NYT Crossword November 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly 3 4A Rebound, as a pool shot 4 8A Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 6 14A Body part that might "pop" 3 15A Words of understanding 4 16A ___ State, nickname for New York 6 17A Soften, as a message 8 19A Kitchen strainers 6 20A "Don't go!" 4 21A Appear gradually from the black, as a film image 6 23A Industrialist Lilly 3 24A Native led by Montezuma 5 26A A very high price, so to speak 9 28A Cereal variety from Switzerland 6 30A Lead female character 7 31A Summer temp, say 6 34A River's bottom 3 35A Dentist, colloquially 11 38A Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood" 3 39A Gets back together 6 40A Shipped without prepaid postage, for short 7 42A Much of Mauritania and Mali 6 47A Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games 9 50A Martian explorer 5 51A Last number in a countdown 3 52A Surgical stitch 6 54A Used a loom 4 55A Related to spiritual cause and effect 6 57A Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise? 8 59A Timeless, to a poet 6 60A Small vortex 4 61A "Thanks, Captain Obvious!" 3 62A Best-of-seven games, say 6 63A Make airtight 4 64A Fancy hotel amenity 3

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1D Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard 6 2D Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching" 6 3D Fancy and elaborate 6 4D Auction action 3 5D Since 4 6D Just getting started with 5 7D Martial art with bamboo swords 5 8D Places to live 10 9D Key with one sharp 6 10D Subject of much Jane Goodall research 3 11D More alert and energetic 8 12D Limerick's locale 7 13D Fancy 6 18D They wink and blink 4 22D Filmmaker Nora 6 25D Advertising award 4 27D Southwestern wolf 4 29D Presents 10 32D Punctual people are said to arrive on this 6 33D End of an academic address 3 35D One fiddling around in a workshop 8 36D Like granola bars, typically 4 37D Onetime leader in St. Petersburg 4 38D Newborn child 7 40D Excites 6 41D Trigonometry ratio 6 43D Coyote's cry 4 44D Steers clear of 6 45D Excites 6 46D First name of the Queen of Soul 6 48D Quiets on Zoom 5 49D Wear away 5 53D Classic Icelandic saga 4 56D Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short 3 58D Toondom's Olive 3