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NYT Crossword — November 12, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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34 clues

1Protection from an infection

5Movie theater popcorn container

8Kurt who fronted Nirvana

14Accusative, for one

15Muff or fluff

16"Be that as it may …"

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

20Aristophanes comedy, with "The"

21Sailors' patron

24King George ___, "Hamilton" character

25Some H.S. teams

28Remote batteries

32Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce

37It keeps you in the dark

38"Is it too risky?"

39Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025

42Sporty convertible

44Like some ironed shirts and fall air

45Free pass in sports

46"The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas

47Washboard parts

49Grocery aisle enticement

55Beer brand from Anheuser-Busch

59Image in this puzzle

63Steve of "Battle of the Sexes"

65With a clean slate

66What some people think this puzzle's image represents

68Eliot of the Untouchables

Down

44 clues

1Say "As if!," e.g.

2Clamdigger pants style

3First American multimillionaire

5Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches

7Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed"

8Bowed instruments

10Kiss, in Córdoba

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

12Prefix with -metric

13French resistance?

18Fort Collins sch.

19Hawaiian souvenir

23Late-night host Jack

25Website with a "Conservadox" option

27Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024

29Great service provider

30Late-night host Seth

34Bad time for Caesar

36"Let's call it ___"

38What some people think this puzzle's image represents

40Many Pablo Neruda works

47One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps

50Fish in a poke bowl

51Soccer great Rapinoe

52Wrinkly fruit

53Pixelated, informally

54Cable show covering the red carpet

55Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the"

56Wrinkly fruit

57Isaac's favorite son

59Counterpart of down: Abbr.

61"Just a sec," in a text

62Four-term prez

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

41/184

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 12, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBrad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 44 down

Longest entries

17AImage depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically15 ltrs 59AImage in this puzzle15 ltrs 32ACondiment sometimes known as rooster sauce8 ltrs 42ASporty convertible8 ltrs 37AIt keeps you in the dark7 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 41 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.