Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER
Crossword Answer — November 12, 2025
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
By Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Protection from an infection — Answer: SCAB
- 5. Movie theater popcorn container — Answer: TUB
- 8. Kurt who fronted Nirvana — Answer: COBAIN
- 14. Accusative, for one — Answer: CASE
- 15. Muff or fluff — Answer: ERR
- 16. "Be that as it may ..." — Answer: EVENSO
- 17. Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically — Answer: OPTICALILLUSION
- 20. Aristophanes comedy, with "The" — Answer: FROGS
- 21. Sailors' patron — Answer: STELMO
- 22. Energize — Answer: FIREUP
- 24. King George ___, "Hamilton" character — Answer: III
- 25. Some H.S. teams — Answer: JVS
- 28. Remote batteries — Answer: AAS
- 30. Social ___ — Answer: MEDIA
- 32. Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce — Answer: SRIRACHA
- 37. It keeps you in the dark — Answer: EMASK
- 38. "Is it too risky?" — Answer: DOIDARE
- 39. Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025 — Answer: DORITOS
- 41. Appetites — Answer: URGES
- 42. Sporty convertible — Answer: ROADSTER
- 44. Like some ironed shirts and fall air — Answer: CRISP
- 45. Free pass in sports — Answer: BYE
- 46. "The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas — Answer: KYD
- 47. Washboard parts — Answer: ABS
- 49. Grocery aisle enticement — Answer: SAMPLE
- 55. Beer brand from Anheuser-Busch — Answer: BUDICE
- 58. Wading bird — Answer: HERON
- 59. Image in this puzzle — Answer: AMBIGUOUSFIGURE
- 63. Steve of "Battle of the Sexes" — Answer: CARELL
- 64. "Tubular!" — Answer: RAD
- 65. With a clean slate — Answer: ANEW
- 66. What some people think this puzzle's image represents — Answer: RABBIT
- 67. U.K. home — Answer: EUR
- 68. Eliot of the Untouchables — Answer: NESS
Down
- 1. Say "As if!," e.g. — Answer: SCOFF
- 2. Clamdigger pants style — Answer: CAPRI
- 3. First American multimillionaire — Answer: ASTOR
- 4. Sand-colored — Answer: BEIGE
- 5. Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches — Answer: TEA
- 6. Web addresses — Answer: URLS
- 7. Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" — Answer: BRITISH
- 8. Bowed instruments — Answer: CELLI
- 9. Haploid cell — Answer: OVUM
- 10. Kiss, in Córdoba — Answer: BESO
- 11. Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER — Answer: ANI
- 12. Prefix with -metric — Answer: ISO
- 13. French resistance? — Answer: NON
- 18. Fort Collins sch. — Answer: CSU
- 19. Hawaiian souvenir — Answer: LEI
- 23. Late-night host Jack — Answer: PAAR
- 25. Website with a "Conservadox" option — Answer: JDATE
- 26. Sun blocker — Answer: VISOR
- 27. Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 — Answer: SAKS
- 29. Great service provider — Answer: ACER
- 30. Late-night host Seth — Answer: MERS
- 31. Put out — Answer: EMIT
- 32. "Excuse me" — Answer: SORRY
- 33. Stiff — Answer: RIGID
- 34. Bad time for Caesar — Answer: IDES
- 35. Hoarse voice — Answer: RASP
- 36. "Let's call it ___" — Answer: ADAY
- 38. What some people think this puzzle's image represents — Answer: DUCK
- 40. Many Pablo Neruda works — Answer: ODES
- 43. No-name — Answer: OBSCURE
- 47. One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps — Answer: ADULT
- 48. Life story — Answer: BIO
- 50. Fish in a poke bowl — Answer: AHI
- 51. Soccer great Rapinoe — Answer: MEGAN
- 52. Wrinkly fruit — Answer: PRUNE
- 53. Pixelated, informally — Answer: LORES
- 54. Cable show covering the red carpet — Answer: ENEWS
- 55. Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" — Answer: BIEB
- 56. Wrinkly fruit — Answer: UGLI
- 57. Isaac's favorite son — Answer: ESAU
- 59. Counterpart of down: Abbr. — Answer: ACR
- 60. Billy bawl? — Answer: MAA
- 61. "Just a sec," in a text — Answer: BRB
- 62. Four-term prez — Answer: FDR
The answer to “Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER” in the New York Times crossword is ANI — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on November 12, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 11-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER” answer
ANI (3 letters)
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Why the answer is ANI
ANI is the 3-letter solution that fits "Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER" in the NYT Crossword crossword on November 12, 2025 (11-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER” 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 before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
November 12, 2025 (this puzzle) → ANI. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on November 12, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Kurt who fronted Nirvana → COBAIN
- "Be that as it may ..." → EVENSO
- Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically → OPTICALILLUSION
- Kiss, in Córdoba → BESO
- Prefix with -metric → ISO
- Haploid cell → OVUM
- French resistance? → NON
- Accusative, for one → CASE
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for November 12, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Wednesday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER”?
The answer is ANI, a 3-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 12, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER”?
3 letters: ANI.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on November 12, 2025 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 11-Down.
Can “Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER” 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 12, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.