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NYT Crossword — November 18, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 70 revealed
1J
2L
3O
4B
5A
6N
7K
8R
9E
10A
11L
12I
13D
14E
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15I
S
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E
16E
M
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17T
O
N
18E
D
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W
N
19S
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20S
T
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Y
21F
A
D
22E
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23E
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24A
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25C
26T
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27L
L
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28M
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29I
30H
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31I
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32T
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34B
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35T
36O
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37T
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38N
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40S
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41C
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42S
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43H
44A
45R
46A
47T
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48M
49E
50R
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51O
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52S
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53E
54W
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55K
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56M
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C
57T
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58O
L
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59E
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D
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61D
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Across

35 clues
1First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly
4Rebound, as a pool shot
8Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025
14Body part that might "pop"
15Words of understanding
16___ State, nickname for New York
17Soften, as a message
19Kitchen strainers
20"Don't go!"
21Appear gradually from the black, as a film image
23Industrialist Lilly
24Native led by Montezuma
26A very high price, so to speak
28Cereal variety from Switzerland
30Lead female character
31Summer temp, say
34River's bottom
35Dentist, colloquially
38Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood"
39Gets back together
40Shipped without prepaid postage, for short
42Much of Mauritania and Mali
47Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games
50Martian explorer
51Last number in a countdown
52Surgical stitch
54Used a loom
55Related to spiritual cause and effect
57Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise?
59Timeless, to a poet
60Small vortex
61"Thanks, Captain Obvious!"
62Best-of-seven games, say
63Make airtight
64Fancy hotel amenity

Down

35 clues
1Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard
2Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching"
3Fancy and elaborate
4Auction action
5Since
6Just getting started with
7Martial art with bamboo swords
8Places to live
9Key with one sharp
10Subject of much Jane Goodall research
11More alert and energetic
12Limerick's locale
13Fancy
18They wink and blink
22Filmmaker Nora
25Advertising award
27Southwestern wolf
29Presents
32Punctual people are said to arrive on this
33End of an academic address
35One fiddling around in a workshop
36Like granola bars, typically
37Onetime leader in St. Petersburg
38Newborn child
40Excites
41Trigonometry ratio
43Coyote's cry
44Steers clear of
45Excites
46First name of the Queen of Soul
48Quiets on Zoom
49Wear away
53Classic Icelandic saga
56Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short
58Toondom's Olive

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025
15×15
Grid size
70
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
5.4
Avg entry length
11 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedNov 18, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJoe Deeney
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split35 across · 35 down
Longest entries
35ADentist, colloquially11 ltrs8DPlaces to live10 ltrs29DPresents10 ltrs26AA very high price, so to speak9 ltrs47AJapanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.