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NYT Crossword — November 4, 2025

Tuesday’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

37 clues

1Skill needed for bocce

4World's most commonly cultivated coffee species

11Genre for Jimmy Eat World

14Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls

15Like the number "i"

16___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles)

17Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay"

19George Washington bill

20Repellent ingredient

21Queens ballplayer

22Spun platters for a party, informally

23Isn't perfect

24Half of a standard deck of cards

30Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across

3117-syllable poem

33Like slavery per the 13th Amendment

38Wood-cutting tool

391950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across

41It can be blonde or brown

42Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories

44Bert's roommate

462010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel

47See 30-Across

48Place for plants to flourish

56"___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit)

57Diarist Anaïs

59As easy as ___

60Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing"

64As easy as ___

65Experienced again

66The Dream Team

68People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak

69___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand

Down

41 clues

1The half with the hit song, typically

2Word with city or peace

4"Brokeback Mountain" director Lee

5Roving floor cleaner

6Perfectly behaved child

7Water filter brand

8Suffix with front or cash

9Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley

10Singers Green and Jardine

11Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g.

12French Impressionist Claude

13Some newspaper pieces that aren't news

18Empathetic response to an apology

22Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello

26Garb that's typically plaid

27[I'm scared!]

29City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park

32Common beverage suffix

33Rental car option

34ChatGPT, for one

35Throws in the towel

37Syllable doubled after "fiddle"

40However, in a text

45"Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote)

47Épéeist, e.g.

48One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors"

49Eponym of a popular puzzle

52Metaphor for a bad goalie

54Ashton Kutcher's role on "That ’70s Show"

55What a hot iron may give off

60Like some humor

61Start of a bray

63Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 4, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPatrick Hayden

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17AFolk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay"11 ltrs 60AFast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing"11 ltrs 24AHalf of a standard deck of cards10 ltrs 48APlace for plants to flourish10 ltrs 33ALike slavery per the 13th Amendment9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.