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NYT Crossword — November 12, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 17 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

40 clues

1"Unbelievable," in a text

4What's never heard in indictments?

7Absent, for short

10John of 2018's "Searching"

13Skintight activewear

15Intrusive marketing issue

180%

19Boom box, e.g.

20Dries out, with "up"

21Image Awards org.

23One of the six so-called "simple machines"

24Scores that usually occur on fourth downs, in brief

26Some snowmobiles

33Furnish (with)

34French verb with a circumflex

35Contented sighs

36Bridal shop fabric

37"___ she blows!"

38Stay tight (to)

40Word with red, pink or Golden

41"Surprise Symphony" composer

42It's all around you

43Drinks that might be hand-squeezed, informally

45"To ___ will be an awfully big adventure": Peter Pan

47Flamenco shout

50Novelist Butler

52In which students might seek the root of their problems?

54Alan of "Marriage Story"

55Site of some urban greenery … or where the starts of four Down answers have "grown"

60Dish with ingredients from this puzzle's 55-Across

62"Imagine that!"

64Followers of quarters

65Lack of musical talent

67"Don't feed the ___" (message board advice)

Down

38 clues

1Some Nikons, for short

3Symphony known as "Eroica"

4Dressed like, at a costume party

5One of four on a pool table

7"Street Fighting ___" (Rolling Stones song)

8Toy meant to be looked into

9People who are told what to say?

10Meaning of the Arabic greeting "As-salamu alaykum"

11Next in line, maybe

12Stops vacillating

14Actress Reid of "The Big Lebowski"

23In need of laundering, perhaps

24Big altercation

25Lacrosse player with specialized padding

27As is fitting

29Bed rock item?

30Germ, as of an idea

34Info from Delta, or a letter soon after delta

41Adjustable feature of a car seat

44Volkswagen compact

46Ibadism is a branch of this

49Shape-shifting organism

53Beekeeping or birdwatching

54Representative

55Move quickly?

57Ballerina's move

58Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person

59Simon or Diamond

60Diesel in a muscle car?

61Parisian fashion monogram

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Stats & info

Thursday, Nov 12, 2026

15×17

Grid size

78

Total entries

55/200

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 12, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJared Cappel

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split40 across · 38 down

Longest entries

60ADish with ingredients from this puzzle's 55-Across15 ltrs 55ASite of some urban greenery … or where the starts of four Down answers have "grown"13 ltrs 3DSymphony known as "Eroica"11 ltrs 10DMeaning of the Arabic greeting "As-salamu alaykum"11 ltrs 5DOne of four on a pool table8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 55 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.