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  1. 1Post-vacation pile
  2. 5Brooklyn Brewery's Special Effects, e.g., in brief
  3. 8Historical Dutch settler
  4. 12___ guisado (Caribbean stew)
  5. 13Vapid
  6. 15Campaign manager?
  7. 17Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year"
  8. 18Metallurgist's evaluation
  9. 19Butterflies, so to speak
  10. 21Actress Zosia ___ of "Girls"
  11. 22"Zip it"
  12. 25Accommodates
  13. 27Mountains where St. Bernards were originally bred
  14. 28Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast
  15. 29Chemical essential to cellular metabolism, for short
  16. 30___ feed (news reader)
  17. 32___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water
  18. 33Spiral-shelled mollusk
  19. 35Org. for Penguins and Ducks
  20. 36"Enough already"
  21. 38Make some calls
  22. 39"W" on a light bulb
  23. 40Three-way intersection
  24. 41Coin collector?
  25. 42Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1,000 Forms of Fear"
  26. 43Dealer's manager
  27. 45In check
  28. 47Nuclear restraint pact
  29. 49___ Castorp, protagonist of Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"
  30. 50Summa cum ___
  31. 51"Hold this"
  32. 52College voter?
  33. 55Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha
  34. 56Taxes levied during trade wars
  35. 59Chop house?
  36. 60Cancer research agcy.
  37. 62Locale for drones
  38. 63Preposition that can be represented by a number
  39. 64Matador's opponent
  40. 65Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one
  41. 68Beat badly
  42. 70Energy
  43. 71Sarge's boss
  44. 72Knighthood, for one
  45. 73"When r u getting in?"
  46. 74Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine
  47. 75"Awwww!"
  48. 79"Awesome!"
  49. 81Lethargy
  50. 84Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014
  51. 86Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You"
  52. 90Bok ___
  53. 91Dearie
  54. 92Co-star of 2025's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," to fans
  55. 93Break down in tears
  56. 95Aquiline : eagle :: cygnine : ___
  57. 96Lenape people from whom a New Jersey river gets its name
  58. 98Egypt/Sudan border region
  59. 100Noodling in a jazz tune
  60. 102Annoying
  61. 103In the majority?
  62. 104Core-sculpting belt
  63. 105Utter chaos
  64. 1061994 co-Nobelist Shimon
  65. 107Greasy spoon, e.g.

Down

  1. 1Self-effacing
  2. 2Oodles
  3. 3Strain
  4. 4Baseballs that are hard-hit but then caught, in lingo
  5. 5Bottlefuls for a summer look, perhaps
  6. 6Skirt responsibility
  7. 7Proverbial cure-all
  8. 8Basketball attempt that uses the backboard
  9. 9Martín Espada's "___ to the Soccer Ball Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence"
  10. 10Leaves the straight and narrow
  11. 11Expose
  12. 12First Eurodance hit in the U.S. (1989)
  13. 13Ending with mammal or Mendel
  14. 14Good quality for an artist
  15. 16With 87-Down, idiom about wasting one's efforts ... as seen in four columns in this puzzle?
  16. 17Italian sub ingredient
  17. 20Diamonds can sometimes be found in them
  18. 21"Quit whining, dude!"
  19. 23Malt-drying kiln
  20. 24"O, had I but followed the ___!": "Twelfth Night"
  21. 26John who painted "Backyards, Greenwich Village"
  22. 282022 sequel to "Knives Out"
  23. 31Refuge
  24. 34"You can't make me!"
  25. 37Arm of the police department
  26. 44Essayist Francis
  27. 45Comedian Wong
  28. 46Cash on the Ginza
  29. 48Overdone
  30. 521999 Ron Howard film about a reality show
  31. 53Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own"
  32. 54Anti-mob law acronym
  33. 56Animated character, informally
  34. 57Act the worrywart
  35. 58___ fountain
  36. 61Sauce served with Peking duck
  37. 63Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief
  38. 66Indistinct speech
  39. 67It's a gas
  40. 68"Yes, ___!" (phrase popularized by the restaurant drama "The Bear")
  41. 69Young miscreant
  42. 74Like some charm
  43. 76Patron of lost causes
  44. 77Literary runt of the litter
  45. 78"L'___ du Nord" (Minnesota motto)
  46. 80Dictatorial figure
  47. 81Open-weave fabric
  48. 82New York School poet Frank
  49. 83"Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" speaker
  50. 84First-rate
  51. 85Flare up?
  52. 87See 16-Down
  53. 88More prudent
  54. 89About to explode, say
  55. 91Pink character in the "Toy Story" movies
  56. 94Farmer Hoggett's entrant in a sheepherding contest
  57. 97Turf ___ (football injury)
  58. 98Part of a day care schedule
  59. 99@ @ @
  60. 101Inits. at Grand Central Terminal

The answer to “See 16-Down” in the New York Times crossword is SWINE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 30, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 87-Down. 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.

“See 16-Down” answer

SWINE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SWINE

SWINE is the 5-letter solution that fits "See 16-Down" in the NYT Crossword crossword on November 30, 2025 (87-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SWINE mean?

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

(noun)

  • a pig
  • a contemptible or unpleasant person

When else has “See 16-Down” 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 30, 2025 (most recent) → SWINE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “See 16-Down”?

The answer is SWINE, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 30, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “See 16-Down”?

5 letters: SWINE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on November 30, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 87-Down.

Can “See 16-Down” 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 30, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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