The Crossword Answers NYT - November 30, 2025

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• Self-effacing Crossword Clue

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  MODEST

• Oodles Crossword Clue

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  ALOT

• Strain Crossword Clue

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  ILK

• Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo Crossword Clue

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  LOUDOUTS

• Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  INSTANTTANS

• Skirt responsibility Crossword Clue

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  PASSTHEBUCK

• Proverbial cure-all Crossword Clue

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  ANAPPLEADAY

• Basketball attempt that uses the backboard Crossword Clue

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  BANKSHOT

• Martín Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence" Crossword Clue

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  ODE

• Leaves the straight and narrow Crossword Clue

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  ERRS

• Expose Crossword Clue

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  REVEAL

• First Eurodance hit in the U.S. Crossword Clue

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  PUMPUPTHEJAM

• Ending with mammal or Mendel Crossword Clue

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  IAN

• Good quality for an artist Crossword Clue

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  EYE

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

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  PEARLSBEFORE

• Italian sub ingredient Crossword Clue

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  SALAMI

• Diamonds can sometimes be found in them Crossword Clue

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  STADIA

• "Quit whining, dude!" Crossword Clue

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  MANUP

• Malt-drying kiln Crossword Clue

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  OAST

• "O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night" Crossword Clue

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  ARTS

• John who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village" Crossword Clue

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  SLOAN

• 2022 sequel to "Knives Out" Crossword Clue

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  GLASSONION

• Refuge Crossword Clue

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  SAFEHARBOR

• "You can't make me!" Crossword Clue

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  IWONT

• Arm of the police department Crossword Clue

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  TASER

• Essayist Francis Crossword Clue

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  BACON

• Comedian Wong Crossword Clue

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  ALI

• Cash on the Ginza Crossword Clue

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  YEN

• Overdone Crossword Clue

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  TRITE

• 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show Crossword Clue

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  EDTV

• Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own" Crossword Clue

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  LORI

• Anti-mob law acronym Crossword Clue

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  RICO

• Animated character, informally Crossword Clue

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  TOON

• Act the worrywart Crossword Clue

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  FRET

• ___ fountain Crossword Clue

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  SODA

• Sauce served with Peking duck Crossword Clue

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  HOISIN

• Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief Crossword Clue

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  FLOTUS

• Indistinct speech Crossword Clue

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  SLUR

• It's a gas Crossword Clue

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  NEON

• "Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear") Crossword Clue

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  CHEF

• Young miscreant Crossword Clue

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  BRAT

• Like some charm Crossword Clue

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  BOYISH

• Patron of lost causes Crossword Clue

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  STJUDE

• Literary runt of the litter Crossword Clue

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  WILBUR

• "L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto) Crossword Clue

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  ETOILE

• Dictatorial figure Crossword Clue

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  DESPOT

• Open-weave fabric Crossword Clue

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  SCRIM

• New York School poet Frank Crossword Clue

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  OHARA

• "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker Crossword Clue

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  PORKY

• First-rate Crossword Clue

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  AONE

• Flare up? Crossword Clue

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  NOVA

• See 16-Down Crossword Clue

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  SWINE

• More prudent Crossword Clue

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  SANER

• About to explode, say Crossword Clue

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  ANGRY

• Pink character in the "Toy Story" movies Crossword Clue

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  HAMM

• Farmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest Crossword Clue

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  BABE

• Turf ___ (football injury) Crossword Clue

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  TOE

• Part of a day care schedule Crossword Clue

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  NAP

• @ @ @ Crossword Clue

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  ATS

• Inits. at Grand Central Terminal Crossword Clue

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  MTA