Down Clues NYT November 11, 2025 - Today's Complete Vertical Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 36 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!
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About Today's Down Clues
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | November 11, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Down Clues | 36 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 36 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Blubber |
| 2 Down | 2. Número de planetas |
| 3 Down | 3. Mega or jumbo ending |
| 4 Down | 4. Forrest Gump, for one |
| 5 Down | 5. Inactive periods |
| 6 Down | 6. Many a midnight movie |
| 7 Down | 7. Home of the Braves: Abbr. |
| 8 Down | 8. Completely goes along with |
| 9 Down | 9. Playful teasing |
| 10 Down | 10. Quite some time, antonymously |
| 11 Down | 11. "Dirty Jobs" host Mike |
| 12 Down | 12. Where Coca-Cola is KO |
| 13 Down | 17. An elver is a young one |
| 14 Down | 18. Cask |
| 15 Down | 22. Leaders in assists, typically |
| 16 Down | 24. Place for cafe art |
| 17 Down | 25. Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow" |
| 18 Down | 26. Canada's features a unicorn |
| 19 Down | 28. One of the five W's |
| 20 Down | 30. For rent |
| 21 Down | 31. ___ nous |
| 22 Down | 33. "I so did not need to hear that!" |
| 23 Down | 35. Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief |
| 24 Down | 38. Minor-league level |
| 25 Down | 39. 1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance |
| 26 Down | 44. Show with a laugh track |
| 27 Down | 46. Wet, with thunder and lightning |
| 28 Down | 49. Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" |
| 29 Down | 51. Some music sales, for short |
| 30 Down | 52. Convince |
| 31 Down | 53. "You talkin' ___?" |
| 32 Down | 54. Its website has a "Fantasy" tab |
| 33 Down | 56. On now |
| 34 Down | 57. "Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift |
| 35 Down | 58. Move, in real estate lingo |
| 36 Down | 60. "The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller) |
Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues
Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Down clue. Also check these helpful guides:
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Complete Down Solutions:
1 Down: "1. Blubber"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: B__L
- Similar words: bellow, yawp
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: shout loudly and without restraint
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BAWL
2 Down: "2. Número de planetas"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: O__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
OCHO
3 Down: "3. Mega or jumbo ending"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: T__N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TRON
4 Down: "4. Forrest Gump, for one"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: S______T
- Similar words: sergeant-at-law, serjeant-at-law
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SERGEANT
5 Down: "5. Inactive periods"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
STASES
6 Down: "6. Many a midnight movie"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: C_________C
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CULTCLASSIC
7 Down: "7. Home of the Braves: Abbr."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ATL
8 Down: "8. Completely goes along with"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B__S
- Similar words: steal, purchase
- Opposite of: sell
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an advantageous purchase
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BUYS
9 Down: "9. Playful teasing"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: B____R
- Similar words: chaff, kid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: light teasing repartee
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BANTER
10 Down: "10. Quite some time, antonymously"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AHOTMINUTE
11 Down: "11. "Dirty Jobs" host Mike"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ROWE
12 Down: "12. Where Coca-Cola is KO"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: N__E
- Similar words: big board
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a stock exchange in New York
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NYSE
13 Down: "17. An elver is a young one"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'L'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
EEL
14 Down: "18. Cask"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: kegful
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the quantity contained in a keg
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
KEG
15 Down: "22. Leaders in assists, typically"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T_________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TEAMPLAYERS
16 Down: "24. Place for cafe art"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L___E
- Similar words: caffe latte
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LATTE
17 Down: "25. Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: U___R
- Similar words: doorkeeper, Ussher
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
USHER
18 Down: "26. Canada's features a unicorn"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: C________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
COATOFARMS
19 Down: "28. One of the five W's"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'Y'
- Similar words: wherefore
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation
- This is Down clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WHY
20 Down: "30. For rent"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TOLET
21 Down: "31. ___ nous"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENTRE
22 Down: "33. "I so did not need to hear that!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'W'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
EWW
23 Down: "35. Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SFO
24 Down: "38. Minor-league level"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AAA
25 Down: "39. 1957 Danny & the Juniors hit about a school dance"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: A______P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ATTHEHOP
26 Down: "44. Show with a laugh track"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: S____M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SITCOM
27 Down: "46. Wet, with thunder and lightning"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S____Y
- Similar words: tempestuous
- Opposite of: calm
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
STORMY
28 Down: "49. Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: sorrow, regret
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RUE
29 Down: "51. Some music sales, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: Cd, cadmium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CDS
30 Down: "52. Convince"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S__Y
- Similar words: tilt, shake
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: controlling influence
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SWAY
31 Down: "53. "You talkin' ___?""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: T__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a (usually) large and scholarly book
- This is Down clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TOME
32 Down: "54. Its website has a "Fantasy" tab"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: E__N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ESPN
33 Down: "56. On now"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L__E
- Similar words: springy, lively
- Opposite of: recorded
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LIVE
34 Down: "57. "Fearless" and "Folklore," for Taylor Swift"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E__S
- Similar words: era, epoch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ERAS
35 Down: "58. Move, in real estate lingo"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: R__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RELO
36 Down: "60. "The ___ of Pooh" (1982 best seller)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: Taoist
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an adherent of any branch of Taoism
- This is Down clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TAO
Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues
Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:
Why Start with Down Clues?
- Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
- Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
- Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
- Down answers often help solve Across clues
Down Clue Patterns to Recognize
- Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
- Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
- Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
- Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
- Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically
Time-Saving Down Techniques
| Technique | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| Scan all Down first | Get a mental map of the vertical flow |
| Fill short Down words | 3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors |
| Use crossing letters | Across letters help confirm Down answers |
| Look for themes | Related Down answers often share a theme |
Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues
What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?
Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.
Should I solve Down or Across clues first?
Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.
How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?
Today's NYT crossword has 36 Down clues.
Are Down clues easier than Across clues?
Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.
How do Down clues interact with Across clues?
Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.
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