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NYT Crossword — November 5, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 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

39 clues

1___ Batlló, Antoni Gaudí masterpiece whose roof arch mimics a dragon's back

5Cheese that comes from northern Italy (and not another continent!)

11Tote, for one

14Certain sports bet

15You can see right through it

16Subject of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

17Hand-held communication devices

19Pioneers, in hip-hop slang

20D.O.J. branch

21Online chat sign-off

22Pottery needs

24It accompanies a promotion, typically

26Songs played on an oldies station

30Word after pipe or before team

32Book of the Bible that includes doings of Cyrus the Great

33Whistle blower, informally

35Disapproving sounds

38Sound after a gut punch

39Admission of confusion ... or a hint for interpreting four answers in this puzzle

44Flying off the shelves

45Author Morrison

46Political leader?

49Sea urchin, on a sushi menu

51Women's dress shoes

58Buy a round for, say

59Like the alphabet of the circled letters in the Down answers, but not in the Across answers

62Way to go: Abbr.

63Voice, as grievances

64Popular fund-raising event

68Vehicle for taking a trip?

69The smallest of samples

70Ampere or volt

71Symbols on a post

72Governor Gavin

Down

39 clues

1Hardly a risk-taker

2A gamer may use one

3One might be taken with a stick

4U.S. state with the most dry counties: Abbr.

5Feeling tender

8Nickname of the protagonist in 2024's "Anora"

9Enthusiasts, so to speak

10Refueling spot

11Big Apple menagerie

120.1 nanometer

13Super-fun time

18Salt for wintry roads

23More than just exaggerate

25Singer Bareilles

27Place to go, in the army

28British bottom

29Call made with outstretched arms

34Rock duo ___ & Eddie

36Center of a beer blast

37Unlikely buyer?

39Restaurant chain with a smiling face in its logo

40Where things get ticked off

41Cruise ship workers

43Go on the road

54Medical inserts

56Galileo, for one

63In the manner of

65What a bill may become

66Letter indicating ownership?

67Large popcorn purchase

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Stats & info

Thursday, Nov 5, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 5, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDavid P. Williams

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

39AAdmission of confusion ... or a hint for interpreting four answers in this puzzle15 ltrs 17AHand-held communication devices13 ltrs 64APopular fund-raising event13 ltrs 26ASongs played on an oldies station11 ltrs 55AJuggernauts11 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.