NYT Crossword November 21, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Allow 5 6A Snappy sort, for short? 4 10A Tahoe runners 4 14A Fanny Brice portrayer on Broadway 10 16A Governess of Thornfield Hall 4 17A Sits legs akimbo, pejoratively 10 18A Highway attention-getter 4 19A Calculating 3 20A Symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt 4 21A Settled down 6 23A Shakespearean "Hush!" 4 24A "Sorry to tell ya" 7 25A What "it's not," they say 13 29A Eschew 5 30A Parts of some wedding rituals 5 31A Clubs opening, perhaps 3 34A Prized people 4 35A She was totally taken by Paris 5 36A Popular perfume named after a singing star 4 37A Modern art? 3 38A Germs 5 39A That's a wrap! 5 40A Suspenseful 13 43A Grown-up gummies, e.g. 7 45A Touch 4 46A King and queen 6 47A Strength of character 4 48A One in a cage 3 51A That's a laugh! 4 52A Insomniac's aid 10 55A Juana ___ de la Cruz, classic Mexican writer known as "The Tenth Muse" 4 56A Aces 10 57A Schlep 4 58A Alumni notes datum 4 59A St. ___ (vacation spot) 5

Down

1D Old-time charity 4 2D Word with good or raw 4 3D A host of 4 4D Hits up online, in a way 3 5D Crept cautiously 7 6D Some memory aids 11 7D ___-a-thon 4 8D Senescent 3 9D It may bring out the kid in you 8 10D Height or width, e.g. 6 11D Sydney Adamu portrayer on "The Bear" 10 12D Peeved 5 13D Brief blowup 5 15D "Tomb Raider" heroine 5 22D Camel and fawn 4 23D Lodge rental 4 24D Barbecuer's aid 11 25D Sitarist's composition 4 26D Totally done with 4 27D Flirtatious 10 28D Nose woes 5 32D Azerbaijan neighbor 4 33D Find fault with, informally 4 35D Lead-in to a clarification 8 36D Riveted 4 38D Word often printed in red 4 39D "Fellow traveler," in Russian 7 41D Certain marketing deluge 6 42D Tony's cousins 5 43D Moral virtue 5 44D Anne's best friend in "Anne of Green Gables" 5 47D ___ monster 4 48D Real hoot 4 49D Ain't proper? 4 50D They have five eyes and communicate by dancing 4 53D Break ground, in a way 3 54D Japanese ogre 3