New York Times Crossword Answers

Monday, November 2 2026 · Updated today

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74 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 2 2026. In total there are 74 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Gender-neutral pronoun4 letters 5Slips a card up one's sleeve, say6 letters 11Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science3 letters 14Mammoth4 letters 15Portable computer6 letters 16And so on and so on: Abbr.3 letters 17Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings15 letters 20Started, as a new field of interest7 letters 21"Received and understood," in radio lingo5 letters 22Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins3 letters 23Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry11 letters 27Pals in Paris4 letters 29Blackjack play3 letters 30Takes to court4 letters 31Lukewarm, as support5 letters 33You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth5 letters 35Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s3 letters 36Early bloomer?9 letters 39"In ___ We Trust"3 letters 42Like an untouched attic5 letters 43Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally5 letters 47Drug you can trip on4 letters 49Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing"3 letters 50Where heroes are made?4 letters 51Be up-to-date with the news11 letters 56What a successful party is3 letters 57More ashen5 letters 58Olympians wearing red, white and blue7 letters 60"It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across?15 letters 64Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally3 letters 65Self-proclaimed6 letters 66Stags, does and fawns4 letters 67D.C. winter hours3 letters 68The "M" in RAM6 letters 69"Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae4 letters

Down

1Highest-caliber athlete, to fans7 letters 2"Follow my train of thinking, OK?!"7 letters 3Self-aggrandizing endeavor7 letters 4Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand4 letters 5Cotton or silk5 letters 6Capital of Vietnam5 letters 7Clean energy org. established by President Nixon3 letters 8Code of the world's busiest airport3 letters 9"___ soon?"3 letters 10Jilt5 letters 11Brussels is its capital7 letters 12Had the wheel7 letters 13Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver7 letters 18"Monsters, ___"3 letters 19Tugboat tasks4 letters 24Unit of a national sorority or fraternity7 letters 25Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame5 letters 26"___ Brute?" (Caesar's query)4 letters 28Take a chair3 letters 32Clunker3 letters 33More sagacious5 letters 34Capital of Utah, in brief3 letters 37Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand4 letters 38Word before dog or Bunny3 letters 39Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace7 letters 40A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these7 letters 41Patois or Cajun7 letters 44Sanctuaries7 letters 45Gets pink in the face, say7 letters 46Nine-time Grammy winner Frank7 letters 48These can be made with turmeric or saffron4 letters 52It may be added to coffee or corn5 letters 53Upper regions of the sky, poetically5 letters 54Impoverished5 letters 55"Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)3 letters 59Dress length that reaches the calf4 letters 61Adam's madam3 letters 62Consideration for an Oscar, informally3 letters 63Number of points for a basket3 letters

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