Big ___ Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Big ___” from the New York Times crossword of November 2, 2025? It has 3 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 2, 2025
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BEN is the answer to “Big ___”. It means an inner room.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
An inner room.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: NEB.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Big ___ (London clock tower)”.
More clues from the New York Times (November 2, 2025)
Across
- 1. Cause a mess, as with frying oil8 letters, starts with SSPLATTER
- 9. Create an intricate series of lies, say8 letters, starts with SSPINAWEB
- 17. Offerings to prospective bicycle buyers9 letters, starts with TTESTRIDES
- 19. "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia"9 letters, starts with EEPICDRAMA
- 20. Or more10 letters, starts with AATAMINIMUM
- 22. Like many public housing projects10 letters, starts with SSTATEAIDED
- 23. Comprehends4 letters, starts with GGETS
- 24. Way to manipulate public opinion through fear11 letters, starts with SSCARETACTIC
- 26. "The ___ is done"4 letters, starts with DDEED
- 27. Some ambulance destinations, for short3 letters, starts with EERS
- 28. Ceramicists' devices13 letters, starts with PPOTTERYWHEELS
- 30. Hog heaven?3 letters, starts with SSTY
- 31. Wrong idea15 letters, starts with FFALSEIMPRESSION
- 33. Word with bean or lemon4 letters, starts with CCURD
- 34. ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"5 letters, starts with SSAEED
- 35. Tick off4 letters, starts with MMIFF
- 37. Pieces of art?7 letters, starts with MMOSAICS
- 40. Allude (to)3 letters, starts with NNOD
- 41. Winter Olympics event7 letters, starts with BBOBSLED
- 44. Agreements where one party takes some heat?9 letters, starts with AARMSDEALS
- 46. Old-time theater item9 letters, starts with MMOVIEREEL
- 48. They point toward Mecca while salah is performed10 letters, starts with PPRAYERMATS
- 50. Evergreen pointer10 letters, starts with PPINENEEDLE
- 51. Sharpen4 letters, starts with HHONE
- 52. Natural process of maturing11 letters, starts with SSUNRIPENING
- 54. Airplane wing feature4 letters, starts with FFLAP
- 55. Girder whose name assumes a serif font5 letters, starts with IIBEAM
- 57. Paleolithic-era tools9 letters, starts with SSTONEAXES
- 58. Have spiritual unity (with)5 letters, starts with BBEONE
- 59. Falsify6 letters, starts with DDOCTOR
- 61. ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)7 letters, starts with SSKEETER
- 62. Actress and model Ali ___6 letters, starts with LLARTER
- 63. Like some pricing strategies6 letters, starts with TTIERED
- 65. Annual awards whose name is an acronym5 letters, starts with EESPYS
- 66. Affectedly clever6 letters, starts with CCUTESY
- 67. Allude (to)5 letters, starts with RREFER
- 69. Southwest landform5 letters, starts with BBUTTE
- 70. Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short3 letters, starts with PPSA
- 73. Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more13 letters, starts with SSILICONVALLEY
- 79. [ha ha!]3 letters, starts with LLOL
- 82. Reddish-brown color4 letters, starts with RRUST
- 84. Ones skilled in governance11 letters, starts with TTECHNOCRATS
- 85. Gram4 letters, starts with NNANA
- 86. Return analogue5 letters, starts with EENTER
- 88. "You're one to talk!"9 letters, starts with TTHATSRICH
- 89. Mumbo jumbo5 letters, starts with HHOOEY
- 90. Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed10 letters, starts with FFORTEPIANO
- 92. Drink order at a sushi restaurant10 letters, starts with SSAKEBOTTLE
- 94. What might have green rooms?9 letters, starts with EECORESORT
- 95. Unlikely sportsmanship award winner9 letters, starts with SSORELOSER
- 96. ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister"8 letters, starts with RROSAMUND
- 97. Quarter-barrel containers of beer8 letters, starts with PPONYKEGS
Down
- 1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)5 letters, starts with SSTAGE
- 2. Fizzle (out)5 letters, starts with PPETER
- 3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 20245 letters, starts with LLSATS
