← Back to Crossword Archive
📰

New York Times, Monday, November 3, 2025

November 04, 2025

By Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels • 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Fizzy pop → SODA
5. Eve's mate → ADAM
9. Film that may have inspired "Sharknado" → JAWS
13. "Jurassic Park" beast, for short → TREX
14. Yawning, say → BORED
16. Land on the Tigris and Euphrates → IRAQ
17. *PIN, e.g. → ACCESSCODE
19. Restaurant handout → MENU
20. Tennis star Osaka → NAOMI
21. Pint-size → SMALL
23. Pioneering computer engineer Lovelace → ADA
24. Fleming who was the original host of "Jeopardy!" → ART
26. *Stray feline → ALLEYCAT
28. Skull → CRANIUM
32. AMC's "Better Call ___" → SAUL
33. Guffaw, in internet lingo → LOL
34. Abruptly call off one's plans → BAIL
37. Gooey goody → SMORE
40. *Overly eager personal injury lawyer, derisively → AMBULANCECHASER
44. Shade of purple → MAUVE
45. "I suppose so" → YEAH
46. ___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin → ELI
47. More than a snack → MEAL
49. Clairol product → HAIRDYE
52. *Gangster a.k.a. Scarface → ALCAPONE
56. "As I see it," to texters → IMO
57. August birth sign, for the most part → LEO
58. Give a talking-to → SCOLD
60. Dispense carefully → ALLOT
64. Red-hot flow → LAVA
66. *Morning waker-upper → ALARMCLOCK
68. French "with" → AVEC
69. "Gotta run!" → LATER
70. Recording studio effect → ECHO
71. Gender-specific possessive → HERS
72. Word made up of the four main compass points → NEWS
73. Aussie critters → ROOS

Down Clues

1. Slang for a huge fan → STAN
2. Large toothed whale → ORCA
3. Roaring Twenties style, informally → DECO
4. Guitarist, in slang → AXEMAN
5. "Six-pack" muscles → ABS
6. Physicians, for short → DOCS
7. Enticing scent → AROMA
8. Olympics reward → MEDAL
9. Singer Morrison of the Doors → JIM
10. *Warning sign that might be seen on a chain-link fence → AREACLOSED
11. Stand-up comic Sykes → WANDA
12. Diddly-___ → SQUAT
15. Secluded valleys → DELLS
18. Apple's digital assistant → SIRI
22. Line for Lassie → LEASH
25. Oom-pah band instrument → TUBA
27. Arizona city or Native American tribe → YUMA
28. Happy as a ___ → CLAM
29. Egg-shaped tomato → ROMA
30. *Record art space → ALBUMCOVER
31. Oodles → MANY
35. "Rocks," to a bartender → ICE
36. Two-time Emmy winner Remini → LEAH
38. Depend (on) → RELY
39. The "E" of HOMES → ERIE
41. Layer of the eye → UVEA
42. Emulates a tree frog or ballerina → LEAPS
43. Masala ___ (Indian spiced tea) → CHAI
48. Not express, as a train → LOCAL
50. Apple on a desk, perhaps → IMAC
51. Word before derby or coaster → ROLLER
52. Koran's Almighty → ALLAH
53. Depart → LEAVE
54. Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight Rises" → NOLAN
55. Thrill → ELATE
59. Classic teen sleuth Nancy → DREW
61. Nutso → LOCO
62. Eight, in Spanish → OCHO
63. Some boxing wins, in brief → TKOS
65. Summer coolers, for short … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues → ACS
67. Title for Doubtfire, Fields or Maisel → MRS