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New York Times, Thursday, November 13, 2025

November 14, 2025

By Kyle Perkins • 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Palm Sunday remnant used on the first Wednesday of Lent → ASH
4. Milky Way maker … or Milky Way object → MARS
8. Cereal option → MUESLI
14. Word with brain … or body? → PEA
15. Company behind National Pancake Day → IHOP
16. "You can't be serious!" → OHCMON
17. La ___, Bolivia → PAZ
18. Practices on the court → SHOOTSSOOPS
20. Hose fillers → LEGS
22. "___-high by the Fourth of July" (corn farmer's adage) → KNEE
23. "Uh-uh" → NOPE
24. Isolated → SILOED
26. Deep cut → GASH
28. November honoree, informally → VET
29. Shows exasperation, in a way → RONESEYES
31. Two-cent pieces? → OPEDS
33. Burden → ONUS
34. Mega Man console, informally → NES
35. Comedian Costello → LOU
36. Pollen producer on a flower → STAMEN
38. Time off, perhaps? → JETLAG
41. Where someone might keep a tab on you? → PUB
42. Make it → TAG
43. Those in charge: Abbr. → LDRS
45. Assail → BESET
48. Bewilder → THROWFOOP
50. One serving a queen, perhaps → ANT
51. Spicy cuisine → THAI
53. Little squirt → SHORTY
54. Certain bra spec → DCUP
56. Sound from Peppa of kids' TV → OINK
58. Part of Q.E.D. → ERAT
59. Props for one's performance → ROFAPPLAUSE
62. Nonhuman source of spam → BOT
64. Like a premium plan for an account user, maybe → ADFREE
65. The Israelites' golden calf, e.g. → IDOL
66. Neckwear that can't be laundered → LEI
67. Annoy → PESTER
68. Takes from → ROBS
69. Subject discussed in — and also hidden in the name of — the 2019 documentary "Third Eye Spies" → ESP

Down Clues

1. Maps or Notes, e.g. → APP
2. They're known for their bark → SEALIONS
3. Flavor of Frangelico liqueur → HAZELNUT
4. Whiffs, say → MISSES
5. Spa sound → AHH
6. Cheat, informally → ROOK
7. Mooches → SPONGES
8. He smashed his tablets in anger → MOSES
9. Speech fillers → UHS
10. Nobel Prize category, for short → ECON
11. Actor J.B. of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" → SMOOVE
12. Cut (off) → LOPPED
13. Map miniatures → INSETS
19. Things caddies carry → TEAS
21. Freaks out → GOESAPE
24. Sign of a packed house → SRO
25. Brightest star in Cygnus → DENEB
27. Eerie forest sound → HOOT
30. Kyoto cash → YEN
32. Root on → PULLFOR
35. Some unpleasant things to step on with bare feet → LEGOS
37. Many a rescue dog → MUTT
38. Shock → JAR
39. So cute → ADORABLE
40. Caves → GROTTOES
42. What something a magician holds might disappear into → THINAIR
44. One with secrets → SPY
45. Undeserved reputation, informally → BADRAP
46. Make hard to read, in a way → ENCODE
47. Packs → STUFFS
48. Common serving of lobster → TAIL
49. What this puzzle's sets of shaded squares resemble → WHEELS
52. Optimist → HOPER
55. Word aptly filling the blanks of this verb: SE_ _ _A_E → PART
57. Bit of praise, humorously → KUDO
60. English letter that looks like the Greek rho → PEE
61. Cry, cry, cry → SOB
63. Start to fall, say → TIP