NYT Crossword November 4, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Skill needed for bocce 3 4A World's most commonly cultivated coffee species 7 11A Genre for Jimmy Eat World 3 14A Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls 3 15A Like the number "i" 7 16A ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles) 3 17A Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay" 11 19A George Washington bill 3 20A Repellent ingredient 4 21A Queens ballplayer 3 22A Spun platters for a party, informally 4 23A Isn't perfect 4 24A Half of a standard deck of cards 10 28A Part of n.b. 4 30A Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across 4 31A 17-syllable poem 5 33A Like slavery per the 13th Amendment 9 38A Wood-cutting tool 3 39A 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across 7 41A It can be blonde or brown 3 42A Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories 9 44A Bert's roommate 5 46A 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel 4 47A See 30-Across 4 48A Place for plants to flourish 10 53A Inquires 4 56A "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit) 4 57A Diarist Anaïs 3 58A What you eat 4 59A As easy as ___ 3 60A Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing" 11 64A As easy as ___ 3 65A Experienced again 7 66A The Dream Team 3 67A Squeeze (by) 3 68A People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak 7 69A ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand 3

Down

1D The half with the hit song, typically 5 2D Word with city or peace 5 3D Update 9 4D "Brokeback Mountain" director Lee 3 5D Roving floor cleaner 6 6D Perfectly behaved child 5 7D Water filter brand 5 8D Suffix with front or cash 3 9D Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley 3 10D Singers Green and Jardine 3 11D Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g. 5 12D French Impressionist Claude 5 13D Some newspaper pieces that aren't news 5 18D Empathetic response to an apology 5 22D Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello 4 25D Slog, say 5 26D Garb that's typically plaid 4 27D [I'm scared!] 6 29D City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park 6 31D Possessed 3 32D Common beverage suffix 3 33D Rental car option 5 34D ChatGPT, for one 3 35D Throws in the towel 9 36D QB Manning 3 37D Syllable doubled after "fiddle" 3 40D However, in a text 4 43D ___ school 4 45D "Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote) 5 47D Épéeist, e.g. 6 48D One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors" 5 49D Eponym of a popular puzzle 5 50D Host 5 51D Up to 5 52D Metaphor for a bad goalie 5 54D Ashton Kutcher's role on "That ’70s Show" 5 55D What a hot iron may give off 5 60D Like some humor 3 61D Start of a bray 3 62D Ailing 3 63D Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some 3