Our NYT Crossword Hints for November 30, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, November 30, 2025
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 11/30/25. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. Post-vacation pile
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5A. Brooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief
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8A. Historical Dutch settler
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12A. ___ guisado (Caribbean stew)
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13A. Vapid
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15A. Campaign manager?
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17A. Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year"
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18A. Metallurgist's evaluation
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19A. Butterflies, so to speak
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21A. Actress Zosia ___ of "Girls"
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22A. "Zip it!"
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25A. Accommodates
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27A. Mountains where St. Bernards were originally bred
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28A. Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast
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29A. Chemical essential to cellular metabolism, for short
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30A. ___ feed (news reader)
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32A. ___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water
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33A. Spiral-shelled mollusk
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35A. Org. for Penguins and Ducks
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36A. Enough already!
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38A. Make some calls
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39A. "W" on a light bulb
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40A. Three-way intersection
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41A. Coin collector?
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42A. Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear"
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43A. Dealer's manager
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45A. In check
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47A. Nuclear restraint pact
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49A. ___ Castorp, protagonist of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"
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50A. Summa cum ___
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51A. "Hold this"
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52A. College voter?
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55A. Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha
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56A. Taxes levied during trade wars
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59A. Chop house?
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60A. Cancer research agcy.
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62A. Locale for drones
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63A. Preposition that can be represented by a number
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64A. Matador's opponent
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65A. Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one
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68A. Beat badly
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70A. Energy
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71A. Sarge's boss
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72A. Knighthood, for one
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73A. "When r u getting in?"
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74A. Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine
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75A. "Awwww!"
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79A. "Awesome!"
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81A. Lethargy
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84A. Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014
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86A. Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You"
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90A. Bok ___
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91A. Dearie
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92A. Co-star of 2025's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," to fans
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93A. Break down in tears
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95A. Aquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___
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96A. Lenape people from whom a New Jersey river gets its name
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98A. Egypt/Sudan border region
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100A. Noodling in a jazz tune
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102A. Annoying
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103A. In the majority?
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104A. Core-sculpting belt
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105A. Utter chaos
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106A. 1994 co-Nobelist Shimon
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107A. Greasy spoon, e.g.
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1D. Self-effacing
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2D. Oodles
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3D. Strain
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4D. Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo
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5D. Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps
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6D. Skirt responsibility
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7D. Proverbial cure-all
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8D. Basketball attempt that uses the backboard
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9D. Martín Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence"
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10D. Leaves the straight and narrow
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11D. Expose
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12D. First Eurodance hit in the U.S. (1989)
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13D. Ending with mammal or Mendel
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14D. Good quality for an artist
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16D. With 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts … as seen in four columns in this puzzle?
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17D. Italian sub ingredient
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20D. Diamonds can sometimes be found in them
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21D. 'Quit whining, dude'
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23D. Malt-drying kiln
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24D. "O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night"
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26D. John who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village"
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28D. 2022 sequel to Knives Out
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31D. Refuge
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34D. 'You can't make me!'
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37D. Arm of the police department
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44D. Essayist Francis
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45D. Comedian Wong
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46D. Cash on the Ginza
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48D. Overdone
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52D. 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show
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53D. Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own"
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54D. Anti-mob law acronym
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56D. Animated character, informally
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57D. Act the worrywart
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58D. ___ fountain
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61D. Sauce served with Peking duck
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63D. Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief
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66D. Indistinct speech
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67D. It’s a gas
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68D. "Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear")
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69D. Young miscreant
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74D. Like some charm
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76D. Patron of lost causes
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77D. Literary runt of the litter
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78D. "L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto)
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80D. Dictatorial figure
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81D. Open-weave fabric
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82D. New York School poet Frank
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83D. "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker
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84D. First-rate
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85D. Flare up?
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87D. See 16 Down
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88D. More prudent
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89D. About to explode, say
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91D. Pink character in the "Toy Story" movies
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94D. Farmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest
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97D. Turf ___ (football injury)
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98D. Part of a day care schedule
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99D. @@@
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101D. Inits. at Grand Central Terminal
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
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