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NYT Crossword — November 27, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Feature of a mountain or fingerprint

6Deli counter units: Abbr.

9"___ dabba doo!"

15Thanos, to the Avengers

16Company that's the subject of the documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room"

17Football offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape

21Big inits. in home security

23Symbols for density, in physics

25Select, as a career

27Low-lying area

29Good person to give a time-consuming project, maybe

34St. ___ (city on a bay, informally)

35Latin for "but"

36One way to live

37Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer

38"Tee" follower

39Greek theater

40In ___ (developing)

41Like nonagenarians

43Process for a descending spacecraft

46Losers to the Olympians

48Sing like Ella Fitzgerald

51Coke-versus-Pepsi and Apple-versus-Samsung, e.g.

57Complete an impossible task … or a hint to reading three Down answers in this puzzle

60Check someone's checks?

64"Antiques Roadshow" network

65Use, as one's influence

Down

37 clues

1More cold and wet

2Like some wolfhounds and whiskeys

3Lucky scientist, perhaps

4"This is terrible!"

9"Anno Domini" period

11Creamy pairing with fig jam

12Obnoxious sort

13___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946)

19M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024

24Gloomy, as an atmosphere

26"That's relatable"

28Some citrus desserts

30Ship-to-shore communicators

31Essential biochemical process that releases energy in cells

32Big ones might clash

33___ Faire (medieval-themed festival)

34Grp. that's down on all furs?

35Person who's off-base?

37Go after, in a way

47Russian refusals

49Many an early internet user, informally

51Cousin of turquoise

52Disappointments

53With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!"

55"Put your pens and pencils down"

57California's capital, in some of its nicknames

58Center of activity

59"Vivat ___" ("Long live the king")

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Stats & info

Thursday, Nov 27, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

17 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 27, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAlexander Liebeskind

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 37 down

Longest entries

17AFootball offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape17 ltrs 57AComplete an impossible task … or a hint to reading three Down answers in this puzzle15 ltrs 43AProcess for a descending spacecraft12 ltrs 9D"Anno Domini" period12 ltrs 29AGood person to give a time-consuming project, maybe10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.