettersSee answer ›42AMuch of Mauritania and Mali6 lettersSee answer ›47AJapanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games9 lettersSee answer ›50AMartian explorer5 lettersSee answer ›51ALast number in a countdown3 lettersSee answer ›52ASurgical stitch6 lettersSee answer ›54AUsed a loom4 lettersSee answer ›55ARelated to spiritual cause and effect6 lettersSee answer ›57ACollection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise?8 lettersSee answer ›59ATimeless, to a poet6 lettersSee answer ›60ASmall vortex4 lettersSee answer ›61A"Thanks, Captain Obvious!"3 lettersSee answer ›62ABest-of-seven games, say6 lettersSee answer ›63AMake airtight4 lettersSee answer ›64AFancy hotel amenity3 lettersSee answer ›
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1DMaterial that's been deliberately thrown overboard6 lettersSee answer ›2DPhilosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching"6 lettersSee answer ›3DFancy and elaborate6 lettersSee answer ›4DAuction action3 lettersSee answer ›5DSince4 lettersSee answer ›6DJust getting started with5 lettersSee answer ›7DMartial art with bamboo swords5 lettersSee answer ›8DPlaces to live10 lettersSee answer ›9DKey with one sharp6 lettersSee answer ›10DSubject of much Jane Goodall research3 lettersSee answer ›11DMore alert and energetic8 lettersSee answer ›12DLimerick's locale7 lettersSee answer ›13DFancy6 lettersSee answer ›18DThey wink and blink4 lettersSee answer ›22DFilmmaker Nora6 lettersSee answer ›25DAdvertising award4 lettersSee answer ›27DSouthwestern wolf4 lettersSee answer ›29DPresents10 lettersSee answer ›32DPunctual people are said to arrive on this6 lettersSee answer ›33DEnd of an academic address3 lettersSee answer ›35DOne fiddling around in a workshop8 lettersSee answer ›36DLike granola bars, typically4 lettersSee answer ›37DOnetime leader in St. Petersburg4 lettersSee answer ›38DNewborn child7 lettersSee answer ›40DExcites6 lettersSee answer ›41DTrigonometry ratio6 lettersSee answer ›43DCoyote's cry4 lettersSee answer ›44DSteers clear of6 lettersSee answer ›45DExcites6 lettersSee answer ›46DFirst name of the Queen of Soul6 lettersSee answer ›48DQuiets on Zoom5 lettersSee answer ›49DWear away5 lettersSee answer ›53DClassic Icelandic saga4 lettersSee answer ›56DScanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short3 lettersSee answer ›58DToondom's Olive3 lettersSee answer ›
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