New York Times Crossword Answers

Thursday, November 5 2026 · Updated today

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78 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 5 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1___ Batlló, Antoni Gaudí masterpiece whose roof arch mimics a dragon's back4 letters 5Cheese that comes from northern Italy (and not another continent!)6 letters 11Tote, for one3 letters 14Certain sports bet4 letters 15You can see right through it6 letters 16Subject of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine3 letters 17Hand-held communication devices13 letters 19Pioneers, in hip-hop slang3 letters 20D.O.J. branch3 letters 21Online chat sign-off3 letters 22Pottery needs5 letters 24It accompanies a promotion, typically5 letters 26Songs played on an oldies station11 letters 30Word after pipe or before team5 letters 31Canal site3 letters 32Book of the Bible that includes doings of Cyrus the Great4 letters 33Whistle blower, informally3 letters 35Disapproving sounds4 letters 38Sound after a gut punch3 letters 39Admission of confusion ... or a hint for interpreting four answers in this puzzle15 letters 44Flying off the shelves3 letters 45Author Morrison4 letters 46Political leader?3 letters 47Gray matter?4 letters 49Sea urchin, on a sushi menu3 letters 51Women's dress shoes5 letters 55Juggernauts11 letters 58Buy a round for, say5 letters 59Like the alphabet of the circled letters in the Down answers, but not in the Across answers5 letters 60Junior's Jr.3 letters 62Way to go: Abbr.3 letters 63Voice, as grievances3 letters 64Popular fund-raising event13 letters 68Vehicle for taking a trip?3 letters 69The smallest of samples6 letters 70Ampere or volt4 letters 71Symbols on a post3 letters 72Governor Gavin6 letters 73Head honcho4 letters

Down

1Hardly a risk-taker6 letters 2A gamer may use one6 letters 3One might be taken with a stick6 letters 4U.S. state with the most dry counties: Abbr.3 letters 5Feeling tender6 letters 6Comfort6 letters 7Peeve3 letters 8Nickname of the protagonist in 2024's "Anora"3 letters 9Enthusiasts, so to speak5 letters 10Refueling spot5 letters 11Big Apple menagerie10 letters 120.1 nanometer8 letters 13Super-fun time3 letters 18Salt for wintry roads7 letters 23More than just exaggerate3 letters 25Singer Bareilles4 letters 27Place to go, in the army7 letters 28British bottom4 letters 29Call made with outstretched arms4 letters 34Rock duo ___ & Eddie3 letters 36Center of a beer blast3 letters 37Unlikely buyer?7 letters 39Restaurant chain with a smiling face in its logo4 letters 40Where things get ticked off8 letters 41Cruise ship workers8 letters 42Wildebeests4 letters 43Go on the road4 letters 48Solidify3 letters 50Digs6 letters 52___ wool6 letters 53Vernacular6 letters 54Medical inserts6 letters 56Galileo, for one7 letters 57Get together5 letters 61Couple6 letters 63In the manner of3 letters 65What a bill may become3 letters 66Letter indicating ownership?3 letters 67Large popcorn purchase3 letters

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