All NYT Down Clues November 29, 2025 - 34 Vertical Answers with Hints
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 34 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 29, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Total Down Clues | 34 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 34 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Leave no ___ (camping tenet) |
| 2 Down | 2. Put off |
| 3 Down | 3. One of 32 in the country of Kiribati |
| 4 Down | 4. Country rental |
| 5 Down | 5. Biblical figure said to have fathered Kenan at age 90 |
| 6 Down | 6. Gamer's frustration |
| 7 Down | 7. Compound in some soaps |
| 8 Down | 8. About half of all these are made in Philadelphia, for short |
| 9 Down | 9. Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself |
| 10 Down | 10. Tend to, as some holes |
| 11 Down | 11. Wrapped |
| 12 Down | 12. "Start talking" |
| 13 Down | 13. The number 4 and the gift of a clock, in Chinese culture |
| 14 Down | 14. "Dearie me!" |
| 15 Down | 21. Play list? |
| 16 Down | 23. Prominent features on goblin sharks |
| 17 Down | 25. What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine |
| 18 Down | 27. High-level intelligence assets? |
| 19 Down | 28. Neighbor of the uvula |
| 20 Down | 29. Put off |
| 21 Down | 30. Midmonth marker |
| 22 Down | 31. Coast |
| 23 Down | 32. It's up for grabs |
| 24 Down | 33. Skillfulness |
| 25 Down | 34. Like John, Paul or George, but not Ringo |
| 26 Down | 36. Existentialist's inquiry |
| 27 Down | 38. Axolotl lookalikes |
| 28 Down | 40. Tamiflu manufacturer |
| 29 Down | 41. Welcome to one's home |
| 30 Down | 42. Many first-time voters |
| 31 Down | 43. The "E" of the New York Stock Exchange's "EL" |
| 32 Down | 45. Transport |
| 33 Down | 46. Orgs. with "war chests" |
| 34 Down | 49. 2004 biopic for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar |
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. Leave no ___ (camping tenet)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: T___E
- Similar words: follow, shadow
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a just detectable amount
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TRACE
2 Down: "2. Put off"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: R___L
- Similar words: snub, force back
- Opposite of: attract
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: cause to move back by force or influence
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
REPEL
3 Down: "3. One of 32 in the country of Kiribati"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: A___L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ATOLL
4 Down: "4. Country rental"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: V___A
- Similar words: Doroteo Arango, Pancho Villa
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
VILLA
5 Down: "5. Biblical figure said to have fathered Kenan at age 90"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENOS
6 Down: "6. Gamer's frustration"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: fall back, remand
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the act of slowing down or falling behind
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LAG
7 Down: "7. Compound in some soaps"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: G______N
- Similar words: glycerol, glycerine
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GLYCERIN
8 Down: "8. About half of all these are made in Philadelphia, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: U_____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
USCOINS
9 Down: "9. Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: I____Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ICARLY
10 Down: "10. Tend to, as some holes"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: D__N
- Similar words: tinker's damn, mend
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: something of little value
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DARN
11 Down: "11. Wrapped"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: E___D
- Similar words: terminated, end
- Opposite of: begin
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: have an end
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENDED
12 Down: "12. "Start talking""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I_______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IMALLEARS
13 Down: "13. The number 4 and the gift of a clock, in Chinese culture"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BADOMENS
14 Down: "14. "Dearie me!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M_____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MYSTARS
15 Down: "21. Play list?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: R____R
- Similar words: roll
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a list of names
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ROSTER
16 Down: "23. Prominent features on goblin sharks"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: N___S
- Similar words: olfactory organ, nose
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NOSES
17 Down: "25. What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: C__E
- Similar words: bar, coat
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CAKE
18 Down: "27. High-level intelligence assets?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 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 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SPYPLANES
19 Down: "28. Neighbor of the uvula"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: T____L
- Similar words: tonsilla, faucial tonsil
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TONSIL
20 Down: "29. Put off"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: T___E
- Similar words: remit, prorogue
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a set of data arranged in rows and columns
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TABLE
21 Down: "30. Midmonth marker"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I__S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IDES
22 Down: "31. Coast"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S______E
- Similar words: sea-coast, seacoast
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the shore of a sea or ocean
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SEASHORE
23 Down: "32. It's up for grabs"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F______E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
FAIRGAME
24 Down: "33. Skillfulness"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'W'
- Word pattern: K_____W
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
KNOWHOW
25 Down: "34. Like John, Paul or George, but not Ringo"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: S_____D
- Similar words: saintly, angelical
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: hold sacred
- This is Down clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SAINTED
26 Down: "36. Existentialist's inquiry"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: W____I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WHOAMI
27 Down: "38. Axolotl lookalikes"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: N___S
- Similar words: newt, triton
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NEWTS
28 Down: "40. Tamiflu manufacturer"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 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 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ROCHE
29 Down: "41. Welcome to one's home"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ASKIN
30 Down: "42. Many first-time voters"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T___S
- Similar words: teen, teenager
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TEENS
31 Down: "43. The "E" of the New York Stock Exchange's "EL""
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 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ESTEE
32 Down: "45. Transport"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: S__P
- Similar words: transport, send
- Opposite of: disembark
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SHIP
33 Down: "46. Orgs. with "war chests""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: PAC
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PACS
34 Down: "49. 2004 biopic for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'Y'
- Similar words: shaft of light, beam
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a column of light (as from a beacon)
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RAY
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 34 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.
