NYT Crossword November 9, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Back talk 4 5A Lair 3 8A When the western sky turns lavender or pink 6 14A "Guilty" or "not guilty" 4 15A Big bird Down Under 3 16A Kind of band 6 17A Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek 4 18A Area for autos 3 19A Categorize 6 20A Withdrawal's opposite 7 22A "You ___ Beautiful" (1970s hit) 5 23A Dress cut 5 24A Tiny part of an archipelago 5 26A Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English 3 29A Craving 3 30A Sent to the canvas 6 32A Make small talk 4 33A "Bad, Bad" Brown of song 5 34A Funeral stands 5 35A Honestly … or a description of the shaded letters? 13 39A Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say 5 40A Beginning notes to a song 5 41A A mile a minute, e.g. 4 42A Prance about 6 44A "You ain't seen nothin' ___" 3 47A Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings 3 48A "The Taming of the ___" 5 49A Scents 5 51A The Mamas & the ___ 5 53A Make appear as if by magic 7 55A Brawls 6 57A Champagne cork sound 3 58A "Now!" 4 59A Noah's Ark landing site 6 60A Opposite of WSW 3 61A Ages and ages and ages 4 62A Pooh's friend who tends to lose his tail 6 63A October, numerically 3 64A Reusable bag 4

Down

1D Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps 6 2D Genetic variant 6 3D Ooze through 6 4D Anglo-___ 5 5D Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami 4 6D :) or :/ 8 7D Pecan or pistachio 3 8D Rose quickly, as prices 6 9D Like loose gemstones 5 10D Loch ___ 4 11D Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter 8 12D Something that "perks up" when you're attentive 3 13D What might make molehills out of a mountain? 3 21D Passover meals 6 22D Guinness or Bass product 3 25D Jump from a plane 7 27D Tortoise racer 4 28D U.F.O. occupants 3 31D Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties 3 32D "Bye!" 4 33D Low-cal 4 34D Tim who directed "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" 6 35D Top of a freshly served latte 4 36D Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching 8 37D Colorful carnival treat 8 38D Period for a corp. earnings report 3 39D Opposite of post- 3 42D Pure as the driven snow 6 43D "___ Poetica" (work of Horace) 3 44D Phrase requiting good wishes 6 45D Off-course 6 46D Feared African fly 6 48D Asparagus unit 5 50D Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say 5 52D Prefix with -nautics 4 54D Ready for business 4 55D Fannie ___ 3 56D Bygone "before" 3 57D Kibble nibbler 3