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New York Times, Wednesday, November 26, 2025

November 27, 2025

By John McClung • 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Posterior → HIND

5. Unadventurous → STAID

10. Growth on one side of trees → MOSS

14. Psalm starter → OGOD

15. Home to the renowned Khan el-Khalili bazaar → CAIRO

16. Woes → ILLS

17. Posterior → BUTT

18. "An assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained" (1998) → ARMAGEDDON

20. "No" vote → NAY

21. Jewish ceremony performed eight days after birth → BRIS

22. "Over here!" → PSST

23. "To love ___ is the beginning of a lifelong romance": Oscar Wilde → ONESELF

25. Simple songs → DITTIES

28. With 34-Across, "Like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time" (2000) → BATTLEFIELD

30. Fannie ___ → MAE

31. Work of Congress → ACT

32. Price you pay → FEE

33. Loch viewed from the village of Drumnadrochit → NESS

34. See 28-Across → EARTH

37. Pa Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" → JED

38. "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it." (1994) → NORTH

39. [Sigh] → ALAS

40. Amazon wrapper → BOA

41. Film locale → SET

42. QB Brady → TOM

43. "A two-hour movie squeezed into three hours" (2001) → PEARLHARBOR

48. One who may end on a high note → SOPRANO

50. Filmmakers with distinctive styles → AUTEURS

51. Like a die-hard fan → AVID

52. Book after Judges → RUTH

53. Cable channel since 1981 → MTV

54. Pulitzer-winning critic known for his perceptive, sometimes sharply worded reviews, as seen in 18-, 28-/34-, 38- and 43-Across → ROGEREBERT

57. ___ school → PREP

58. With 34-Down, food delivery app → UBER

59. Drive back → REPEL

60. Wise guy → SAGE

61. ___ Universe → MISS

62. Slate, e.g. → STONE

63. Apple product introduced in 2010 → IPAD

Down Clues

1. Mingle → HOBNOB

2. Lizard with an oceangoing subspecies nicknamed Godzilla → IGUANA

3. "Wait!" → NOTYET

4. Once-common pesticide banned in 1972 → DDT

5. Color of a literary "A" → SCARLET

6. Tax on imports → TARIFF

7. Gets ready to fire → AIMS

8. Nest egg inits. → IRA

9. Disorderly heap of people → DOGPILE

10. "There's a traitor in our ___!" → MIDST

11. Veteran → OLDTIMER

12. Advisory in a school zone → SLO

13. ID with two hyphens → SSN

19. Abbr. before a year → ESTD

21. One might precede "Excuse you!" → BELCH

24. Ballpark figures → STATS

25. Homeowner's proof of purchase → DEED

26. Right direction? → EAST

27. Meeting, slangily → SESH

29. Worrier's opening words → IFEAR

33. ___ Dame → NOTRE

34. See 58-Across → EATS

35. Potatoes, in Indian cuisine → ALOO

36. Runs amok → RAMPAGES

37. Juan : Spanish :: ___ : Portuguese → JOAO

38. Below, poetically → NEATH

40. Drinking sprees → BENDERS

41. One way to get to an airport → SHUTTLE

43. Modest poker holding → PAIR

44. Big name in upscale fashion → LAUREN

45. Unfair accusation → BUMRAP

46. Jenna of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" → ORTEGA

47. Answered an invitation → RSVPED

49. People looking for hookups, informally → RVERS

52. Car at an auction, maybe → REPO

54. Part of a Bahama Mama → RUM

55. Belt in judo → OBI

56. "You ___!" (words of agreement) → BET

57. Letter after chi → PSI