NYT Crossword November 1, 2026 Answers

Across

1A This puzzle's subject 6 7A One of the Three Musketeers 5 12A Repeated words in the chorus of "Sweet Child o' Mine" 3 15A Sidewalk adjoiner 4 19A Alternative to Parmesan 6 20A Bar order 5 21A Piece of pet furniture 8 23A Member of the largest contiguous empire in history 6 24A What might be pulled when pulling one's leg, informally 5 25A Heat, as peanuts 8 26A Roald Dahl title character who subsists on "snozzcumbers," with "the" 3 27A How one might feel after a big meal 6 29A Like a juicy fruit 5 30A Appetizers, entree or dessert 14 36A Lead-in to coin 4 39A Lacking excess 4 40A Streaming channel? 6 41A ___ Vista, Calif. 4 42A Handed out new hands 7 45A Dude 5 46A Not as straight, as hair 6 48A Son of Seth 4 49A Only cardinal direction not found in a U.S. state name 4 52A Hungers 9 54A Composer Zimmer 4 55A Herbal sugar substitute 6 58A Titular fictional heroine from the Alps 5 59A Payment inits. found in "debt-free" 3 60A Wielder of the hammer Mjölnir, in myth 4 61A Modern moviemaking tech 3 63A Burton who hosted PBS's "Reading Rainbow" 5 66A Court defense 5 69A Slingshot ammo 9 71A Rome's ___ Fountain 5 72A Kidney-related 5 73A Greek goddess whose chariot is pulled by Firebright and Daybright 3 74A County north of San Francisco 4 75A Wyo. neighbor 3 76A Most overdone 7 78A "So cute!!" 6 81A Seconds, say 4 82A It's not a big dill 7 84A Leak out 4 85A Teensy 4 86A Eagle nests 6 87A Venomous snake 5 92A Feline with distinctive blue eyes 7 94A Like a 1958 doubled die penny 4 95A Steady, low sounds 6 97A Caesar's years 4 98A Opposite of sharpen 4 99A Out of sight 14 103A Versace's parent company 5 105A Soccer star Messi 6 106A Opposite of menos, in Spanish 3 109A Sheer bunk 8 112A Skillful 5 113A Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte" 6 116A Vague response to "When?" 8 117A No fan of company 5 118A In an unpleasant way 6 119A Complaint 4 120A Number of legs on a butterfly 3 121A Impatient 5 122A Its famous holes are formed by propionibacteria 11

Down

1D Sweet and gentle sort 4 2D Starting from 4 3D Play using all seven tiles in Scrabble 5 4D It's used over the counter 3 5D Before 3 6D Spun yarns 9 7D Improvised 5 8D Casts a wide net? 6 9D Male pronoun 7 10D "When I say 'go' ..." 7 11D "The Brain — is wider than the ___": Dickinson 3 12D Condition that may be treated with C.B.T. 3 13D Angelic instruments 5 14D Taylor Swift hit with the lyric "You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye" 5 15D Unit in the game Clue 11 16D "Well, the good thing is ..." 15 17D They might be targeted 3 18D Symbol for a stop on a subway map 3 22D Wine label word 3 28D Go off on 6 31D "___ your heart!" 5 32D Mariners' domain 3 33D Source of wealth for John D. Rockefeller 3 34D Alma mater of Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe, in brief 4 35D Collect, as rewards 4 37D Exuberance 4 38D Locales of tiny drums 4 42D Try again 6 43D Give permission to 6 44D "I'm still talking!" 15 46D Like the hours before dawn 3 47D Slanted 5 50D Short arguments 6 51D Kelly Ripa or Jimmy Kimmel 6 53D Pride of Punxsutawney 4 56D Ammonium or sulfate 3 57D Spot for sports 5 61D Pitch raisers for guitarists 5 62D Menacing look 5 64D Staves off 6 65D Sirloin alternative 6 67D Many a shipwreck site 11 68D "Looks good to me," tersely 5 69D Observed 4 70D Bundle 3 77D "___ the season …" 3 79D Parting words to a driver leaving in a storm 6 80D Like jellyfish … but not books about jellyfish? 9 81D Ape 5 82D Duds 4 83D Recover from injury 4 87D Cable channel that awards V.M.A.s 3 88D Common poke ingredient 3 89D "___ Doubtfire" 3 90D Take further than one's predecessors 7 91D Peaceful kind of music 7 93D ___ Arbor 3 96D Calculus calculations 6 99D Golden Globe winner Elba 5 100D Grand Slam tournament winner Osaka 5 101D What a ticket gets you 5 102D Islamic rulers 5 104D "Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": George Bernard Shaw 3 107D Oft-torn body parts, in brief 4 108D "Smile!" 9 109D Computer cable type 3 110D Low digit 3 111D Cowboy nickname 3 112D Carte preceder 3 114D Quarrel 3 115D Opposite of non 3