SUNDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 34 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword November 16 2025 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the November 16, 2025 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Antlered deer in Yellowstone
ELK
3
4A
___ the wrong way (irritate)
RUB
3
7A
Alphabet-starting letters
ABC
3
10A
___ date (deadline)
DUE
3
11A
John Lennon's beloved Yoko ___
ONO
3
12A
Cold and ___ season
FLU
3
13A
24-hour period
DAY
3
14A
Drink through a straw
SIP
3
15A
"Row, row, row your ___ gently ..." (nursery rhyme line)
BOAT
4
16A
Words on a garbage bin: 2 wds.
USEME
5
19A
Beep, beep! You're not ready to get up just yet, so you tap the ___ button on your alarm clock for a few more minutes in bed!
SNOOZE
6
21A
Take a chill pill and lie on the couch, say
REST
4
23A
Palindromic fashion magazine
ELLE
4
24A
A few precious moments of sleep later, finally awake, you get dressed! You slip on your ___ and fasten each button to get ready for the day!
SHIRT
5
27A
"We've had our ___ and downs"
UPS
3
29A
Bar made of steel
ROD
3
30A
Attacked like a mosquito
BIT
3
31A
Narcissist's trait
EGO
3
34A
Wall Street debut: Abbr.
IPO
3
35A
Car or home buyer's need from a bank, often
LOAN
4
37A
Breakfast time! You pop leftovers in the microwave and hit the button, waiting for the cheerful ___ sound!
DING
4
38A
Ballroom dance flourish
DIP
3
39A
"This party and the drinks are ___!" ("Our treat!"): 2 wds.
ONUS
4
40A
With your food in hand, you sink onto the couch and click the button on the TV ___, ready for some lazy morning TV on the weekend!
REMOTE
6
43A
"Monsters, ___." (2001 Pixar film)
INC
3
45A
Presidential office shape
OVAL
4
46A
You flip through the channels and land on "The Curious ___ of Benjamin Button," the perfect pick for today! (hint: see 9d)
CASE
4
48A
Homer Simpson's trademark exclamation
DOH
3
51A
Pell-___ (in a rushed manner)
MELL
4
52A
Comedian ___ Wong
ALI
3
53A
Literary "before"
ERE
3
54A
Start to "school" or "owned"
PRE
3
55A
Daughter of Loki, in Norse mythology
HEL
3
56A
Be moved to tears
CRY
3
1D
Cartoon Network's "Ed, ___ n Eddy"
EDD
3
2D
Hawaiian beach bash
LUAU
4
3D
It's time to get moving! You grab your car ___ and hit the elevator button, ready to head out for the day!
KEYS
4
4D
"Stop and smell the ___," idiom that means to slow down and relax
ROSES
5
5D
Prefix with "corn" to mean a magical one-horned creature
UNI
3
6D
Catchy songs (rhymes with "tops")
BOPS
4
7D
Make ___ of (embarrass): 2 wds.
AFOOL
5
8D
Burn brightly (rhymes with "glaze")
BLAZE
5
9D
___ as a button, phrase that aptly fits in with the theme of this puzzle: Button Day!
CUTE
4
15D
Manute of the NBA
BOL
3
17D
"To ___ is human, to forgive divine"
ERR
3
18D
"How I ___ Your Mother"
MET
3
20D
Where a bird may lay eggs
NEST
4
22D
Big brass wind instrument
TUBA
4
24D
Sanskrit title of respect
SRI
3
25D
Bunny's jump
HOP
3
26D
Nuptial promise: 2 wds.
IDO
3
28D
ATM access code: Abbr.
PIN
3
31D
German for "a"
EIN
3
32D
Bearded African antelope
GNU
3
33D
"Old-school" cool, slangily
OGS
3
35D
Exciting, slangily
LIT
3
36D
Group of crude oil-producing nations: Abbr.
OPEC
4
37D
Someone who would give you a prescription, for short
DOC
3
38D
Tea-party attendee, perhaps
DOLL
4
40D
Fun and frolic (rhymes with "pomp")
ROMP
4
41D
Happily-after link
EVER
4
42D
Ram or stag's gender
MALE
4
43D
Animated comedy film "___ of Dogs"
ISLE
4
44D
Armstrong who walked on the moon
NEIL
4
47D
"That's so-o-o-o relaxing" sound
AAH
3
48D
Month for carols, for short
DEC
3
49D
Three-time Hart Trophy winner Bobby
ORR
3
50D
Avicii's song "___ Brother"
HEY
3
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1E
2L
3K
4R
5U
6B
7A
8B
9C
10D
U
E
11O
N
O
12F
L
U
13D
A
Y
14S
I
P
15B
O
A
T
16U
S
17E
18M
E
19S
20N
O
O
Z
E
21R
E
S
22T
23E
L
L
E
24S
25H
26I
R
T
27U
28P
S
29R
O
D
30B
I
T
31E
32G
33O
34I
P
O
35L
36O
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N
37D
I
N
G
38D
I
P
39O
N
U
S
40R
41E
42M
O
T
E
43I
44N
C
45O
V
A
L
46C
47A
S
E
48D
49O
50H
51M
E
L
L
52A
L
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53E
R
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54P
R
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55H
E
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56C
R
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for November 16, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the November 16, 2025 puzzle
The November 16, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 34 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Sunday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the November 16 2025 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.