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NYT Crossword November 28 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, November 28 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Pension alternatives, for short4 lettersSee answer ›5Hustle4 lettersSee answer ›9"Odds are …"5 lettersSee answer ›14Drive around the office?9 lettersSee answer ›16Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive"5 lettersSee answer ›17Bahamians and Bahrainis9 lettersSee answer ›18Speedboat's speed5 lettersSee answer ›19Fake account3 lettersSee answer ›20Dead ends?4 lettersSee answer ›21James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame4 lettersSee answer ›22Piano études, essentially7 lettersSee answer ›24Not above7 lettersSee answer ›27Trusty12 lettersSee answer ›29Alternative to a fingerprint, maybe8 lettersSee answer ›30Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand Slam4 lettersSee answer ›31Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor"4 lettersSee answer ›32The Jazz, on sports tickers3 lettersSee answer ›33Coming ___4 lettersSee answer ›34Small band4 lettersSee answer ›35Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of "Tea for Two"8 lettersSee answer ›37Plant eater?12 lettersSee answer ›39What the British call people who make crosswords7 lettersSee answer ›40Prepared statement?7 lettersSee answer ›44One-named rock idol who was born Paul David Hewson4 lettersSee answer ›45Locking horns4 lettersSee answer ›46Guess alternative3 lettersSee answer ›47Vegges out5 lettersSee answer ›49Restaurant sommelier's offering9 lettersSee answer ›51Foundational skateboard trick5 lettersSee answer ›52Doesn't exactly ham it up9 lettersSee answer ›53Sings (out)5 lettersSee answer ›54Stereotypical eye-roller4 lettersSee answer ›55Informal get-together4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Words of affirmation5 lettersSee answer ›2Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings"5 lettersSee answer ›3Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night"5 lettersSee answer ›4Genre for Toots and the Maytals3 lettersSee answer ›5Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is named7 lettersSee answer ›6Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its name11 lettersSee answer ›7Runs4 lettersSee answer ›8Rap figures, for short3 lettersSee answer ›9Similarly6 lettersSee answer ›10Flash mob group, perhaps11 lettersSee answer ›11Decide where to stay9 lettersSee answer ›12One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for short3 lettersSee answer ›13"Quite so"3 lettersSee answer ›15Back in the race?7 lettersSee answer ›21French name meaning "born again"4 lettersSee answer ›23"Mind your own beeswax!"11 lettersSee answer ›24It's not constructive11 lettersSee answer ›25Game division4 lettersSee answer ›26"I saw that!"3 lettersSee answer ›28Eccentric5 lettersSee answer ›29Colorful capsule that splatters9 lettersSee answer ›31Like samples4 lettersSee answer ›33Appetizer7 lettersSee answer ›34Anchors might be seen on them3 lettersSee answer ›35___-Latino4 lettersSee answer ›36Funny Fred7 lettersSee answer ›38Picks up6 lettersSee answer ›41Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)"5 lettersSee answer ›42Some hailstone "souvenirs"5 lettersSee answer ›43"Oof, sounds terrible!"5 lettersSee answer ›45Top-tier4 lettersSee answer ›47Softball question3 lettersSee answer ›48José ___ (Mexican food brand)3 lettersSee answer ›49Humble dwelling3 lettersSee answer ›50Served as3 lettersSee answer ›