New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 11/28/2025. The November 28 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Pension alternatives, for shortIRAS
- 5a HustleSCAM
- 9a “Odds are ?”IDBET
- 14a Drive around the office?WORKETHIC
- 16a Actress Watts of “Mulholland Drive”NAOMI
- 17a Bahamians and BahrainisISLANDERS
- 18a Speedboat’s speedKNOTS
- 19a Fake accountLIE
- 20a Dead ends?DEES
- 21a James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of FameRICK
- 22a Piano études, essentiallyLESSONS
- 24a Not aboveBENEATH
- 27a TrustyTRIEDANDTRUE
- 29a Alternative to a fingerprint, maybePASSCODE
- 30a Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand SlamRORY
- 31a Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+’s “Andor”FAYE
- 32a The Jazz, on sports tickersUTA
- 33a Coming ___SOON
- 34a Small bandTRIO
- 35a Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of “Tea for Two”ARTTATUM
- 37a Plant eater?VENUSFLYTRAP
- 39a What the British call people who make crosswordsSETTERS
- 40a Prepared statement?IMREADY
- 44a One-named rock idol who was born Paul David HewsonBONO
- 45a Locking hornsATIT
- 46a Guess alternativeLEE
- 47a Vegges outLOAFS
- 49a Restaurant sommelier’s offeringHOUSEWINE
- 51a Foundational skateboard trickOLLIE
- 52a Doesn’t exactly ham it upUNDERACTS
- 53a Sings (out)BELTS
- 54a Stereotypical eye-rollerTEEN
- 55a Informal get-togetherSESH
- Down
- 1d Words of affirmationIWILL
- 2d Sam’s wife in “The Lord of the Rings”ROSIE
- 3d Setting of the 1888 painting “Café Terrace at Night”ARLES
- 4d Genre for Toots and the MaytalsSKA
- 5d Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is namedSTDENIS
- 6d Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its nameCHEESECURLS
- 7d RunsAIRS
- 8d Rap figures, for shortMCS
- 9d SimilarlyINKIND
- 10d Flash mob group, perhapsDANCETROUPE
- 11d Decide where to stayBOOKAROOM
- 12d One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for shortEMT
- 13d “Quite so”TIS
- 15d Back in the race?ENDORSE
- 21d French name meaning “born again”RENE
- 23d “Mind your own beeswax!”STAYOUTOFIT
- 24d It’s not constructiveBADATTITUDE
- 25d Game divisionTURN
- 26d “I saw that!”HEY
- 28d EccentricDOTTY
- 29d Colorful capsule that splattersPAINTBALL
- 31d Like samplesFREE
- 33d AppetizerSTARTER
- 34d Anchors might be seen on themTVS
- 35d ___-LatinoAFRO
- 36d Funny FredARMISEN
- 38d Picks upSENSES
- 41d Literary protagonist who “generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)”ALICE
- 42d Some hailstone “souvenirs”DENTS
- 43d “Oof, sounds terrible!”YEESH
- 45d Top-tierAONE
- 47d Softball questionLOB
- 48d José ___ (Mexican food brand)OLE
- 49d Humble dwellingHUT
- 50d Served asWAS