Make airtight

Latest answer — November 18, 2025

63 Across

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Across

  1. 1First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly
  2. 4Rebound, as a pool shot
  3. 8Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025
  4. 14Body part that might "pop"
  5. 15Words of understanding
  6. 16___ State, nickname for New York
  7. 17Soften, as a message
  8. 19Kitchen strainers
  9. 20"Don't go!"
  10. 21Appear gradually from the black, as a film image
  11. 23Industrialist Lilly
  12. 24Native led by Montezuma
  13. 26A very high price, so to speak
  14. 28Cereal variety from Switzerland
  15. 30Lead female character
  16. 31Summer temp, say
  17. 34River's bottom
  18. 35Dentist, colloquially
  19. 38Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood"
  20. 39Gets back together
  21. 40Shipped without prepaid postage, for short
  22. 42Much of Mauritania and Mali
  23. 47Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games
  24. 50Martian explorer
  25. 51Last number in a countdown
  26. 52Surgical stitch
  27. 54Used a loom
  28. 55Related to spiritual cause and effect
  29. 57Collection of tasks ... or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise?
  30. 59Timeless, to a poet
  31. 60Small vortex
  32. 61"Thanks, Captain Obvious!"
  33. 62Best-of-seven games, say
  34. 63Make airtight
  35. 64Fancy hotel amenity

Down

  1. 1Material that's been deliberately thrown overboard
  2. 2Philosopher who wrote the "Tao Te Ching"
  3. 3Fancy and elaborate
  4. 4Auction action
  5. 5Since
  6. 6Just getting started with
  7. 7Martial art with bamboo swords
  8. 8Places to live
  9. 9Key with one sharp
  10. 10Subject of much Jane Goodall research
  11. 11More alert and energetic
  12. 12Limerick's locale
  13. 13Fancy
  14. 18They wink and blink
  15. 22Filmmaker Nora
  16. 25Advertising award
  17. 27Southwestern wolf
  18. 29Presents
  19. 32Punctual people are said to arrive on this
  20. 33End of an academic address
  21. 35One fiddling around in a workshop
  22. 36Like granola bars, typically
  23. 37Onetime leader in St. Petersburg
  24. 38Newborn child
  25. 40Excites
  26. 41Trigonometry ratio
  27. 43Coyote's cry
  28. 44Steers clear of
  29. 45Excites
  30. 46First name of the Queen of Soul
  31. 48Quiets on Zoom
  32. 49Wear away
  33. 53Classic Icelandic saga
  34. 56Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short
  35. 58Toondom's Olive

The answer to “Make airtight” in the New York Times crossword is SEAL — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 18, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 63-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Make airtight” answer

SEAL (4 letters)

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Why the answer is SEAL

Close every gap so no air can get through. 🔒

What does SEAL mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SEAL is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them
  • a piece of wax, lead, or other material with an individual design stamped into it, attached to a document as a guarantee of authenticity
  • a thing regarded as a confirmation or guarantee of something

When else has “Make airtight” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

November 18, 2025 (most recent) → SEAL. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Make airtight”?

The answer is SEAL, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 18, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Make airtight”?

4 letters: SEAL.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on November 18, 2025 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 63-Across.

Can “Make airtight” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for November 18, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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