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Newsday Crossword Answers for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Thursday, November 20, 2025/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Thursday, November 20, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Evince a response
  • 6Treating phrase
  • 10Like Mojave National Park
  • 14Knighted English composer
  • 15Title heard in Westerns
  • 16Be an omen of
  • 17War of words
  • 20Very small thing
  • 21Aquarium fish
  • 22Is forbidden to
  • 26Ending for tip or quip
  • 28War of words
  • 34Economic intro
  • 35"Regrettably..."
  • 36Former Radio Moscow adversary
  • 37Splatter catcher
  • 38Holder of lenses
  • 39Sermonic assents
  • 41Woodpecker prey
  • 42Dance lesson
  • 43Sound of silence
  • 44War of words
  • 48Attendee
  • 49Superficial appearance
  • 50Near miss
  • 53Baby koala
  • 55War of words
  • 62Working diligently
  • 63Lackluster
  • 64Hunter on high
  • 65Hospital inventory
  • 66Number for one
  • 67Artful tactics

Down

  • 1Hoops arbiter
  • 2Sleeper at New England's Ben Franklin College
  • 3Major span
  • 4Diner, for instance
  • 5Checking before buying
  • 6Don't use
  • 7Pleiades supercomputer owner
  • 8Bub
  • 9Six-footer with feathers
  • 10Pick up all of
  • 11Stir up
  • 12Beloved star
  • 13Disallow
  • 18Shower love
  • 19Tinker Bell capturer
  • 22Ore source near Superior
  • 23Still sealed
  • 24Cryptic
  • 25Many a chamber group
  • 26Seafood serving style
  • 27NFL stats
  • 29With more zing
  • 30Owning-up admission
  • 31Requite for a misdeed
  • 32Metaphorical wagger
  • 33Not so knotty
  • 39Shout with heavy lifting
  • 40Bovine hurdle of rhyme
  • 42Compass reading
  • 45White waders
  • 46Tinsel time
  • 47Steak au poivre __ sauce
  • 50Hunk of granite
  • 51Name-check
  • 52Highly devoted
  • 53Tumbler of rhyme
  • 54Ibsen Museum city
  • 56NFL stats
  • 57Many a chamber group
  • 58Web ID
  • 59Sambadrome's city
  • 60Vegan staple
  • 61USCG officer

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 33 across and 43 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 17-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "WARS OF WORDS".

All 76 answers

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  • 1AEvince a responseREACT
  • 6ATreating phraseONME
  • 10ALike Mojave National ParkARID
  • 14AKnighted English composerELGAR
  • 15ATitle heard in WesternsMAAM
  • 16ABe an omen ofBODE
  • 17AWar of wordsFIERYDISCUSSION
  • 20AVery small thingIOTA
  • 21AAquarium fishMOLLY
  • 22AIs forbidden toMUSTNT
  • 26AEnding for tip or quipSTER
  • 28AWar of wordsENERGETICDEBATE
  • 34AEconomic introSOCIO
  • 35A"Regrettably..."ALAS
  • 36AFormer Radio Moscow adversaryVOA
  • 37ASplatter catcherAPRON
  • 38AHolder of lensesRIM
  • 39ASermonic assentsAMENS
  • 41AWoodpecker preyBEE
  • 42ADance lessonSTEP
  • 43ASound of silenceLONGI
  • 44AWar of wordsINTENSEDIALOGUE
  • 48AAttendeeGOER
  • 49ASuperficial appearanceVENEER
  • 50ANear missSCARE
  • 53ABaby koalaJOEY
  • 55AWar of wordsLIVELYDISCOURSE
  • 62AWorking diligentlyATIT
  • 63ALacklusterDULL
  • 64AHunter on highORION
  • 65AHospital inventoryBEDS
  • 66ANumber for oneSOLO
  • 67AArtful tacticsPLOYS
  • 1DHoops arbiterREF
  • 2DSleeper at New England's Ben Franklin CollegeELI
  • 3DMajor spanAGE
  • 4DDiner, for instanceCAR
  • 5DChecking before buyingTRYINGON
  • 6DDon't useOMIT
  • 7DPleiades supercomputer ownerNASA
  • 8DBubMAC
  • 9DSix-footer with feathersEMU
  • 10DPick up all ofABSORB
  • 11DStir upROIL
  • 12DBeloved starIDOL
  • 13DDisallowDENY
  • 18DShower loveDOTE
  • 19DTinker Bell capturerSMEE
  • 22DOre source near SuperiorMESABI
  • 23DStill sealedUNOPEN
  • 24DCrypticSECRET
  • 25DMany a chamber groupTRIO
  • 26DSeafood serving styleSCAMPI
  • 27DNFL statsTDS
  • 29DWith more zingTARTER
  • 30DOwning-up admissionILIED
  • 31DRequite for a misdeedAVENGE
  • 32DMetaphorical waggerTONGUE
  • 33DNot so knottyEASIER
  • 39DShout with heavy liftingALLEYOOP
  • 40DBovine hurdle of rhymeMOON
  • 42DCompass readingSSE
  • 45DWhite wadersEGRETS
  • 46DTinsel timeNOEL
  • 47DSteak au poivre __ sauceAVEC
  • 50DHunk of graniteSLAB
  • 51DName-checkCITE
  • 52DHighly devotedAVID
  • 53DTumbler of rhymeJILL
  • 54DIbsen Museum cityOSLO
  • 56DNFL statsYDS
  • 57DMany a chamber groupDUO
  • 58DWeb IDURL
  • 59DSambadrome's cityRIO
  • 60DVegan stapleSOY
  • 61DUSCG officerENS

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The Thursday, November 20, 2025 grid has 76 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.

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