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NYT Crossword — November 15, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

69 clues

12Read, as a bar code

16Ending of some D.C. addresses

19___ Singer, longtime cast member on "The Real Housewives of New York City"

20Board at a nail salon

21Housebroken, say

22Classic TV brand

23"Gonna Make You Sweat" (1990)

26Fixture at many a cash-only restaurant

27Chicken ___ (cheesy dish)

28"Hang tight," in textspeak

29Rap artist who once appeared as a hologram at Coachella

34"I Want You" (1969)

39"… never mind"

41Canine command

42"___ the Patchwork Elephant" (children's book series)

43"Single Ladies" (2008)

46Like the sounds "m," "n" and "ng," in English

48Emmitt and kin, in "Zootopia"

49Like some meats

56Some medical assistants, in brief

59Relating to Leo XIV, e.g.

62Exclamation on some Halloween décor

63Profs' right hands

64[Wags finger]

65Portia of "Arrested Development"

67Olympic gymnast Raisman

68Govt. payment system

69What six answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the song titles in their clues

72Animation frame

73"Code red! Code red!"

74Officially, the Empire State Building has 102 of them

76Lead-in to "curious," for a food website

77Disapproving sound

78Japanese sneaker maker

81Lose to gravity

82Like some of the French crown jewels in 2025

85Certain jazz combo

87Feminist scholar Butler

93"December, 1963" (1975)

96Early arcade name

101Sherlock's sister on TV

102Musical collection, say

103"This Must Be the Place" (1983)

106Clog or loafer

108___ vez (again, in Spanish)

109Landmark 1988 Japanese animated film

110Freud conceived of a "super" one

111Talks, talks, talks

115"___ be nice!"

116"Escape" (1979)

121Neither's partner

122Rest on one's ___

123Unconsciously make noise?

124Like some apartment appliances

125Goody bag item

126If's partner, in coding

127Defeats by a hair

128Foreign spies, e.g.

Down

71 clues

3Red, white and blue land: Abbr.

4Oscar-winning Sally Field role of 1979

6Clergyperson on the bimah

7Comedian Mitch who said "An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs"

8"Gilmore Girls" creator ___ Sherman-Palladino

9British ending

10Flop ___ (period of personal setbacks, in modern slang)

11Instrument associated with '80s music

12Helps to handle something

13Rummy relative

16Kind of cracker

17Musical interval

18Another name for the Slayer Handbook, in the "Buffy" franchise

24Filmmaker Welles

25Sticks on a table

30Instrument with an endpin

33Cain's firstborn

34Recipe directive

35Broccoli unit

36Some quick chemical assessments

44"Are you out?"

45Conical dwelling

50Fabric fold stitched into a waistline, say

52Hand gesture in the form of "bunny ears"

53Giving thought to somebody?

54Atrium features

57They're used in Ireland but not Northern Ireland

58French darling

61Scarflike tie

64Positive periods

65Cabinet creation of 2002, in brief

66Michigan's Grosse ___

70One-named singer who collaborated with the Velvet Underground

71U.K. grocery chain

79Like most clothing

80Essential character

84Shallowest Great Lake

88Golden Rule preposition

89Bacchanal honoree

91Those on a quest

92Planetary orbit shape

94Genetic variants

95Siberian forest

96Rub with oil, say

97Result of someone needling you?

98Hang on a clothesline, say

100___ Beth Denberg, original cast member of "All That"

105Ballet, par exemple

107Speaking spots

112Top of the top

113Do some fiber art

114Squad leaders: Abbr.

116Third of three X's, maybe

117"Your point being …?"

118Worker bee, so to speak

119Load from a lode

120Q&A part: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Sunday, Nov 15, 2026

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

74/367

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

17 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 15, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeSide Tracks

ConstructorSala Wanetick and Emily Biegas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split69 across · 71 down

Longest entries

23A"Gonna Make You Sweat" (1990)17 ltrs 116A"Escape" (1979)17 ltrs 69AWhat six answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the song titles in their clues13 ltrs 43A"Single Ladies" (2008)12 ltrs 93A"December, 1963" (1975)12 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 74 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.