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New York Times, Tuesday, November 11, 2025

November 12, 2025

By Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan • 71 Clues

Across Clues

1. CAPTCHA blockees → BOTS

5. Crust (over) → SCAB

9. Building with a "broad side," in an idiom → BARN

13. One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa → ACRE

14. Attire in many a Degas painting → TUTU

15. "Hey, sailor!" → AHOY

16. "It's hard to say" → WHOREALLYKNOWS

19. Like June 21 among all the days of the year → LONGEST

20. Place to plop down in a parlor → SETTEE

21. Vote in → ELECT

23. Sparkler on a ring → GEM

24. 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore → LUCA

27. Whole bunch → SLEW

29. Bar mitzvah or confirmation → RITE

32. In unison → ASONE

34. Relaxing sounds → AAHS

36. The "N" of NGO → NON

37. It's hard to say → THATWASMYFAULT

40. Vietnamese New Year → TET

41. Stingy sort? → WASP

42. Semiaquatic relative of a badger → OTTER

43. Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE → EROS

45. Does poorly → AILS

47. ___-à-___ → TETE

48. Holiday centerpiece → FIR

50. "Here, ___!" → CATCH

52. Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one → STATUE

55. One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g. → YODELER

59. It's hard to say → WORCESTERSHIRE

61. Some rounds → AMMO

62. Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish) → PARM

63. Track shape → OVAL

64. Polite assent → YESM

65. Prying → NOSY

66. First coin to use the $ symbol → PESO

Down Clues

1. Blubber → BAWL

2. Número de planetas → OCHO

3. Mega or jumbo ending → TRON

4. Forrest Gump, for one → SERGEANT

5. Inactive periods → STASES

6. Many a midnight movie → CULTCLASSIC

7. Home of the Braves: Abbr. → ATL

8. Completely goes along with → BUYS

9. Playful teasing → BANTER

10. Quite some time, antonymously → AHOTMINUTE

11. "Dirty Jobs" host Mike → ROWE

12. Where Coca-Cola is KO → NYSE

17. An elver is a young one → EEL

18. Cask → KEG

22. Leaders in assists, typically → TEAMPLAYERS

24. Place for cafe art → LATTE

25. Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow" → USHER

26. Canada's features a unicorn → COATOFARMS

28. One of the five W's → WHY

30. For rent → TOLET

31. ___ nous → ENTRE

33. "I so did not need to hear that!" → EWW

35. Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief → SFO

38. Minor-league level → AAA

39. 1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance → ATTHEHOP

44. Show with a laugh track → SITCOM

46. Wet, with thunder and lightning → STORMY

49. Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" → RUE

51. Some music sales, for short → CDS

52. Convince → SWAY

53. "You talkin' ___?" → TOME

54. Its website has a "Fantasy" tab → ESPN

56. On now → LIVE

57. "Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift → ERAS

58. Move, in real estate lingo → RELO

60. "The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller) → TAO