NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Nov 2, 2026

Complete answer list for the November 2, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Max SchlenkerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Gender-neutral pronoun ↗THEY
  2. 5Slips a card up one's sleeve, say ↗CHEATS
  3. 11Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science ↗BSA
  4. 14Mammoth ↗HUGE
  5. 15Portable computer ↗LAPTOP
  6. 16And so on and so on: Abbr. ↗ETC
  7. 17Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings ↗EMOTIONALOUTLET
  8. 20Started, as a new field of interest ↗GOTINTO
  9. 21"Received and understood," in radio lingo ↗ROGER
  10. 22Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins ↗ORR
  11. 23Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry ↗CHICKENWIRE
  12. 27Pals in Paris ↗AMIS
  13. 29Blackjack play ↗HIT
  14. 30Takes to court ↗SUES
  15. 31Lukewarm, as support ↗TEPID
  16. 33You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth ↗WARTS
  17. 35Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s ↗MDS
  18. 36Early bloomer? ↗TULIPBULB
  19. 39"In ___ We Trust" ↗GOD
  20. 42Like an untouched attic ↗DUSTY
  21. 43Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally ↗CARBS
  22. 47Drug you can trip on ↗ACID
  23. 49Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing" ↗LEE
  24. 50Where heroes are made? ↗DELI
  25. 51Be up-to-date with the news ↗STAYCURRENT
  26. 56What a successful party is ↗FUN
  27. 57More ashen ↗PALER
  28. 58Olympians wearing red, white and blue ↗TEAMUSA
  29. 60"It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across? ↗IVESEENTHELIGHT
  30. 64Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally ↗PEC
  31. 65Self-proclaimed ↗AVOWED
  32. 66Stags, does and fawns ↗DEER
  33. 67D.C. winter hours ↗EST
  34. 68The "M" in RAM ↗MEMORY
  35. 69"Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae ↗ISSA

Down 39

  1. 1Highest-caliber athlete, to fans ↗THEGOAT
  2. 2"Follow my train of thinking, OK?!" ↗HUMORME
  3. 3Self-aggrandizing endeavor ↗EGOTRIP
  4. 4Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand ↗YETI
  5. 5Cotton or silk ↗CLOTH
  6. 6Capital of Vietnam ↗HANOI
  7. 7Clean energy org. established by President Nixon ↗EPA
  8. 8Code of the world's busiest airport ↗ATL
  9. 9"___ soon?" ↗TOO
  10. 10Jilt ↗SPURN
  11. 11Brussels is its capital ↗BELGIUM
  12. 12Had the wheel ↗STEERED
  13. 13Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver ↗ACTRESS
  14. 18"Monsters, ___" ↗INC
  15. 19Tugboat tasks ↗TOWS
  16. 24Unit of a national sorority or fraternity ↗CHAPTER
  17. 25Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame ↗KIRBY
  18. 26"___ Brute?" (Caesar's query) ↗ETTU
  19. 28Take a chair ↗SIT
  20. 32Clunker ↗DUD
  21. 33More sagacious ↗WISER
  22. 34Capital of Utah, in brief ↗SLC
  23. 37Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand ↗LULU
  24. 38Word before dog or Bunny ↗BAD
  25. 39Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace ↗GASPIPE
  26. 40A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these ↗OCTAVES
  27. 41Patois or Cajun ↗DIALECT
  28. 44Sanctuaries ↗REFUGES
  29. 45Gets pink in the face, say ↗BLUSHES
  30. 46Nine-time Grammy winner Frank ↗SINATRA
  31. 48These can be made with turmeric or saffron ↗DYES
  32. 52It may be added to coffee or corn ↗CREAM
  33. 53Upper regions of the sky, poetically ↗ETHER
  34. 54Impoverished ↗NEEDY
  35. 55"Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish) ↗TAL
  36. 59Dress length that reaches the calf ↗MIDI
  37. 61Adam's madam ↗EVE
  38. 62Consideration for an Oscar, informally ↗NOM
  39. 63Number of points for a basket ↗TWO