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140 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 8 2026. In total there are 140 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Home of India's most-visited monument4 letters 5Ending with hard or soft4 letters 9"___ girl!"4 letters 13Indian silk region5 letters 18Company whose name took off as a verb in the 2020s4 letters 19SoCal N.F.L.'er5 letters 20Letters of qualification4 letters 21"Bumping," as a party5 letters 22Confidential scoop10 letters 24Like threat advisories, typically10 letters 26See 27-Across7 letters 27Potatoes, e.g. + Soothe13 letters 29French stew whose name sounds like an Italian sauce6 letters 31"In case you didn't hear me …"5 letters 32Impaler of note4 letters 33The Great Lakes, e.g. + Computer gurus13 letters 36See 33-Across7 letters 39Encounter virtually, in slang5 letters 40All-star lineup?5 letters 41Internet chuckles4 letters 42Makeup, mainly, of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office3 letters 43German article3 letters 44Athlete's "juice"4 letters 46Take an inch from a yard, say3 letters 47McDonald's McFlurry flavor4 letters 48More than might5 letters 50Petty cash holder?5 letters 53Habitual overdrinker3 letters 55See 58-Across7 letters 58Remark + Gripping tool13 letters 63Detach, as a gate7 letters 64It's heard during cold season5 letters 65Chart showing almost a third of the world's land7 letters 66Totally over it + Still woolly13 letters 68See 66-Across7 letters 69Pro tip?3 letters 70Washington, but not Lincoln5 letters 71Davis of "Thelma & Louise"5 letters 72Washington or Lincoln4 letters 75One might be "great"3 letters 76Places for shots4 letters 77Morning cuppa3 letters 80Air force hero3 letters 81Squashable, say4 letters 83Life-and-death5 letters 86Bring forth5 letters 88See 90-Across7 letters 90Gym weight + Counted (on)13 letters 93Dregs in a wine cask4 letters 94Colonial-era Indian soldier5 letters 95It's not a one-off6 letters 96Online broadcasts + Obvious13 letters 100See 96-Across7 letters 103Attempt at a royal flush?10 letters 104Meme throwing shade on seemingly attractive boyfriend candidates10 letters 106Like Yves Saint Laurent's "trapeze" dresses5 letters 107Tubelike articles of apparel4 letters 108Author Calvino5 letters 109Exile isle4 letters 110Dangerous places to seek harbor5 letters 111Home of the first family?4 letters 112Place for a window display4 letters 113Astromancer, e.g.4 letters

Down

1Ansari of "Parks and Recreation"4 letters 2No longer around4 letters 3Handful of prayers?8 letters 4Query upon entering a packed conference room, perhaps7 letters 5Crumples, as before tossing6 letters 6Certain queer identity, for short3 letters 7Transfixed4 letters 8Honorary title holders7 letters 9Patriots' group, in brief7 letters 10Third-rate6 letters 11Like many New York subway stations5 letters 12Missing tour dates?4 letters 13Remote power sources7 letters 14Bratislava resident6 letters 15Service entrance, often8 letters 16Claim4 letters 17Bathroom cabinetful, for short4 letters 19Reveal5 letters 23Shirk one's responsibilities5 letters 25Approach in quality5 letters 28Draws on4 letters 30Follow behind5 letters 33"I'm done explaining myself!," to a mathematician3 letters 34Actress Thurman3 letters 35Outdated3 letters 36Render speechless, perhaps3 letters 37Initials for one OPEC member3 letters 38Call from a ref who doesn't count?3 letters 41___ Lightfoot, former mayor of Chicago4 letters 442013 Eminem hit that tops out at 9.5 syllables per second6 letters 45Actress/sibling Mary-Kate, Ashley or Elizabeth5 letters 46Bean or gourd5 letters 47Capital in, but not of, Ontario6 letters 48Reedlike6 letters 49C-note5 letters 50Yemeni port with a namesake beverage5 letters 51Complaint during the dog days of summer5 letters 52Mold source5 letters 53Get-togethers, slangily6 letters 54Main ingredient in a German Zwiebelkuchen cake5 letters 55Dubious, in modern lingo3 letters 56Primer número3 letters 57Jon M. ___, director of the "Wicked" movies3 letters 58Social grouping5 letters 59Device in a hydrogen atomic clock5 letters 60Brooding offshoot of punk music3 letters 61Service that hosts the U.K. Space Command, in brief3 letters 62Letters read on a beach3 letters 67Award for an outstanding play4 letters 71Really puts off5 letters 72Elevator unit3 letters 73Place for intubators and incubators, for short3 letters 74Fabulate8 letters 75Director Lee3 letters 76Luv3 letters 77Worthy of some time?8 letters 78Be in for3 letters 79A dead one has a single outlet3 letters 81Breaks through7 letters 82Wipe from visual memory, facetiously5 letters 83Source of a nicotine hit7 letters 84Flatten, in a way4 letters 85"Here's something that might work ..."7 letters 86Golfing boo-boo5 letters 87Des ___ (Chicago suburb)7 letters 89Not pass6 letters 90Stump6 letters 91Come upon6 letters 92Mythological lyrist5 letters 94Wasn't overturned5 letters 96Fight (with)4 letters 97Lacking any suntan, say4 letters 98Long (for)4 letters 99Field of inquiry that so far has not had any provable success4 letters 101Garage job4 letters 102Whose name goes first4 letters 105Nickname for Sarah3 letters

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