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NYT Crossword — November 6, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 75 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g.

6Things often included with a free subscription

17Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry

18Super Bowl LVI winner

19More likely to make the correct choice

20Kind of butter in beauty products

21Skeptical sort

23Critical item

24SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame

26Annual February/March event, with "the"

30Daredevil's mantra, in brief

31Dressing choice

32Vegetables in Cajun cuisine

34Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle

39One in a gym set

44Hydrotherapy center

45Finagled a discount, say

47Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across

49See 47-Across

53Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across

57See 53-Across

61Designates, in a way

62Resistance to change?

63Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift

64One accepted into the family?

Down

40 clues

1Like many mustaches in film

2Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately

3Shows little sign of slowing down

4Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down

5Museum's entrance and exit?

7College official

8Trailer opening?

9Maker of the i4 and i5

12Animal in many a roundup

13Groups in roundups

21Get together for a party

27Canon collection, in brief

29"Jeez Louise!"

30"Jeez Louise!"

31"A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet"

33Be in the military

34Like some orders and tales

37Closest pal, in brief

40Source of a printout, often

42Many a cult classic

43Protests that aren't going anywhere?

46Have high hopes

50Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column

54Actress de Armas

56Cryptology grp.

58Put a PIN in it!

59Actress Long of "Love Jones"

60Color on the beach

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Stats & info

Thursday, Nov 6, 2025

15×15

Grid size

75

Total entries

44/181

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 6, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSam Brody

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 40 down

Longest entries

34ACertain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle13 ltrs 4DLanguage in which "kabanica" is 10-Down8 ltrs 10DSee 4-Down8 ltrs 47ALanguage in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across7 ltrs 49ASee 47-Across7 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.