NYT Crossword November 7, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Beetle alternative beginning in 1961 10 11A Texting tech, for short 3 14A "Lord willing!" 10 15A Word with square or value 4 16A Krypton, to Superman 10 17A "... approximately" 4 18A Forest Service employee responsible for winter rescues 10 19A Head of Togo or Congo 4 20A Beatles song subject who is "filling in a ticket in her little white book" 4 21A Football blocking group, informally 5 23A "The breath of art," per Frank Lloyd Wright 5 25A Kid-friendly business? 8 28A Sporty car type 5 29A Post-run activity 8 30A Start of many cathedral names 3 31A "12 Angry Men" director, 1957 5 33A Beginning of many French team nicknames 3 34A It features one leg perpendicular to the other 8 37A Practices salat, in Islam 5 39A Twistable kitchen item 8 40A Abounds 5 41A Nurse back to full strength 5 42A Cries of enlightenment 4 43A Job for which you might offer a hand, informally 4 44A Withdrawal takeaway 10 50A Beowulfian, say 4 51A One looking over a shoulder? 10 52A Father of King Minos 4 53A Plea from lazy children, perhaps 10 54A First to seven? 3 55A "Oof, I'm struggling" 10

Down

1D ___ scale 4 2D Hip to 4 3D Titular Pixar character who's mistakenly called names like Bingo, Chico and Fabio 4 4D Cold application for a pitcher 7 5D Whimsy 7 6D Airing during the wee hours, say 6 7D Hawaiian word for "family" 5 8D Atari release of 1972 4 9D Literally, "sword" 4 10D Nostalgia-inducing illustrations and typography 8 11D Tennis feat completed by Novak Djokovic in 2016 (but named for a different player) 10 12D Things on superintendents' rings 10 13D Fizzy cocktail flavor 4 15D Recurring images, in literary analysis 6 22D Smartphone tech abbr. 3 23D What the Fox evidences in an Aesop fable 10 24D Brilliant stuff 10 25D Someone who might need to get a life? 5 26D Reveal, poetically 3 27D Whiff 4 28D Digs for a dove 4 31D Football coach who famously said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" 8 32D Fair ___ 3 35D U.S. House committee since 1967 6 36D Women's soccer coach Sundhage 3 37D Woolen outerwear 7 38D Backup group 7 40D Band whose "Live at Leeds" album went double platinum 6 42D Makeup titan Elizabeth 5 43D Group of Mediterranean appetizers 4 45D Warning to an inattentive driver 4 46D Wide mouths 4 47D Retail chain whose first two letters are the first and last initials of its founder 4 48D Common condo no-no 4 49D City east of Ithaca 4