NYT Crossword November 15, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Flat 6 7A Stupors 5 12A Read, as a bar code 4 16A Ending of some D.C. addresses 3 19A ___ Singer, longtime cast member on "The Real Housewives of New York City" 6 20A Board at a nail salon 5 21A Housebroken, say 4 22A Classic TV brand 3 23A "Gonna Make You Sweat" (1990) 17 26A Fixture at many a cash-only restaurant 3 27A Chicken ___ (cheesy dish) 4 28A "Hang tight," in textspeak 3 29A Rap artist who once appeared as a hologram at Coachella 5 30A Mate 4 31A "Oh, OK" 6 34A "I Want You" (1969) 11 36A Trap 5 39A "… never mind" 5 41A Canine command 3 42A "___ the Patchwork Elephant" (children's book series) 5 43A "Single Ladies" (2008) 12 46A Like the sounds "m," "n" and "ng," in English 5 48A Emmitt and kin, in "Zootopia" 6 49A Like some meats 5 51A Picks up 6 55A Mao ___-tung 3 56A Some medical assistants, in brief 5 59A Relating to Leo XIV, e.g. 5 62A Exclamation on some Halloween décor 3 63A Profs' right hands 3 64A [Wags finger] 4 65A Portia of "Arrested Development" 7 67A Olympic gymnast Raisman 3 68A Govt. payment system 3 69A What six answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the song titles in their clues 13 72A Animation frame 3 73A "Code red! Code red!" 3 74A Officially, the Empire State Building has 102 of them 7 75A Aggrieved 4 76A Lead-in to "curious," for a food website 3 77A Disapproving sound 3 78A Japanese sneaker maker 5 79A Take care of 5 81A Lose to gravity 3 82A Like some of the French crown jewels in 2025 6 85A Certain jazz combo 5 87A Feminist scholar Butler 6 90A Cropped up 5 93A "December, 1963" (1975) 12 96A Early arcade name 5 99A Couch shape 3 101A Sherlock's sister on TV 5 102A Musical collection, say 5 103A "This Must Be the Place" (1983) 11 106A Clog or loafer 6 108A ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 4 109A Landmark 1988 Japanese animated film 5 110A Freud conceived of a "super" one 3 111A Talks, talks, talks 4 115A "___ be nice!" 3 116A "Escape" (1979) 17 121A Neither's partner 3 122A Rest on one's ___ 4 123A Unconsciously make noise? 5 124A Like some apartment appliances 6 125A Goody bag item 3 126A If's partner, in coding 4 127A Defeats by a hair 5 128A Foreign spies, e.g. 6

Down

1D ___ school 4 2D Hot stuff 4 3D Red, white and blue land: Abbr. 4 4D Oscar-winning Sally Field role of 1979 8 5D Whichever 3 6D Clergyperson on the bimah 5 7D Comedian Mitch who said "An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs" 7 8D "Gilmore Girls" creator ___ Sherman-Palladino 3 9D British ending 3 10D Flop ___ (period of personal setbacks, in modern slang) 3 11D Instrument associated with '80s music 5 12D Helps to handle something 7 13D Rummy relative 7 14D BP brand 5 15D Email status 3 16D Kind of cracker 6 17D Musical interval 6 18D Another name for the Slayer Handbook, in the "Buffy" franchise 6 24D Filmmaker Welles 5 25D Sticks on a table 4 30D Instrument with an endpin 5 32D Mr. abroad 4 33D Cain's firstborn 5 34D Recipe directive 4 35D Broccoli unit 4 36D Some quick chemical assessments 9 37D Gaga for 9 38D Co-signs 9 40D Albatross 4 44D "Are you out?" 9 45D Conical dwelling 5 47D Mexican dip 9 50D Fabric fold stitched into a waistline, say 4 52D Hand gesture in the form of "bunny ears" 9 53D Giving thought to somebody? 9 54D Atrium features 9 57D They're used in Ireland but not Northern Ireland 5 58D French darling 5 60D Composure 5 61D Scarflike tie 5 64D Positive periods 3 65D Cabinet creation of 2002, in brief 3 66D Michigan's Grosse ___ 3 70D One-named singer who collaborated with the Velvet Underground 4 71D U.K. grocery chain 5 79D Like most clothing 4 80D Essential character 5 83D Grub 5 84D Shallowest Great Lake 4 86D "So ___ say" 4 88D Golden Rule preposition 4 89D Bacchanal honoree 8 91D Those on a quest 7 92D Planetary orbit shape 7 94D Genetic variants 7 95D Siberian forest 5 96D Rub with oil, say 6 97D Result of someone needling you? 6 98D Hang on a clothesline, say 6 100D ___ Beth Denberg, original cast member of "All That" 4 104D Taj ___ 5 105D Ballet, par exemple 5 107D Speaking spots 5 112D Top of the top 4 113D Do some fiber art 4 114D Squad leaders: Abbr. 4 116D Third of three X's, maybe 3 117D "Your point being …?" 3 118D Worker bee, so to speak 3 119D Load from a lode 3 120D Q&A part: Abbr. 3