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NYT Crossword — November 28, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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33 clues

1Pension alternatives, for short

9"Odds are …"

14Drive around the office?

16Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive"

17Bahamians and Bahrainis

18Speedboat's speed

21James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame

22Piano études, essentially

29Alternative to a fingerprint, maybe

30Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand Slam

31Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor"

32The Jazz, on sports tickers

35Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of "Tea for Two"

39What the British call people who make crosswords

40Prepared statement?

44One-named rock idol who was born Paul David Hewson

45Locking horns

46Guess alternative

49Restaurant sommelier's offering

51Foundational skateboard trick

52Doesn't exactly ham it up

54Stereotypical eye-roller

55Informal get-together

Down

35 clues

1Words of affirmation

2Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings"

3Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night"

4Genre for Toots and the Maytals

5Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is named

6Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its name

8Rap figures, for short

10Flash mob group, perhaps

11Decide where to stay

12One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for short

15Back in the race?

21French name meaning "born again"

23"Mind your own beeswax!"

24It's not constructive

25Game division

26"I saw that!"

29Colorful capsule that splatters

34Anchors might be seen on them

41Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)"

42Some hailstone "souvenirs"

43"Oof, sounds terrible!"

47Softball question

48José ___ (Mexican food brand)

49Humble dwelling

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Stats & info

Friday, Nov 28, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 28, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorJacob McDermott

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 35 down

Longest entries

27ATrusty12 ltrs 37APlant eater?12 ltrs 6DJunk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its name11 ltrs 10DFlash mob group, perhaps11 ltrs 23D"Mind your own beeswax!"11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.