New York Times Crossword Answers

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70 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 6 2026. In total there are 70 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Dating around?5 letters 6Noodles often served with tsuyu sauce4 letters 10___ Spalding, 1984 Oscar-winning role for Sally Field4 letters 14"Pay up!"10 letters 16Stock exchange?4 letters 17Soda once advertised as "Shockingly refreshing"10 letters 18City west of Cedar Rapids4 letters 19"Should've known better!"3 letters 20Blue Ribbon brewer5 letters 21Italian city that lent its name to a color5 letters 22Drink served with an extra-wide straw4 letters 23Woman who prefers tabbies over terriers7 letters 25Theater directors?6 letters 28Scrolls that may be read from a bimah6 letters 29Billboard list5 letters 30Popular hangout spots of the 1990s9 letters 33Video game character with a spiky head5 letters 34Article in a French newspaper3 letters 35Hollywood's Shire or Balsam5 letters 36"Good grief!"9 letters 38Are5 letters 39"Good grief!"6 letters 40People believe in them6 letters 41Item for a desert hike7 letters 43Group in blue4 letters 44Ones shopping at a souk, say5 letters 45Main role in "The Nutcracker"5 letters 47Lead-in to face or fix3 letters 50City north of Chandler4 letters 51"You should keep that story to yourself"10 letters 53Well-funded group?4 letters 54Reuben sandwich topping10 letters 55Fire4 letters 56Secondary accounts in online gaming4 letters 57Service replaced by Teams5 letters

Down

1Something often signed by friends4 letters 2Sacred bird of ancient Egypt4 letters 3Offend the nostrils4 letters 4Football snapper: Abbr.3 letters 5JFK and others12 letters 6Carnival dance5 letters 7Kimono closers4 letters 8California's locale, according to natives' lingo9 letters 9Court figure: Abbr.3 letters 10Messages sent from @nicrosoft.com addresses, perhaps11 letters 11Help line?10 letters 12Without limit5 letters 13Certain chemistry test5 letters 15Onetime major Scandinavian exports5 letters 21Some collections of essentials12 letters 22"Give me one moment ..."11 letters 24It's "what you make others see," per Degas3 letters 25Scripps Institution of Oceanography sch.4 letters 26Cry to a fly4 letters 27"Give me one moment ..."10 letters 28Not our5 letters 30Greenish black rock?9 letters 31Soup often drunk directly from the bowl4 letters 32Exams with a median score of about 10304 letters 37French word in a wedding announcement3 letters 40Apple device5 letters 41Paintball outfits, informally5 letters 42Flatbread that might be served with cuajada5 letters 43University of Miami athletes, informally5 letters 46Uncouth sort4 letters 47Speak to a higher-up?4 letters 48Volunteer for more4 letters 49Ciudad del ___, Paraguay's second-largest city4 letters 51Largest employer of mathematicians in the U.S., for short3 letters 52Noted animal shelter3 letters

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