- 4. PINpoints?4 letters, starts with AATMS
- 5. Lead-in to state or Star3 letters, starts with TTRI
- 6. Typically red-coated toy figurines11 letters, starts with TTINSOLDIERS
- 7. Official proclamations6 letters, starts with EEDICTS
- 8. Try to produce better offspring from6 letters, starts with RREMATE
- 9. Bursts6 letters, starts with SSPATES
- 10. Feels for6 letters, starts with PPITIES
- 11. Sport with crampons and carabiners11 letters, starts with IICECLIMBING
- 12. Document that promises secrecy, for short3 letters, starts with NNDA
- 13. Like the climate in Antarctica4 letters, starts with AARID
- 14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say5 letters, starts with WWADES
- 15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.5 letters, starts with EEMEET
- 16. Villain5 letters, starts with BBADDY
- 18. "No doubt about it!"6 letters, starts with SSUREIS
- 19. Inscribed6 letters, starts with EETCHED
- 21. Mythical creature with scales6 letters, starts with MMERMAN
- 22. Lost one's temper6 letters, starts with SSAWRED
- 25. Like some donations that anyone can accept5 letters, starts with TTYPEO
- 28. Pride celebration6 letters, starts with PPARADE
- 29. "That much is obvious"6 letters, starts with SSOISEE
- 31. Child who refuses to put things away?10 letters, starts with FFUSSYEATER
- 32. Flag thrower10 letters, starts with NNFLREFEREE
- 33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score8 letters, starts with CCOMANECI
- 36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.8 letters, starts with FFEEDLOTS
- 37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist7 letters, starts with MMRROBOT
- 38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria5 letters, starts with CCAMUS
- 39. Perspectives6 letters, starts with SSLANTS
- 41. More difficult to eat, as fish6 letters, starts with BBONIER
- 42. Tandoors, e.g.5 letters, starts with OOVENS
- 43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator7 letters, starts with DDELANEY
- 44. Garden pest5 letters, starts with AAPHID
- 45. Butterfly, e.g.6 letters, starts with SSTROKE
- 46. Cheeky flirts6 letters, starts with MMINXES
- 47. Sufferer healed by Jesus5 letters, starts with LLEPER
- 49. Unit circle ratios5 letters, starts with SSINES
- 50. Like some soils high in organic matter5 letters, starts with PPEATY
- 53. Small protestation4 letters, starts with PPEEP
- 56. Sociologist's concern5 letters, starts with MMORES
- 58. Eccentric5 letters, starts with BBATTY
- 60. Update the equipment in5 letters, starts with RREFIT
- 62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front5 letters, starts with LLUTES
- 64. Erasure8 letters, starts with DDELETION
- 66. Person idolized by a niche audience8 letters, starts with CCULTHERO
- 68. Physics Nobelist Feynman7 letters, starts with RRICHARD
- 69. Covert mission, familiarly7 letters, starts with BBLACKOP
- 70. Be partial to6 letters, starts with PPREFER
- 71. Shell competitor6 letters, starts with SSUNOCO
- 72. Daikin Park team6 letters, starts with AASTROS
- 74. Gregorian ___5 letters, starts with CCHANT
- 75. Aware of4 letters, starts with OONTO
- 76. We, in Portuguese3 letters, starts with NNOS
- 77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound4 letters, starts with VVCRS
- 78. Teatro alla Scala solos5 letters, starts with AARIAS
- 79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"6 letters, starts with LLAOTSE
- 80. Support for the tree pose in yoga6 letters, starts with OONELEG
- 81. Strategy against fickle weather6 letters, starts with LLAYERS
- 83. One more than 5-Down5 letters, starts with TTETRA
- 85. Unacceptable5 letters, starts with NNOTOK
- 87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"4 letters, starts with RREEM
- 89. Hallowed4 letters, starts with HHOLY
- 91. Nittany Lions' sch.3 letters, starts with PPSU
- 93. Big ___3 letters, starts with BBEN
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on June 27, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Big ___”?
BEN, 3 letters: an inner room.
When was “Big ___” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of November 2, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with B.