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With 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts … as seen in four columns in this puzzle? NYT Crossword Clue

Down clue · from the November 30, 2025 puzzle

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Answer
PEARLSBEFORE
12 letters · Down · last seen November 30, 2025

More clues from the November 30, 2025 puzzle

1D Self-effacing 6 1A Post-vacation pile 4 2D Oodles 4 3D Strain 3 4D Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo 8 5D Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps 11 5A Brooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief 3 6D Skirt responsibility 11 7D Proverbial cure-all 11 8A Historical Dutch settler 4 8D Basketball attempt that uses the backboard 8 9D Martín Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence" 3