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New York Times, Wednesday, November 12, 2025

November 13, 2025

By Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann • 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Protection from an infection → SCAB

5. Movie theater popcorn container → TUB

8. Kurt who fronted Nirvana → COBAIN

14. Accusative, for one → CASE

15. Muff or fluff → ERR

16. "Be that as it may …" → EVENSO

17. Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically → OPTICALILLUSION

20. Aristophanes comedy, with "The" → FROGS

21. Sailors' patron → STELMO

22. Energize → FIREUP

24. King George ___, "Hamilton" character → III

25. Some H.S. teams → JVS

28. Remote batteries → AAS

30. Social ___ → MEDIA

32. Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce → SRIRACHA

37. It keeps you in the dark → EYEMASK

38. "Is it too risky?" → DOIDARE

39. Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025 → DORITOS

41. Appetites → URGES

42. Sporty convertible → ROADSTER

44. Like some ironed shirts and fall air → CRISP

45. Free pass in sports → BYE

46. "The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas → KYD

47. Washboard parts → ABS

49. Grocery aisle enticement → SAMPLE

55. Beer brand discontinued in 2010 → BUDICE

58. Wading bird → HERON

59. Image in this puzzle → AMBIGUOUSFIGURE

63. Steve of "Battle of the Sexes" → CARELL

64. "Tubular!" → RAD

65. With a clean slate → ANEW

66. What some people think this puzzle's image represents → RABBIT

67. U.K. home → EUR

68. Eliot of the Untouchables → NESS

Down Clues

1. Say "As if!," e.g. → SCOFF

2. Clamdigger pants style → CAPRI

3. First American multimillionaire → ASTOR

4. Sand-colored → BEIGE

5. Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches → TEA

6. Web addresses → URLS

7. Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" → BRITISH

8. Bowed instruments → CELLI

9. Haploid cell → OVUM

10. Kiss, in Córdoba → BESO

11. Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER → ANI

12. Prefix with -metric → ISO

13. French resistance? → NON

18. Fort Collins sch. → CSU

19. Hawaiian souvenir → LEI

23. Late-night host Jack → PAAR

25. Website with a "Conservadox" option → JDATE

26. Sun blocker → VISOR

27. Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 → SAKS

29. Great service provider → ACER

30. Late-night host Seth → MEYERS

31. Put out → EMIT

32. "Excuse me" → SORRY

33. Stiff → RIGID

34. Bad time for Caesar → IDES

35. Hoarse voice → RASP

36. "Let's call it ___" → ADAY

38. What some people think this puzzle's image represents → DUCK

40. Many Pablo Neruda works → ODES

43. No-name → OBSCURE

47. One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps → ADULT

48. Life story → BIO

50. Fish in a poke bowl → AHI

51. Soccer great Rapinoe → MEGAN

52. Wrinkly fruit → PRUNE

53. Pixelated, informally → LORES

54. Cable show covering the red carpet → ENEWS

55. Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" → BIEB

56. Wrinkly fruit → UGLI

57. Isaac's favorite son → ESAU

59. Counterpart of down: Abbr. → ACR

60. Billy bawl? → MAA

61. "Just a sec," in a text → BRB

62. Four-term prez → FDR