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NYT Crossword — November 2, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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35 clues

1Gender-neutral pronoun

5Slips a card up one's sleeve, say

11Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science

15Portable computer

16And so on and so on: Abbr.

17Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings

20Started, as a new field of interest

21"Received and understood," in radio lingo

22Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins

23Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry

27Pals in Paris

29Blackjack play

30Takes to court

31Lukewarm, as support

33You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth

35Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s

36Early bloomer?

39"In ___ We Trust"

42Like an untouched attic

43Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally

47Drug you can trip on

49Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing"

50Where heroes are made?

51Be up-to-date with the news

56What a successful party is

58Olympians wearing red, white and blue

60"It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across?

64Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally

65Self-proclaimed

66Stags, does and fawns

67D.C. winter hours

68The "M" in RAM

69"Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae

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39 clues

1Highest-caliber athlete, to fans

2"Follow my train of thinking, OK?!"

3Self-aggrandizing endeavor

4Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand

5Cotton or silk

6Capital of Vietnam

7Clean energy org. established by President Nixon

8Code of the world's busiest airport

11Brussels is its capital

12Had the wheel

13Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver

18"Monsters, ___"

19Tugboat tasks

24Unit of a national sorority or fraternity

25Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame

26"___ Brute?" (Caesar's query)

33More sagacious

34Capital of Utah, in brief

37Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand

38Word before dog or Bunny

39Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace

40A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these

41Patois or Cajun

45Gets pink in the face, say

46Nine-time Grammy winner Frank

48These can be made with turmeric or saffron

52It may be added to coffee or corn

53Upper regions of the sky, poetically

55"Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)

59Dress length that reaches the calf

62Consideration for an Oscar, informally

63Number of points for a basket

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Stats & info

Monday, Nov 2, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 2, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorMax Schlenker

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17AActivity that helps one release pent-up feelings15 ltrs 60A"It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across?15 ltrs 23AHexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry11 ltrs 51ABe up-to-date with the news11 ltrs 36AEarly bloomer?9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.