NYT Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Cause a mess, as with frying oil 8 9A Create an intricate series of lies, say 8 17A Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers 9 19A "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia" 9 20A Or more 10 22A Like many public housing projects 10 23A Comprehends 4 24A Way to manipulate public opinion through fear 11 26A "The ___ is done" 4 27A Some ambulance destinations, for short 3 28A Ceramicists' devices 13 30A Hog heaven? 3 31A Wrong idea 15 33A Word with bean or lemon 4 34A ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives" 5 35A Tick off 4 37A Pieces of art? 7 40A Allude (to) 3 41A Winter Olympics event 7 44A Agreements where one party takes some heat? 9 46A Old-time theater item 9 48A They point toward Mecca while salah is performed 10 50A Evergreen pointer 10 51A Sharpen 4 52A Natural process of maturing 11 54A Airplane wing feature 4 55A Girder whose name assumes a serif font 5 57A Paleolithic-era tools 9 58A Have spiritual unity (with) 5 59A Falsify 6 61A ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites) 7 62A Actress and model Ali ___ 6 63A Like some pricing strategies 6 65A Annual awards whose name is an acronym 5 66A Affectedly clever 6 67A Allude (to) 5 69A Southwest landform 5 70A Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short 3 73A Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more 13 79A [ha ha!] 3 82A Reddish-brown color 4 84A Ones skilled in governance 11 85A Gram 4 86A Return analogue 5 88A "You're one to talk!" 9 89A Mumbo jumbo 5 90A Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed 10 92A Drink order at a sushi restaurant 10 94A What might have green rooms? 9 95A Unlikely sportsmanship award winner 9 96A ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister" 8 97A Quarter-barrel containers of beer 8

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1D Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo) 5 2D Fizzle (out) 5 3D Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024 5 4D PINpoints? 4 5D Lead-in to state or Star 3 6D Typically red-coated toy figurines 11 7D Official proclamations 6 8D Try to produce better offspring from 6 9D Bursts 6 10D Feels for 6 11D Sport with crampons and carabiners 11 12D Document that promises secrecy, for short 3 13D Like the climate in Antarctica 4 14D Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say 5 15D Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g. 5 16D Villain 5 18D "No doubt about it!" 6 19D Inscribed 6 21D Mythical creature with scales 6 22D Lost one's temper 6 25D Like some donations that anyone can accept 5 28D Pride celebration 6 29D "That much is obvious" 6 31D Child who refuses to put things away? 10 32D Flag thrower 10 33D Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score 8 36D Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A. 8 37D TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist 7 38D Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria 5 39D Perspectives 6 41D More difficult to eat, as fish 6 42D Tandoors, e.g. 5 43D Lucy ___, African American slave narrator 7 44D Garden pest 5 45D Butterfly, e.g. 6 46D Cheeky flirts 6 47D Sufferer healed by Jesus 5 49D Unit circle ratios 5 50D Like some soils high in organic matter 5 53D Small protestation 4 56D Sociologist's concern 5 58D Eccentric 5 60D Update the equipment in 5 62D Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front 5 64D Erasure 8 66D Person idolized by a niche audience 8 68D Physics Nobelist Feynman 7 69D Covert mission, familiarly 7 70D Be partial to 6 71D Shell competitor 6 72D Daikin Park team 6 74D Gregorian ___ 5 75D Aware of 4 76D We, in Portuguese 3 77D Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound 4 78D Teatro alla Scala solos 5 79D Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master" 6 80D Support for the tree pose in yoga 6 81D Strategy against fickle weather 6 83D One more than 5-Down 5 85D Unacceptable 5 87D ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table" 4 89D Hallowed 4 91D Nittany Lions' sch. 3 93D Big ___ 3