All NYT Down Clues November 24, 2025 - 39 Vertical Answers with Hints
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 39 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 24, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| Total Down Clues | 39 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 39 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Gallivant, with "about" |
| 2 Down | 2. Tool for Paul Bunyan |
| 3 Down | 3. Flabbergasted |
| 4 Down | 4. Not pro |
| 5 Down | 5. Dog-napping spot? |
| 6 Down | 6. Muggy |
| 7 Down | 7. "Let's do it!" |
| 8 Down | 8. Yearn (for) |
| 9 Down | 9. Casually talk about one's connections to celebrities |
| 10 Down | 10. Backspace, maybe |
| 11 Down | 11. On a plane, keep in mind that the nearest one might be behind you |
| 12 Down | 12. Given for a time |
| 13 Down | 13. Gross |
| 14 Down | 21. Three-point hoops shot |
| 15 Down | 22. Trains for a marathon, e.g. |
| 16 Down | 23. Ignited again |
| 17 Down | 24. It's plum dried out! |
| 18 Down | 28. "The Brain — is wider than the ___" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
| 19 Down | 29. Stew server |
| 20 Down | 30. Bacchanalian party |
| 21 Down | 31. Cooking appliance with a rotating spit |
| 22 Down | 33. Alvin and his backup singers |
| 23 Down | 34. Dante divided it into nine circles |
| 24 Down | 36. Ho-hum feeling |
| 25 Down | 37. Reacts with violent anger |
| 26 Down | 40. Triage sites, for short |
| 27 Down | 42. Tater |
| 28 Down | 43. DVR pioneer |
| 29 Down | 45. Dad's noncommittal response to a kid's request |
| 30 Down | 48. Desert plant with many uses |
| 31 Down | 49. Played (with) |
| 32 Down | 51. What some tech companies mine |
| 33 Down | 52. Home of Canyonlands National Park |
| 34 Down | 53. Planks strengthen it |
| 35 Down | 54. Fall asleep, with "out" |
| 36 Down | 55. "The Bridge on the River ___" |
| 37 Down | 56. Did some laps |
| 38 Down | 60. Hoopla |
| 39 Down | 61. Place to pray |
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. Gallivant, with "about""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: gallivant, jazz around
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GAD
2 Down: "2. Tool for Paul Bunyan"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: ax
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AXE
3 Down: "3. Flabbergasted"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: G________D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: utterly astounded
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GOBSMACKED
4 Down: "4. Not pro"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: A__I
- Opposite of: pro
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ANTI
5 Down: "5. Dog-napping spot?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: C___E
- Similar words: crateful
- Opposite of: uncrate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CRATE
6 Down: "6. Muggy"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: H___D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
HUMID
7 Down: "7. "Let's do it!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: I__N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IMIN
8 Down: "8. Yearn (for)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: L__G
- Similar words: foresighted, tenacious
- Opposite of: unretentive
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: desire strongly or persistently
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LONG
9 Down: "9. Casually talk about one's connections to celebrities"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: D_______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DROPNAMES
10 Down: "10. Backspace, maybe"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: D____E
- Similar words: cancel, erase
- Opposite of: record
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: remove or make invisible
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DELETE
11 Down: "11. On a plane, keep in mind that the nearest one might be behind you"
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: get out, expiration
- Opposite of: enter
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an opening that permits escape or release
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
EXIT
12 Down: "12. Given for a time"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: L__T
- Similar words: contribute, add
- Opposite of: borrow
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LENT
13 Down: "13. Gross"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: I__Y
- Similar words: lousy, stinking
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: very bad
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ICKY
14 Down: "21. Three-point hoops shot"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: T__Y
- Similar words: threesome, ternion
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TREY
15 Down: "22. Trains for a marathon, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: R__S
- Similar words: be given, execute
- Opposite of: malfunction
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RUNS
16 Down: "23. Ignited again"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: R___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RELIT
17 Down: "24. It's plum dried out!"
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: dress, cut
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: dried plum
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PRUNE
18 Down: "28. "The Brain — is wider than the ___" (Emily Dickinson poem)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Similar words: flip, pitch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- This is Down clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SKY
19 Down: "29. Stew server"
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: laden, lade
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LADLE
20 Down: "30. Bacchanalian party"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: O__Y
- Similar words: debauchery, saturnalia
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: any act of immoderate indulgence
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ORGY
21 Down: "31. Cooking appliance with a rotating spit"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 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 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ROTISSERIE
22 Down: "33. Alvin and his backup singers"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: C_______S
- Similar words: chipmunk
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CHIPMUNKS
23 Down: "34. Dante divided it into nine circles"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: H__L
- Similar words: hellhole, netherworld
- Opposite of: Heaven
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: any place of pain and turmoil
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
HELL
24 Down: "36. Ho-hum feeling"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: E___I
- Similar words: tedium, boredom
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENNUI
25 Down: "37. Reacts with violent anger"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: R___S
- Similar words: furore, torment
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a feeling of intense anger
- This is Down clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RAGES
26 Down: "40. Triage sites, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: ER, erbium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ERS
27 Down: "42. Tater"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: S__D
- Similar words: shoot, burgeon forth
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SPUD
28 Down: "43. DVR pioneer"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: T__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TIVO
29 Down: "45. Dad's noncommittal response to a kid's request"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: A____M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ASKMOM
30 Down: "48. Desert plant with many uses"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A___E
- Similar words: American aloe, century plant
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AGAVE
31 Down: "49. Played (with)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: T___D
- Similar words: fiddle, diddle
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: behave carelessly or indifferently
- This is Down clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TOYED
32 Down: "51. What some tech companies mine"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: D__A
- Similar words: datum, data point
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DATA
33 Down: "52. Home of Canyonlands National Park"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: U__H
- Similar words: Mormon State, Beehive State
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
UTAH
34 Down: "53. Planks strengthen it"
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: centre, inwardness
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small group of indispensable persons or things
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CORE
35 Down: "54. Fall asleep, with "out""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: C__K
- Similar words: perish, drop dead
- Opposite of: be born
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: informal term for the nose
- This is Down clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CONK
36 Down: "55. "The Bridge on the River ___""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: K__I
- Similar words: yuan
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the basic unit of money in China
- This is Down clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
KWAI
37 Down: "56. Did some laps"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: S__M
- Similar words: float, drown
- Opposite of: sink
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: travel through water
- This is Down clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SWAM
38 Down: "60. Hoopla"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: flurry, hustle
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a rapid active commotion
- This is Down clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ADO
39 Down: "61. Place to pray"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'W'
- Similar words: church bench
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
- This is Down clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PEW
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 39 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.
