New York Times Crossword Answers

Thursday, November 12 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

77 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 12 2026. In total there are 77 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1"Unbelievable," in a text3 letters 4What's never heard in indictments?3 letters 7Absent, for short3 letters 10John of 2018's "Searching"3 letters 13Skintight activewear7 letters 15Intrusive marketing issue7 letters 17Overhauls7 letters 19Boom box, e.g.6 letters 20Dries out, with "up"6 letters 21Image Awards org.5 letters 23One of the six so-called "simple machines"5 letters 24Scores that usually occur on fourth downs, in brief3 letters 26Some snowmobiles7 letters 28___ factor3 letters 31Turns4 letters 33Furnish (with)5 letters 34French verb with a circumflex4 letters 35Contented sighs4 letters 36Bridal shop fabric5 letters 37"___ she blows!"4 letters 38Stay tight (to)5 letters 40Word with red, pink or Golden3 letters 41"Surprise Symphony" composer5 letters 42It's all around you3 letters 43Drinks that might be hand-squeezed, informally3 letters 45"To ___ will be an awfully big adventure": Peter Pan3 letters 47Flamenco shout3 letters 48Tranquil6 letters 50Novelist Butler6 letters 52In which students might seek the root of their problems?4 letters 54Alan of "Marriage Story"4 letters 55Site of some urban greenery … or where the starts of four Down answers have "grown"13 letters 60Dish with ingredients from this puzzle's 55-Across15 letters 62"Imagine that!"5 letters 63Bargain ___3 letters 64Followers of quarters5 letters 65Lack of musical talent5 letters 66As of now3 letters 67"Don't feed the ___" (message board advice)5 letters

Down

1Some Nikons, for short4 letters 2Rendezvous4 letters 3Symphony known as "Eroica"11 letters 4Dressed like, at a costume party6 letters 5One of four on a pool table8 letters 6Mag staffers3 letters 7"Street Fighting ___" (Rolling Stones song)3 letters 8Toy meant to be looked into8 letters 9People who are told what to say?6 letters 10Meaning of the Arabic greeting "As-salamu alaykum"11 letters 11Next in line, maybe4 letters 12Stops vacillating4 letters 14Actress Reid of "The Big Lebowski"4 letters 16Broccoli ___4 letters 22Arouses6 letters 23In need of laundering, perhaps6 letters 24Big altercation6 letters 25Lacrosse player with specialized padding6 letters 27As is fitting4 letters 29Bed rock item?6 letters 30Germ, as of an idea6 letters 321040 fig.3 letters 34Info from Delta, or a letter soon after delta3 letters 39Nagged8 letters 41Adjustable feature of a car seat8 letters 44Volkswagen compact5 letters 46Ibadism is a branch of this5 letters 49Shape-shifting organism6 letters 51More insane6 letters 53Beekeeping or birdwatching5 letters 54Representative5 letters 55Move quickly?4 letters 56Bad look4 letters 57Ballerina's move4 letters 58Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person4 letters 59Simon or Diamond4 letters 60Diesel in a muscle car?3 letters 61Parisian fashion monogram3 letters

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