NYT Crossword November 2, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Gender-neutral pronoun 4 5A Slips a card up one's sleeve, say 6 11A Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science 3 14A Mammoth 4 15A Portable computer 6 16A And so on and so on: Abbr. 3 17A Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings 15 20A Started, as a new field of interest 7 21A "Received and understood," in radio lingo 5 22A Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins 3 23A Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry 11 27A Pals in Paris 4 29A Blackjack play 3 30A Takes to court 4 31A Lukewarm, as support 5 33A You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth 5 35A Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s 3 36A Early bloomer? 9 39A "In ___ We Trust" 3 42A Like an untouched attic 5 43A Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally 5 47A Drug you can trip on 4 49A Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing" 3 50A Where heroes are made? 4 51A Be up-to-date with the news 11 56A What a successful party is 3 57A More ashen 5 58A Olympians wearing red, white and blue 7 60A "It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across? 15 64A Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally 3 65A Self-proclaimed 6 66A Stags, does and fawns 4 67A D.C. winter hours 3 68A The "M" in RAM 6 69A "Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae 4

Down

1D Highest-caliber athlete, to fans 7 2D "Follow my train of thinking, OK?!" 7 3D Self-aggrandizing endeavor 7 4D Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand 4 5D Cotton or silk 5 6D Capital of Vietnam 5 7D Clean energy org. established by President Nixon 3 8D Code of the world's busiest airport 3 9D "___ soon?" 3 10D Jilt 5 11D Brussels is its capital 7 12D Had the wheel 7 13D Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver 7 18D "Monsters, ___" 3 19D Tugboat tasks 4 24D Unit of a national sorority or fraternity 7 25D Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame 5 26D "___ Brute?" (Caesar's query) 4 28D Take a chair 3 32D Clunker 3 33D More sagacious 5 34D Capital of Utah, in brief 3 37D Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand 4 38D Word before dog or Bunny 3 39D Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace 7 40D A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these 7 41D Patois or Cajun 7 44D Sanctuaries 7 45D Gets pink in the face, say 7 46D Nine-time Grammy winner Frank 7 48D These can be made with turmeric or saffron 4 52D It may be added to coffee or corn 5 53D Upper regions of the sky, poetically 5 54D Impoverished 5 55D "Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish) 3 59D Dress length that reaches the calf 4 61D Adam's madam 3 62D Consideration for an Oscar, informally 3 63D Number of points for a basket 3