NYT Crossword November 13, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Finally! Me time!" 11 12A "___ gratia artis" 3 15A Total area 11 16A Native American Heritage Mo. 3 17A "Nothing better!" 11 18A Word with ginger or cream 3 19A Org. that measures A.Q.I. 3 20A Fall opener: Abbr. 4 21A "Little help here" 6 23A Customs 4 25A Look 4 27A Scintilla 4 28A Dueling equipment 5 30A Formal guidance? 9 33A ___ Z 3 35A What a deck may be stacked with? 7 36A Greek letter that becomes another Greek letter when its first two letters are dropped 5 38A It's seriously entertaining 5 39A Raise a false red flag 7 41A Memphis-to-Nashville dir. 3 42A Salsa partner 9 44A Reach for the stars, say 5 48A Parks of Montgomery 4 49A Inspiration 4 51A ___ colada (mocktail) 4 52A Like many a vault 6 55A [That's *my* kibble!] 4 57A Bloomer 3 58A "I'll pass" 3 59A "Pick up the pace!" 11 62A Country music's ___ Young Band 3 63A "So, there's this special person …" 11 64A Two shakes of a lamb's tail 3 65A "Heaven forbid!" 11

Down

1D Acquiesce 6 2D Perform an entrechat, e.g. 6 3D Not at all plain 6 4D Not gross 3 5D Vittles 4 6D Spiny succulents 5 7D Chosen, in a way 6 8D Lays waste to? 7 9D Louisville Slugger material 3 10D Major hunk 4 11D French bean 4 12D Rhetorical device like "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" 8 13D Relief pitcher? 7 14D Lissome 6 22D "You've gotta be kidding me!" 8 24D "OK, fine, I get it …" 8 26D Ye olde quaff 4 29D Bouillabaisse and hasenpfeffer 5 31D Progenitor 4 32D Argot 5 34D Plains tribe 4 36D "What style!" 8 37D Big name in discount supermarkets 4 39D Lutheran hymn 7 40D Doesn't sit still 7 42D Common origami figures 6 43D Fourth-to-last word of the Gettysburg Address 6 45D Relative of a mandrill 6 46D "No clue!" 6 47D Doohickey 6 50D Sci-fi companion who speaks "binary," familiarly 5 53D Actor Jannings or artist Nolde 4 54D Hagia Sophia feature 4 56D Way off, sometimes 4 60D One working with canines, maybe 3 61D "Pachinko" author Min Jin ___ 3