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NYT Crossword — November 4, 2026

Wednesday’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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33 clues

1Power bank units

6Rick's line "Here's looking at you, kid," in "Casablanca"

11Lines at a supermarket checkout, for short

14Alaskan native

15"Please, go first!"

16She "dances on the sand" in a 1983 Duran Duran hit

1756-Across on a store

20Kind of ball that's played with indoors

25Rock band founded by three sisters

2656-Across on an elevator

32Marvel mutants

34Crop boosters

35Org. for lawyers

36Magical ally in "Argonautica"

37Middle-earth monster

38Not short-term

41British noble

4356-Across on an interstate

45With 51-Down, college football rival of the B.Y.U. Cougars

46Nice kind of smell that tends to disappear quickly

50Sensationally detailed

55Magazine with "Decor" and "à Table" offshoots

56"That spells trouble!"

60Features of giraffe necks

62Sourdough starter?

63Apply, as pressure

64Comedian Wanda

Down

41 clues

1"Rome ___ built in a day"

2Low-maintenance succulents

3Earth, in French

4Foot joint sprain, familiarly

6With a fresh start

7Film friend of Nemo

8Soapmaking substances

9Org. whose logo represents five continents

10Luxury brand known for its Rome-inspired designs

11Constellation that includes the North Star

12Chicago's Navy ___

13A secret message might be in this

18Stimulate, as an appetite

25Divine protector in "Argonautica"

27How raised hackles stand

28Block in a candy shop

29What the corporation Nucor produces

30Lower-left PC key

31Upper-left PC key

32Microsoft game console

33Some messenger bags and satchels, jocularly

36"Four out of three people struggle with" this subject

39"Let's go for a ride!"

40Former Indianapolis stadium

41A cyclops has one

42In a manner of speaking

44Year in Italy

48Fish tank buildup

49Doesn't own, say

50Albert Einstein once compared it to riding a bicycle: "To keep your balance, you must keep moving"

51See 45-Across

52Prop for the Riddler

53Antiquing substance

54Company that makes Grape-Nuts

57Line on many a receipt

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 4, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPeggy Sue Marlin

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17A56-Across on a store15 ltrs 56A"That spells trouble!"15 ltrs 26A56-Across on an elevator12 ltrs 43A56-Across on an interstate12 ltrs 34ACrop boosters9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.