New York Times Crossword Answers

Tuesday, November 3 2026 · Updated today

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74 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 3 2026. In total there are 74 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Component of many a science course3 letters 4Butter up?5 letters 9Visual effect for a sports replay, maybe5 letters 14Good "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for "M_SS_SS_PP_"3 letters 15Food Network host Brown5 letters 16Maker of Instamatic cameras5 letters 17Sheepskin boot brand from Australia3 letters 18Michael Jordan and Anatole France?11 letters 20Chided7 letters 22Get closer to being picked, say5 letters 23Justice Kagan5 letters 24Le Pew who could rightfully ask "Ain't I a stinker?"4 letters 25Take home3 letters 28Faith Hill and Sally Field?10 letters 31Heckle4 letters 32Foreign5 letters 33In all respects5 letters 34Jenny Slate and Emma Stone?13 letters 38Cyrus who played Hannah Montana5 letters 39All choked up, say5 letters 40Slightly4 letters 41John Snow and Robert Frost?10 letters 46Muscle that's a neighbor of a delt3 letters 47Pirates' environs4 letters 48Feudal lord5 letters 49Merger site?5 letters 51X-ray machines, e.g.7 letters 53Sabrina Carpenter and Anita Baker?11 letters 56Vietnamese New Year3 letters 57Like kegged brews5 letters 58Ridiculous5 letters 59Slayed, in slang3 letters 60Paradises5 letters 61Homo, for humans5 letters 62Bag checkers, in brief3 letters

Down

1Classical victory wreath6 letters 2Oscar's deskmate on "The Office"6 letters 3London toller6 letters 4Locale for some shady deals9 letters 5Soothing balm4 letters 6Lego brick protrusion4 letters 7"Short" or "long" unit3 letters 8Main thing to order6 letters 9Popularizer of videotelephony5 letters 10Piece of mind?4 letters 11Comedian Rosie8 letters 12Word before Day, Queen or I?3 letters 13Green-lights3 letters 19Yanks (off)4 letters 21Lacking a timestamp7 letters 24Candy wrappers?7 letters 26Congers and morays4 letters 27Handle, as a court case3 letters 29Put on TV3 letters 30Opus ___3 letters 31Set up as MacGyver might7 letters 33No-parking areas in front of buildings9 letters 34Smidgen4 letters 35Individually, in a way8 letters 36Court redo3 letters 37"I'm so frustrated!"3 letters 38Information kiosk handout3 letters 41Have on4 letters 42Pincered bug6 letters 43Use as a rendezvous point6 letters 44Wetland waders6 letters 45Lipton rival6 letters 47Instructions5 letters 50Low-fat4 letters 51Marvel actress Vellani4 letters 52A modern one might be viewable via a QR code4 letters 53Iowa college3 letters 54Operator in Boolean logic3 letters 55Number of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still exist3 letters

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