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NYT Crossword — November 19, 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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38 clues

6Unspoken "yes"

9Creep into a creek, say

13Establishment whose name means "lounge" in French

14Gun in an action flick

15"We're innocent of wrongdoing"

16Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs

18Foreboding signs

20Topaz and turquoise

21Spanish island with a lively club scene

22Holland in Hollywood

23Some loud dogs … or food critics

25Fiddle (with)

26Fancy spirals in calligraphy

28Place to say "I do"

31Does something about it

32Crave, with "for"

36Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle?

38Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle?

40Harness for oxen

41Kindergarten basics

45Watch an entire season in one day, say

46Increases in pricing

49"Man, I tell ya!"

52Set up panels for renewable energy, informally

53Fish for fish sticks

56Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony

58Three-point shot, in slang

59Rice lookalike

60"That makes two of us"

61The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets

63Food item placed in Egyptian tombs, as its layers symbolized eternity

64Earliest drug approved to treat H.I.V.

66Computer memory units, in brief

67"Right this minute!"

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40 clues

1It's a good thing

2Flatbread eaten during Passover

3Nap interrupter, maybe

4Author ___ Neale Hurston

6Chocolaty spread

7Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss

8Cut up in a lab, perhaps

9Something shown in a sonogram

10Fell down hard, in slang

11Finito or kaput

12Lit class assignment

15Squeak or squeal

17Golden ___ (many a retiree)

23Space race cosmonaut Gagarin

24Fall into disrepair over time

26Playful prank

27Some outfits for Bollywood films

29Potty, to Potter

30"Naughty, naughty"

33"Inside Politics" channel

35Austin-to-Boston dir.

37Its alphabet starts with Alfa and ends with Zulu

39Business that's picking up?

42Toast giver at a wedding, often

43Spanish sausage

44Intro to writing?

48Big hit in the ring

50Layer wrapping Earth

51"Get me?," to beatniks

53Center of the ancient Minoan civilization

54Netflix crime drama set in rural Missouri

55Some stadium toppers

57Showers with flowers and sweets, say

59Great Plains native

62I.C.U. staffers

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

39/186

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

9 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 19, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeremy Newton

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split38 across · 40 down

Longest entries

16ATimes noted in Captain Kirk's logs9 ltrs 26AFancy spirals in calligraphy9 ltrs 46AIncreases in pricing9 ltrs 61AThe Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets9 ltrs 23ASome loud dogs … or food critics7 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 39 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.