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NYT Crossword Answers Nov 9, 2026

Complete answer list for the November 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Leslie BensonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Back talk ↗SASS
  2. 5Lair ↗DEN
  3. 8When the western sky turns lavender or pink ↗SUNSET
  4. 14"Guilty" or "not guilty" ↗PLEA
  5. 15Big bird Down Under ↗EMU
  6. 16Kind of band ↗ONEMAN
  7. 17Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek ↗ALEX
  8. 18Area for autos ↗LOT
  9. 19Categorize ↗ASSORT
  10. 20Withdrawal's opposite ↗DEPOSIT
  11. 22"You ___ Beautiful" (1970s hit) ↗ARESO
  12. 23Dress cut ↗ALINE
  13. 24Tiny part of an archipelago ↗ISLET
  14. 26Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English ↗THE
  15. 29Craving ↗YEN
  16. 30Sent to the canvas ↗DECKED
  17. 32Make small talk ↗CHAT
  18. 33"Bad, Bad" Brown of song ↗LEROY
  19. 34Funeral stands ↗BIERS
  20. 35Honestly … or a description of the shaded letters? ↗FAIRANDSQUARE
  21. 39Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say ↗POUTS
  22. 40Beginning notes to a song ↗INTRO
  23. 41A mile a minute, e.g. ↗RATE
  24. 42Prance about ↗CAVORT
  25. 44"You ain't seen nothin' ___" ↗YET
  26. 47Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings ↗EMO
  27. 48"The Taming of the ___" ↗SHREW
  28. 49Scents ↗ODORS
  29. 51The Mamas & the ___ ↗PAPAS
  30. 53Make appear as if by magic ↗CONJURE
  31. 55Brawls ↗MELEES
  32. 57Champagne cork sound ↗POP
  33. 58"Now!" ↗STAT
  34. 59Noah's Ark landing site ↗ARARAT
  35. 60Opposite of WSW ↗ENE
  36. 61Ages and ages and ages ↗EONS
  37. 62Pooh's friend who tends to lose his tail ↗EEYORE
  38. 63October, numerically ↗TEN
  39. 64Reusable bag ↗TOTE

Down 39

  1. 1Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps ↗SPADAY
  2. 2Genetic variant ↗ALLELE
  3. 3Ooze through ↗SEEPIN
  4. 4Anglo-___ ↗SAXON
  5. 5Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami ↗DELI
  6. 6:) or :/ ↗EMOTICON
  7. 7Pecan or pistachio ↗NUT
  8. 8Rose quickly, as prices ↗SOARED
  9. 9Like loose gemstones ↗UNSET
  10. 10Loch ___ ↗NESS
  11. 11Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter ↗SMOOTHER
  12. 12Something that "perks up" when you're attentive ↗EAR
  13. 13What might make molehills out of a mountain? ↗TNT
  14. 21Passover meals ↗SEDERS
  15. 22Guinness or Bass product ↗ALE
  16. 25Jump from a plane ↗SKYDIVE
  17. 27Tortoise racer ↗HARE
  18. 28U.F.O. occupants ↗ETS
  19. 31Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties ↗ERA
  20. 32"Bye!" ↗CIAO
  21. 33Low-cal ↗LITE
  22. 34Tim who directed "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" ↗BURTON
  23. 35Top of a freshly served latte ↗FOAM
  24. 36Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching ↗AUTOPLAY
  25. 37Colorful carnival treat ↗SNOWCONE
  26. 38Period for a corp. earnings report ↗QTR
  27. 39Opposite of post- ↗PRE
  28. 42Pure as the driven snow ↗CHASTE
  29. 43"___ Poetica" (work of Horace) ↗ARS
  30. 44Phrase requiting good wishes ↗YOUTOO
  31. 45Off-course ↗ERRANT
  32. 46Feared African fly ↗TSETSE
  33. 48Asparagus unit ↗SPEAR
  34. 50Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say ↗DJSET
  35. 52Prefix with -nautics ↗AERO
  36. 54Ready for business ↗OPEN
  37. 55Fannie ___ ↗MAE
  38. 56Bygone "before" ↗ERE
  39. 57Kibble nibbler ↗PET