NYT Down Crossword November 12, 2025 - Master All 44 Top-to-Bottom Clues
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 44 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 12, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Wednesday |
| Total Down Clues | 44 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 44 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Say "As if!," e.g. |
| 2 Down | 2. Clamdigger pants style |
| 3 Down | 3. First American multimillionaire |
| 4 Down | 4. Sand-colored |
| 5 Down | 5. Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches |
| 6 Down | 6. Web addresses |
| 7 Down | 7. Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" |
| 8 Down | 8. Bowed instruments |
| 9 Down | 9. Haploid cell |
| 10 Down | 10. Kiss, in Córdoba |
| 11 Down | 11. Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER |
| 12 Down | 12. Prefix with -metric |
| 13 Down | 13. French resistance? |
| 14 Down | 18. Fort Collins sch. |
| 15 Down | 19. Hawaiian souvenir |
| 16 Down | 23. Late-night host Jack |
| 17 Down | 25. Website with a "Conservadox" option |
| 18 Down | 26. Sun blocker |
| 19 Down | 27. Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 |
| 20 Down | 29. Great service provider |
| 21 Down | 30. Late-night host Seth |
| 22 Down | 31. Put out |
| 23 Down | 32. "Excuse me" |
| 24 Down | 33. Stiff |
| 25 Down | 34. Bad time for Caesar |
| 26 Down | 35. Hoarse voice |
| 27 Down | 36. "Let's call it ___" |
| 28 Down | 38. What some people think this puzzle's image represents |
| 29 Down | 40. Many Pablo Neruda works |
| 30 Down | 43. No-name |
| 31 Down | 47. One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps |
| 32 Down | 48. Life story |
| 33 Down | 50. Fish in a poke bowl |
| 34 Down | 51. Soccer great Rapinoe |
| 35 Down | 52. Wrinkly fruit |
| 36 Down | 53. Pixelated, informally |
| 37 Down | 54. Cable show covering the red carpet |
| 38 Down | 55. Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" |
| 39 Down | 56. Wrinkly fruit |
| 40 Down | 57. Isaac's favorite son |
| 41 Down | 59. Counterpart of down: Abbr. |
| 42 Down | 60. Billy bawl? |
| 43 Down | 61. "Just a sec," in a text |
| 44 Down | 62. Four-term prez |
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:
- April 18 2022 NYT Clues Solutions
- June 28 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- May 10 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- September 10 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Down Solutions:
1 Down: "1. Say "As if!," e.g."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: S___F
- Similar words: mockery, gibe
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: showing your contempt by derision
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SCOFF
2 Down: "2. Clamdigger pants style"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: C___I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CAPRI
3 Down: "3. First American multimillionaire"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: A___R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ASTOR
4 Down: "4. Sand-colored"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: B___E
- Similar words: ecru
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a very light brown
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BEIGE
5 Down: "5. Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
- Similar words: afternoon tea, tea leaf
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TEA
6 Down: "6. Web addresses"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: U__S
- Similar words: URL
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the address of a web page on the world wide web
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
URLS
7 Down: "7. Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: B_____H
- Similar words: Brits, British people
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the people of Great Britain
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BRITISH
8 Down: "8. Bowed instruments"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: C___I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CELLI
9 Down: "9. Haploid cell"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: O__M
- Similar words: egg cell
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
OVUM
10 Down: "10. Kiss, in Córdoba"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: B__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BESO
11 Down: "11. Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: black tropical American cuckoo
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ANI
12 Down: "12. Prefix with -metric"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ISO
13 Down: "13. French resistance?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: not
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: negation of a word or group of words
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NON
14 Down: "18. Fort Collins sch."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'U'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CSU
15 Down: "19. Hawaiian souvenir"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'I'
- Similar words: chaplet, coronal
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LEI
16 Down: "23. Late-night host Jack"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: P__R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PAAR
17 Down: "25. Website with a "Conservadox" option"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: J___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
JDATE
18 Down: "26. Sun blocker"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: V___R
- Similar words: vizor, bill
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
VISOR
19 Down: "27. Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 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 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SAKS
20 Down: "29. Great service provider"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: A__R
- Similar words: genus Acer
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ACER
21 Down: "30. Late-night host Seth"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 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 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MEYERS
22 Down: "31. Put out"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: E__T
- Similar words: let out, give out
- Opposite of: absorb
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: expel (gases or odors)
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
EMIT
23 Down: "32. "Excuse me""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S___Y
- Similar words: bad, no-count
- Opposite of: unregretful
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SORRY
24 Down: "33. Stiff"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: R___D
- Similar words: set, inflexible
- Opposite of: nonrigid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: incapable of or resistant to bending
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RIGID
25 Down: "34. Bad time for Caesar"
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 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IDES
26 Down: "35. Hoarse voice"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: R__P
- Similar words: wood file, rasping
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: uttering in an irritated tone
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RASP
27 Down: "36. "Let's call it ___""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: A__Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ADAY
28 Down: "38. What some people think this puzzle's image represents"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: D__K
- Similar words: hedge, duck's egg
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DUCK
29 Down: "40. Many Pablo Neruda works"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: O__S
- Similar words: ode
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ODES
30 Down: "43. No-name"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: O_____E
- Similar words: befog, hide
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make less visible or unclear
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
OBSCURE
31 Down: "47. One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: A___T
- Similar words: fully grown, pornographic
- Opposite of: juvenile
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a fully developed person from maturity onward
- This is Down clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ADULT
32 Down: "48. Life story"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BIO
33 Down: "50. Fish in a poke bowl"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AHI
34 Down: "51. Soccer great Rapinoe"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: M___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MEGAN
35 Down: "52. Wrinkly fruit"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: P___E
- Similar words: rationalize, cut back
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: dried plum
- This is Down clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PRUNE
36 Down: "53. Pixelated, informally"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: L___S
- Similar words: lore
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- This is Down clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LORES
37 Down: "54. Cable show covering the red carpet"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 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 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENEWS
38 Down: "55. Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'B'
- Word pattern: B__B
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BIEB
39 Down: "56. Wrinkly fruit"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: U__I
- Similar words: ugli fruit, tangelo
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
UGLI
40 Down: "57. Isaac's favorite son"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: E__U
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 40
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ESAU
41 Down: "59. Counterpart of down: Abbr."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 41
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ACR
42 Down: "60. Billy bawl?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 42
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MAA
43 Down: "61. "Just a sec," in a text"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'B'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 43
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BRB
44 Down: "62. Four-term prez"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
- Similar words: F. D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 44
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
FDR
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 44 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.
