New York Times Crossword Answers

Monday, November 9 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

78 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for November 9 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Back talk4 letters 5Lair3 letters 8When the western sky turns lavender or pink6 letters 14"Guilty" or "not guilty"4 letters 15Big bird Down Under3 letters 16Kind of band6 letters 17Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek4 letters 18Area for autos3 letters 19Categorize6 letters 20Withdrawal's opposite7 letters 22"You ___ Beautiful" (1970s hit)5 letters 23Dress cut5 letters 24Tiny part of an archipelago5 letters 26Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English3 letters 29Craving3 letters 30Sent to the canvas6 letters 32Make small talk4 letters 33"Bad, Bad" Brown of song5 letters 34Funeral stands5 letters 35Honestly … or a description of the shaded letters?13 letters 39Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say5 letters 40Beginning notes to a song5 letters 41A mile a minute, e.g.4 letters 42Prance about6 letters 44"You ain't seen nothin' ___"3 letters 47Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings3 letters 48"The Taming of the ___"5 letters 49Scents5 letters 51The Mamas & the ___5 letters 53Make appear as if by magic7 letters 55Brawls6 letters 57Champagne cork sound3 letters 58"Now!"4 letters 59Noah's Ark landing site6 letters 60Opposite of WSW3 letters 61Ages and ages and ages4 letters 62Pooh's friend who tends to lose his tail6 letters 63October, numerically3 letters 64Reusable bag4 letters

Down

1Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps6 letters 2Genetic variant6 letters 3Ooze through6 letters 4Anglo-___5 letters 5Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami4 letters 6:) or :/8 letters 7Pecan or pistachio3 letters 8Rose quickly, as prices6 letters 9Like loose gemstones5 letters 10Loch ___4 letters 11Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter8 letters 12Something that "perks up" when you're attentive3 letters 13What might make molehills out of a mountain?3 letters 21Passover meals6 letters 22Guinness or Bass product3 letters 25Jump from a plane7 letters 27Tortoise racer4 letters 28U.F.O. occupants3 letters 31Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties3 letters 32"Bye!"4 letters 33Low-cal4 letters 34Tim who directed "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands"6 letters 35Top of a freshly served latte4 letters 36Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching8 letters 37Colorful carnival treat8 letters 38Period for a corp. earnings report3 letters 39Opposite of post-3 letters 42Pure as the driven snow6 letters 43"___ Poetica" (work of Horace)3 letters 44Phrase requiting good wishes6 letters 45Off-course6 letters 46Feared African fly6 letters 48Asparagus unit5 letters 50Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say5 letters 52Prefix with -nautics4 letters 54Ready for business4 letters 55Fannie ___3 letters 56Bygone "before"3 letters 57Kibble nibbler3 letters

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