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NYT Crossword — November 13, 2026

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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34 clues

1"Finally! Me time!"

12"___ gratia artis"

16Native American Heritage Mo.

17"Nothing better!"

18Word with ginger or cream

19Org. that measures A.Q.I.

20Fall opener: Abbr.

21"Little help here"

28Dueling equipment

30Formal guidance?

35What a deck may be stacked with?

36Greek letter that becomes another Greek letter when its first two letters are dropped

38It's seriously entertaining

39Raise a false red flag

41Memphis-to-Nashville dir.

42Salsa partner

44Reach for the stars, say

48Parks of Montgomery

51___ colada (mocktail)

52Like many a vault

55[That's *my* kibble!]

59"Pick up the pace!"

62Country music's ___ Young Band

63"So, there's this special person …"

64Two shakes of a lamb's tail

65"Heaven forbid!"

Down

36 clues

2Perform an entrechat, e.g.

3Not at all plain

6Spiny succulents

7Chosen, in a way

8Lays waste to?

9Louisville Slugger material

12Rhetorical device like "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

13Relief pitcher?

22"You've gotta be kidding me!"

24"OK, fine, I get it …"

26Ye olde quaff

29Bouillabaisse and hasenpfeffer

36"What style!"

37Big name in discount supermarkets

39Lutheran hymn

40Doesn't sit still

42Common origami figures

43Fourth-to-last word of the Gettysburg Address

45Relative of a mandrill

50Sci-fi companion who speaks "binary," familiarly

53Actor Jannings or artist Nolde

54Hagia Sophia feature

56Way off, sometimes

60One working with canines, maybe

61"Pachinko" author Min Jin ___

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Stats & info

Friday, Nov 13, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

33/192

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 13, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorMike Graczyk

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 36 down

Longest entries

1A"Finally! Me time!"11 ltrs 15ATotal area11 ltrs 17A"Nothing better!"11 ltrs 59A"Pick up the pace!"11 ltrs 63A"So, there's this special person …"11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 33 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.