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New York Times, Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Author:
Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Quite some time, antonymously
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
397/30/201911/11/202529
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
116622471
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
331.5921942.251%
Christina Iverson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
67/10/202211/11/20256
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
4011000
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.605036.948%
Scott Hogan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 71, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Iverson. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Hogan. Grid flow: 60.5 Tuesday freshness: 42%
Jim Horne notes:

A narrower grid today makes up for yesterday's wider one. Plus, it allows for four 14-letter spanners and this delightful theme.

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B
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O
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© 2025, The New York Times11/11/25 ( No. 27,762 )
Across
1
CAPTCHA blockees : BOTS
5
Crust (over) : SCAB
9
Building with a "broad side," in an idiom : BARN
13
One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa : ACRE
14
Attire in many a Degas painting : TUTU
15
"Hey, sailor!" : AHOY
16
"It's hard to say" : WHOREALLYKNOWS
19
Like June 21 among all the days of the year : LONGEST
20
Place to plop down in a parlor : SETTEE
21
Vote in : ELECT
23
Sparkler on a ring : GEM
24
2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore : LUCA
27
Whole bunch : SLEW
29
Bar mitzvah or confirmation : RITE
32
In unison : ASONE
34
Relaxing sounds : AAHS
36
The "N" of NGO : NON
37
It's hard to say : THATWASMYFAULT
40
Vietnamese New Year : TET
41
Stingy sort? : WASP
42
Semiaquatic relative of a badger : OTTER
43
Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE : EROS
45
Does poorly : AILS
47
___-à-___ : TETE
48
Holiday centerpiece : FIR
50
"Here, ___!" : CATCH
52
Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one : STATUE
55
One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g. : YODELER
59
It's hard to say : WORCESTERSHIRE
61
Some rounds : AMMO
62
Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish) : PARM
63
Track shape : OVAL
64
Polite assent : YESM
65
Prying : NOSY
66
First coin to use the $ symbol : PESO
Down
1
Blubber : BAWL
2
Número de planetas : OCHO
3
Mega or jumbo ending : TRON
4
Forrest Gump, for one : SERGEANT
5
Inactive periods : STASES
6
Many a midnight movie : CULTCLASSIC
7
Home of the Braves: Abbr. : ATL
8
Completely goes along with : BUYS
9
Playful teasing : BANTER
10
Quite some time, antonymously : AHOTMINUTE
11
"Dirty Jobs" host Mike : ROWE
12
Where Coca-Cola is KO : NYSE
17
An elver is a young one : EEL
18
Cask : KEG
22
Leaders in assists, typically : TEAMPLAYERS
24
Place for cafe art : LATTE
25
Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow" : USHER
26
Canada's features a unicorn : COATOFARMS
28
One of the five W's : WHY
30
For rent : TOLET
31
___ nous : ENTRE
33
"I so did not need to hear that!" : EWW
35
Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief : SFO
38
Minor-league level : AAA
39
1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance : ATTHEHOP
44
Show with a laugh track : SITCOM
46
Wet, with thunder and lightning : STORMY
49
Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" : RUE
51
Some music sales, for short : CDS
52
Convince : SWAY
53
"You talkin' ___?" : TOME
54
Its website has a "Fantasy" tab : ESPN
56
On now : LIVE
57
"Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift : ERAS
58
Move, in real estate lingo : RELO
60
"The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller) : TAO

Answer summary:
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