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NYT Crossword — November 26, 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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Across

39 clues

10Growth on one side of trees

14Psalm starter

15Home to the renowned Khan el-Khalili bazaar

18"An assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained" (1998)

21Jewish ceremony performed eight days after birth

23"To love ___ is the beginning of a lifelong romance": Oscar Wilde

28With 34-Across, "Like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time" (2000)

31Work of Congress

32Price you pay

33Loch viewed from the village of Drumnadrochit

34See 28-Across

37Pa Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies"

38"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it." (1994)

40Amazon wrapper

43"A two-hour movie squeezed into three hours" (2001)

48One who may end on a high note

50Filmmakers with distinctive styles

51Like a die-hard fan

52Book after Judges

53Cable channel since 1981

54Pulitzer-winning critic known for his perceptive, sometimes sharply worded reviews, as seen in 18-, 28-/34-, 38- and 43-Across

58With 34-Down, food delivery app

63Apple product introduced in 2010

Down

39 clues

2Lizard with an oceangoing subspecies nicknamed Godzilla

4Once-common pesticide banned in 1972

5Color of a literary "A"

6Tax on imports

7Gets ready to fire

8Nest egg inits.

9Disorderly heap of people

10"There's a traitor in our ___!"

12Advisory in a school zone

13ID with two hyphens

19Abbr. before a year

21One might precede "Excuse you!"

24Ballpark figures

25Homeowner's proof of purchase

26Right direction?

27Meeting, slangily

29Worrier's opening words

34See 58-Across

35Potatoes, in Indian cuisine

37Juan : Spanish :: ___ : Portuguese

38Below, poetically

40Drinking sprees

41One way to get to an airport

43Modest poker holding

44Big name in upscale fashion

45Unfair accusation

46Jenna of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"

47Answered an invitation

49People looking for hookups, informally

52Car at an auction, maybe

54Part of a Bahama Mama

56"You ___!" (words of agreement)

57Letter after chi

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 26, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJohn McClung

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

28AWith 34-Across, "Like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time" (2000)11 ltrs 43A"A two-hour movie squeezed into three hours" (2001)11 ltrs 18A"An assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained" (1998)10 ltrs 54APulitzer-winning critic known for his perceptive, sometimes sharply worded reviews, as seen in 18-, 28-/34-, 38- and 43-Across10 ltrs 11DVeteran8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.