NYT Crossword Answers 11/02/25

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Cause a mess, as with frying oil SPLATTER
• 9A Create an intricate series of lies, say SPINAWEB
• 17A Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers TESTRIDES
• 19A “Ben-Hur” or “Lawrence of Arabia” EPICDRAMA
• 20A Or more ATAMINIMUM
• 22A Like many public housing projects STATEAIDED
• 23A Comprehends GETS
• 24A Way to manipulate public opinion through fear SCARETACTIC
• 26A “The ___ is done” DEED
• 27A Some ambulance destinations, for short ERS
• 28A Ceramicists’ devices POTTERYWHEELS
• 30A Hog heaven? STY
• 31A Wrong idea FALSEIMPRESSION
• 33A Word with bean or lemon CURD
• 34A ___ Jones, author of “How We Fight for Our Lives” SAEED
• 35A Tick off MIFF
• 37A Pieces of art? MOSAICS
• 40A Allude (to) NOD
• 41A Winter Olympics event BOBSLED
• 44A Agreements where one party takes some heat? ARMSDEALS
• 46A Old-time theater item MOVIEREEL
• 48A They point toward Mecca while salah is performed PRAYERMATS
• 50A Evergreen pointer PINENEEDLE
• 51A Sharpen HONE
• 52A Natural process of maturing SUNRIPENING
• 54A Airplane wing feature FLAP
• 55A Girder whose name assumes a serif font IBEAM
• 57A Paleolithic-era tools STONEAXES
• 58A Have spiritual unity (with) BEONE
• 59A Falsify DOCTOR
• 61A ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites) SKEETER
• 62A Actress and model Ali ___ LARTER
• 63A Like some pricing strategies TIERED
• 65A Annual awards whose name is an acronym ESPYS
• 66A Affectedly clever CUTESY
• 67A Allude (to) REFER
• 69A Southwest landform BUTTE
• 70A Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short PSA
• 73A Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more SILICONVALLEY
• 79A [ha ha!] LOL
• 82A Reddish-brown color RUST
• 84A Ones skilled in governance TECHNOCRATS
• 85A Gram NANA
• 86A Return analogue ENTER
• 88A “You’re one to talk!” THATSRICH
• 89A Mumbo jumbo HOOEY
• 90A Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed FORTEPIANO
• 92A Drink order at a sushi restaurant SAKEBOTTLE
• 94A What might have green rooms? ECORESORT
• 95A Unlikely sportsmanship award winner SORELOSER
• 96A ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller “Sister” ROSAMUND
• 97A Quarter-barrel containers of beer PONYKEGS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo) STAGE
• 2D Fizzle (out) PETER
• 3D Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024 LSATS
• 4D PINpoints? ATMS
• 5D Lead-in to state or Star TRI
• 6D Typically red-coated toy figurines TINSOLDIERS
• 7D Official proclamations EDICTS
• 8D Try to produce better offspring from REMATE
• 9D Bursts SPATES
• 10D Feels for PITIES
• 11D Sport with crampons and carabiners ICECLIMBING
• 12D Document that promises secrecy, for short NDA
• 13D Like the climate in Antarctica ARID
• 14D Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say WADES
• 15D Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g. EMEET
• 16D Villain BADDY
• 18D “No doubt about it!” SUREIS
• 19D Inscribed ETCHED
• 21D Mythical creature with scales MERMAN
• 22D Lost one’s temper SAWRED
• 25D Like some donations that anyone can accept TYPEO
• 28D Pride celebration PARADE
• 29D “That much is obvious” SOISEE
• 31D Child who refuses to put things away? FUSSYEATER
• 32D Flag thrower NFLREFEREE
• 33D Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score COMANECI
• 36D Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A. FEEDLOTS
• 37D TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist MRROBOT
• 38D Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria CAMUS
• 39D Perspectives SLANTS
• 41D More difficult to eat, as fish BONIER
• 42D Tandoors, e.g. OVENS
• 43D Lucy ___, African American slave narrator DELANEY
• 44D Garden pest APHID
• 45D Butterfly, e.g. STROKE
• 46D Cheeky flirts MINXES
• 47D Sufferer healed by Jesus LEPER
• 49D Unit circle ratios SINES
• 50D Like some soils high in organic matter PEATY
• 53D Small protestation PEEP
• 56D Sociologist’s concern MORES
• 58D Eccentric BATTY
• 60D Update the equipment in REFIT
• 62D Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front LUTES
• 64D Erasure DELETION
• 66D Person idolized by a niche audience CULTHERO
• 68D Physics Nobelist Feynman RICHARD
• 69D Covert mission, familiarly BLACKOP
• 70D Be partial to PREFER
• 71D Shell competitor SUNOCO
• 72D Daikin Park team ASTROS
• 74D Gregorian ___ CHANT
• 75D Aware of ONTO
• 76D We, in Portuguese NOS
• 77D Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound VCRS
• 78D Teatro alla Scala solos ARIAS
• 79D Ancient philosopher whose name means “old master” LAOTSE
• 80D Support for the tree pose in yoga ONELEG
• 81D Strategy against fickle weather LAYERS
• 83D One more than 5-Down TETRA
• 85D Unacceptable NOTOK
• 87D ___ Kassis, author of “The Arabesque Table” REEM
• 89D Hallowed HOLY
• 91D Nittany Lions’ sch. PSU
• 93D Big ___ BEN