NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the November 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jared CappelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1778 clues

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Across 40

  1. 1"Unbelievable," in a text ↗SMH
  2. 4What's never heard in indictments? ↗CEE
  3. 7Absent, for short ↗MIA
  4. 10John of 2018's "Searching" ↗CHO
  5. 13Skintight activewear ↗LEOTARD
  6. 15Intrusive marketing issue ↗ADCREEP
  7. 17Overhauls ↗REVAMPS
  8. 180% ↗NOTABIT
  9. 19Boom box, e.g. ↗STEREO
  10. 20Dries out, with "up" ↗SOBERS
  11. 21Image Awards org. ↗NAACP
  12. 23One of the six so-called "simple machines" ↗SCREW
  13. 24Scores that usually occur on fourth downs, in brief ↗FGS
  14. 26Some snowmobiles ↗SKIDOOS
  15. 28___ factor ↗ICK
  16. 31Turns ↗ROTS
  17. 33Furnish (with) ↗EQUIP
  18. 34French verb with a circumflex ↗ETRE
  19. 35Contented sighs ↗AAHS
  20. 36Bridal shop fabric ↗TULLE
  21. 37"___ she blows!" ↗THAR
  22. 38Stay tight (to) ↗CLING
  23. 40Word with red, pink or Golden ↗EYE
  24. 41"Surprise Symphony" composer ↗HAYDN
  25. 42It's all around you ↗AIR
  26. 43Drinks that might be hand-squeezed, informally ↗OJS
  27. 45"To ___ will be an awfully big adventure": Peter Pan ↗DIE
  28. 47Flamenco shout ↗OLE
  29. 48Tranquil ↗SEDATE
  30. 50Novelist Butler ↗SAMUEL
  31. 52In which students might seek the root of their problems? ↗MATH
  32. 54Alan of "Marriage Story" ↗ALDA
  33. 55Site of some urban greenery … or where the starts of four Down answers have "grown" ↗ROOFTOPGARDEN
  34. 60Dish with ingredients from this puzzle's 55-Across ↗VEGETABLEMEDLEY
  35. 62"Imagine that!" ↗ILLBE
  36. 63Bargain ___ ↗BIN
  37. 64Followers of quarters ↗SEMIS
  38. 65Lack of musical talent ↗NOEAR
  39. 66As of now ↗YET
  40. 67"Don't feed the ___" (message board advice) ↗TROLL

Down 38

  1. 1Some Nikons, for short ↗SLRS
  2. 2Rendezvous ↗MEET
  3. 3Symphony known as "Eroica" ↗HOVENSTHIRD
  4. 4Dressed like, at a costume party ↗CAMEAS
  5. 5One of four on a pool table ↗ERPOCKET
  6. 6Mag staffers ↗EDS
  7. 7"Street Fighting ___" (Rolling Stones song) ↗MAN
  8. 8Toy meant to be looked into ↗IDOSCOPE
  9. 9People who are told what to say? ↗ACTORS
  10. 10Meaning of the Arabic greeting "As-salamu alaykum" ↗CEBEWITHYOU
  11. 11Next in line, maybe ↗HEIR
  12. 12Stops vacillating ↗OPTS
  13. 14Actress Reid of "The Big Lebowski" ↗TARA
  14. 16Broccoli ___ ↗RABE
  15. 22Arouses ↗PIQUES
  16. 23In need of laundering, perhaps ↗SOILED
  17. 24Big altercation ↗FRACAS
  18. 25Lacrosse player with specialized padding ↗GOALIE
  19. 27As is fitting ↗DULY
  20. 29Bed rock item? ↗CRADLE
  21. 30Germ, as of an idea ↗KERNEL
  22. 321040 fig. ↗SSN
  23. 34Info from Delta, or a letter soon after delta ↗ETA
  24. 39Nagged ↗GOTAFTER
  25. 41Adjustable feature of a car seat ↗HEADREST
  26. 44Volkswagen compact ↗JETTA
  27. 46Ibadism is a branch of this ↗ISLAM
  28. 49Shape-shifting organism ↗AMOEBA
  29. 51More insane ↗MADDER
  30. 53Beekeeping or birdwatching ↗HOBBY
  31. 54Representative ↗AGENT
  32. 55Move quickly? ↗RELO
  33. 56Bad look ↗OGLE
  34. 57Ballerina's move ↗PLIE
  35. 58Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person ↗ELMO
  36. 59Simon or Diamond ↗NEIL
  37. 60Diesel in a muscle car? ↗VIN
  38. 61Parisian fashion monogram ↗YSL