Daily Themed Crossword November 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the November 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
November 23, 2025 — All 63 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Friend or ___? (Amigo or enemigo?) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Square ___ in a round hole | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Capture quickly as a thief | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Prohibit something ... or with 11a a fruity baked loaf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Name that follows Santa for a Californian city ... or with 10a a fruity baked loaf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Be in debt to another | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Wrinkle-smoothing appliance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Layer of a wedding cake perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Owl's rodent prey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Tart-tasting like a lemon ... or with 19a a fermented baked loaf | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Pizza base ... or with 17a a fermented baked loaf | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | That's ___ folks! (Looney Tunes ender) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Visitors from outer space: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Shape with a radius for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | We ___ to please | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | To the ___ degree (utmost) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Suffix with simula and ful ... or with 31a a pancake-like UK breakfast dish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Furry friend of the family ... or with 29a a pancake-like UK breakfast dish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___-Ball (arcade game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | ___ reflex (throat contraction) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Sparkler at Tiffany's perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Dubai's clock setting: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Mother ___ (ecological personification) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Sharing a Thanksgiving meal with someone ... or a clue to the words and their placements at 10a 11a 17a 19a 29a and 31a: 2 wds. | BREAKINGBREAD | 13 | |
| #25 | Narrow waterway (anagram of air) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Much ___ About Nothing (Shakespearean play) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Back talk perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Braying animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ Talks (inspirational talks): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Material property related to heating: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Moon's background | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Opposite of WNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Suffix seen in hostess and lioness | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Organization with a Most Wanted list: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Rower's equipment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Brian ___ of Spider and I | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Set of socks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Chemical ending letters with acetyl or butyl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Place to grow vegetables or flowers | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Take your time there's ___! (Do it slowly!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | One shake of a dog's tail: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Sister to Meg Jo and Amy in Little Women fondly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Government group whose logo has an eagle holding a key (anagram of san): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Blooming Dutch bulb | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Suffix with gran for a healthy snack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Loops one into an email: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Provoke or irritate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ___ the day (regret) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Actress Ryan known for Sleepless in Seattle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ Millions (multi-state lottery) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Fruit-flavored drink mix (rhymes with bang) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Yaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Hotel customers | Show answer | 6 | |
| #55 | Rubs out as a pencil mistake | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | Pill for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Roller-___ (travel using heels-on-wheels) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Ocean's movements affected by the moon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Use a stencil | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Supportive undergarments | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Enter at your own ___! (peril) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Lowest difficulty usually | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Lymph ___ (immune system part) | Show answer | 4 |
How the November 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for November 23, 2025, a Sunday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BREAKINGBREAD at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for November 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
November 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the November 23, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 63 clues with answers from 3 to 13 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for November 23, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 63 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the November 23, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.