NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the November 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Sala Wanetick and Emily BiegasEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 69

  1. 1Flat ↗PLANAR
  2. 7Stupors ↗HAZES
  3. 12Read, as a bar code ↗SCAN
  4. 16Ending of some D.C. addresses ↗GOV
  5. 19___ Singer, longtime cast member on "The Real Housewives of New York City" ↗RAMONA
  6. 20Board at a nail salon ↗EMERY
  7. 21Housebroken, say ↗TAME
  8. 22Classic TV brand ↗RCA
  9. 23"Gonna Make You Sweat" (1990) ↗EVERYBODYDANCENOW
  10. 26Fixture at many a cash-only restaurant ↗ATM
  11. 27Chicken ___ (cheesy dish) ↗PARM
  12. 28"Hang tight," in textspeak ↗BRB
  13. 29Rap artist who once appeared as a hologram at Coachella ↗TUPAC
  14. 30Mate ↗CHAP
  15. 31"Oh, OK" ↗AHISEE
  16. 34"I Want You" (1969) ↗SHESSOHEAVY
  17. 36Trap ↗SNARE
  18. 39"… never mind" ↗ORNOT
  19. 41Canine command ↗SIT
  20. 42"___ the Patchwork Elephant" (children's book series) ↗ELMER
  21. 43"Single Ladies" (2008) ↗PUTARINGONIT
  22. 46Like the sounds "m," "n" and "ng," in English ↗NASAL
  23. 48Emmitt and kin, in "Zootopia" ↗OTTERS
  24. 49Like some meats ↗CURED
  25. 51Picks up ↗ADOPTS
  26. 55Mao ___-tung ↗TSE
  27. 56Some medical assistants, in brief ↗TECHS
  28. 59Relating to Leo XIV, e.g. ↗PAPAL
  29. 62Exclamation on some Halloween décor ↗EEK
  30. 63Profs' right hands ↗TAS
  31. 64[Wags finger] ↗UHUH
  32. 65Portia of "Arrested Development" ↗DEROSSI
  33. 67Olympic gymnast Raisman ↗ALY
  34. 68Govt. payment system ↗EBT
  35. 69What six answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the song titles in their clues ↗PARENTHETICAL
  36. 72Animation frame ↗CEL
  37. 73"Code red! Code red!" ↗SOS
  38. 74Officially, the Empire State Building has 102 of them ↗STORIES
  39. 75Aggrieved ↗SORE
  40. 76Lead-in to "curious," for a food website ↗EPI
  41. 77Disapproving sound ↗TUT
  42. 78Japanese sneaker maker ↗ASICS
  43. 79Take care of ↗SEETO
  44. 81Lose to gravity ↗SAG
  45. 82Like some of the French crown jewels in 2025 ↗STOLEN
  46. 85Certain jazz combo ↗OCTET
  47. 87Feminist scholar Butler ↗JUDITH
  48. 90Cropped up ↗AROSE
  49. 93"December, 1963" (1975) ↗OHWHATANIGHT
  50. 96Early arcade name ↗ATARI
  51. 99Couch shape ↗ELL
  52. 101Sherlock's sister on TV ↗ENOLA
  53. 102Musical collection, say ↗TONYS
  54. 103"This Must Be the Place" (1983) ↗NAIVEMELODY
  55. 106Clog or loafer ↗SLIPON
  56. 108___ vez (again, in Spanish) ↗OTRA
  57. 109Landmark 1988 Japanese animated film ↗AKIRA
  58. 110Freud conceived of a "super" one ↗EGO
  59. 111Talks, talks, talks ↗YAKS
  60. 115"___ be nice!" ↗ITD
  61. 116"Escape" (1979) ↗THEPINACOLADASONG
  62. 121Neither's partner ↗NOR
  63. 122Rest on one's ___ ↗OARS
  64. 123Unconsciously make noise? ↗SNORE
  65. 124Like some apartment appliances ↗INUNIT
  66. 125Goody bag item ↗TOY
  67. 126If's partner, in coding ↗ELSE
  68. 127Defeats by a hair ↗EDGES
  69. 128Foreign spies, e.g. ↗ASSETS

