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NYT Crossword — November 15, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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35 clues

1Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang

11Branded T-shirts, pens, phone chargers, etc.

15Many a role for Keanu Reeves or Bruce Willis

16Something you should avoid

17Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder

19Assists after a breakdown

20It's used for hair therapy

24Subject of "the talk"

25Swear off, with "of"

27Offering on a sushi menu

28How one might react during a scary movie

34"No duh!," in modern lingo

35Kidney-related

36___ Trung Thu, harvest festival in Southeast Asia

37Chick of jazz

38Gem with a "black" variety

41Game show figure

43Twist targets, informally

44Currency of Qatar

45Sail on the front of a foremast

49Fantasy monster whose name is an anagram of another fantasy monster

50Westminster Abbey has one named after King Henry VII

56Bad way to be caught

58Source of umami in Japanese cuisine

59Boisterously joyful

61"Darn tootin'!"

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37 clues

1Incredibly bad

2Exclamation often made while covering the face

3L.G.B.T.Q. vacation destination on Cape Cod, for short

4Spam might fill them

6Ducks are seen on ice here

7Showy purple flower

8Organic energy source

9___ Laszlo, cosmetics businessman

12Brand associated with push-ups

13Form of literature coined by Sartre

14Face justice, in a way

21Unexposed side

24Author Silverstein

26Mathematician's output

27Plant whose nectar produces the mildly toxic "mad honey"

30Places to keep play things

31Set for service?

32"Regardless …"

33___ Day and the Knights, fictional R&B band in "Animal House"

40High point of 1950s car design?

42Close of business?

45Martial artist who appeared in three "Expendables" films

48Like a baby's fingers, perhaps

51Plant that thrives in dry climates

52Hangs out, with "around"

53Give the finger?

55"That hurts!"

57Condition of Freud's "Rat Man," in brief

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Stats & info

Saturday, Nov 15, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

28/197

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 15, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKyle Dolan

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

1AUnable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang10 ltrs 15AMany a role for Keanu Reeves or Bruce Willis10 ltrs 17AProduction company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder10 ltrs 30AWin dough?10 ltrs 39A"One …"10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.