Down 71

  1. 1___ school ↗PREP
  2. 2Hot stuff ↗LAVA
  3. 3Red, white and blue land: Abbr. ↗AMER
  4. 4Oscar-winning Sally Field role of 1979 ↗NORMARAE
  5. 5Whichever ↗ANY
  6. 6Clergyperson on the bimah ↗RABBI
  7. 7Comedian Mitch who said "An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs" ↗HEDBERG
  8. 8"Gilmore Girls" creator ___ Sherman-Palladino ↗AMY
  9. 9British ending ↗ZED
  10. 10Flop ___ (period of personal setbacks, in modern slang) ↗ERA
  11. 11Instrument associated with '80s music ↗SYNTH
  12. 12Helps to handle something ↗STEPSIN
  13. 13Rummy relative ↗CANASTA
  14. 14BP brand ↗AMOCO
  15. 15Email status ↗NEW
  16. 16Kind of cracker ↗GRAHAM
  17. 17Musical interval ↗OCTAVE
  18. 18Another name for the Slayer Handbook, in the "Buffy" franchise ↗VAMPYR
  19. 24Filmmaker Welles ↗ORSON
  20. 25Sticks on a table ↗CUES
  21. 30Instrument with an endpin ↗CELLO
  22. 32Mr. abroad ↗HERR
  23. 33Cain's firstborn ↗ENOCH
  24. 34Recipe directive ↗STIR
  25. 35Broccoli unit ↗HEAD
  26. 36Some quick chemical assessments ↗SPOTTESTS
  27. 37Gaga for ↗NUTSABOUT
  28. 38Co-signs ↗ATTESTSTO
  29. 40Albatross ↗ONUS
  30. 44"Are you out?" ↗ISTHATANO
  31. 45Conical dwelling ↗TEPEE
  32. 47Mexican dip ↗SALSAROJA
  33. 50Fabric fold stitched into a waistline, say ↗DART
  34. 52Hand gesture in the form of "bunny ears" ↗PEACESIGN
  35. 53Giving thought to somebody? ↗TELEPATHY
  36. 54Atrium features ↗SKYLIGHTS
  37. 57They're used in Ireland but not Northern Ireland ↗EUROS
  38. 58French darling ↗CHERI
  39. 60Composure ↗POISE
  40. 61Scarflike tie ↗ASCOT
  41. 64Positive periods ↗UPS
  42. 65Cabinet creation of 2002, in brief ↗DHS
  43. 66Michigan's Grosse ___ ↗ILE
  44. 70One-named singer who collaborated with the Velvet Underground ↗NICO
  45. 71U.K. grocery chain ↗TESCO
  46. 79Like most clothing ↗SEWN
  47. 80Essential character ↗ETHOS
  48. 83Grub ↗LARVA
  49. 84Shallowest Great Lake ↗ERIE
  50. 86"So ___ say" ↗THEY
  51. 88Golden Rule preposition ↗UNTO
  52. 89Bacchanal honoree ↗DIONYSUS
  53. 91Those on a quest ↗SEEKERS
  54. 92Planetary orbit shape ↗ELLIPSE
  55. 94Genetic variants ↗ALLELES
  56. 95Siberian forest ↗TAIGA
  57. 96Rub with oil, say ↗ANOINT
  58. 97Result of someone needling you? ↗TATTOO
  59. 98Hang on a clothesline, say ↗AIRDRY
  60. 100___ Beth Denberg, original cast member of "All That" ↗LORI
  61. 104Taj ___ ↗MAHAL
  62. 105Ballet, par exemple ↗DANSE
  63. 107Speaking spots ↗PODIA
  64. 112Top of the top ↗AONE
  65. 113Do some fiber art ↗KNIT
  66. 114Squad leaders: Abbr. ↗SGTS
  67. 116Third of three X's, maybe ↗TOE
  68. 117"Your point being …?" ↗AND
  69. 118Worker bee, so to speak ↗COG
  70. 119Load from a lode ↗ORE
  71. 120Q&A part: Abbr. ↗ANS