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NYT Crossword — November 6, 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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Across

35 clues

1Dating around?

6Noodles often served with tsuyu sauce

10___ Spalding, 1984 Oscar-winning role for Sally Field

16Stock exchange?

17Soda once advertised as "Shockingly refreshing"

18City west of Cedar Rapids

19"Should've known better!"

20Blue Ribbon brewer

21Italian city that lent its name to a color

22Drink served with an extra-wide straw

23Woman who prefers tabbies over terriers

25Theater directors?

28Scrolls that may be read from a bimah

29Billboard list

30Popular hangout spots of the 1990s

33Video game character with a spiky head

34Article in a French newspaper

35Hollywood's Shire or Balsam

36"Good grief!"

39"Good grief!"

40People believe in them

41Item for a desert hike

43Group in blue

44Ones shopping at a souk, say

45Main role in "The Nutcracker"

47Lead-in to face or fix

50City north of Chandler

51"You should keep that story to yourself"

53Well-funded group?

54Reuben sandwich topping

56Secondary accounts in online gaming

57Service replaced by Teams

Down

35 clues

1Something often signed by friends

2Sacred bird of ancient Egypt

3Offend the nostrils

4Football snapper: Abbr.

5JFK and others

6Carnival dance

7Kimono closers

8California's locale, according to natives' lingo

9Court figure: Abbr.

10Messages sent from @nicrosoft.com addresses, perhaps

12Without limit

13Certain chemistry test

15Onetime major Scandinavian exports

21Some collections of essentials

22"Give me one moment ..."

24It's "what you make others see," per Degas

25Scripps Institution of Oceanography sch.

27"Give me one moment ..."

30Greenish black rock?

31Soup often drunk directly from the bowl

32Exams with a median score of about 1030

37French word in a wedding announcement

41Paintball outfits, informally

42Flatbread that might be served with cuajada

43University of Miami athletes, informally

47Speak to a higher-up?

48Volunteer for more

49Ciudad del ___, Paraguay's second-largest city

51Largest employer of mathematicians in the U.S., for short

52Noted animal shelter

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Stats & info

Friday, Nov 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

30/195

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 6, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAidan Deshong

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

5DJFK and others12 ltrs 21DSome collections of essentials12 ltrs 10DMessages sent from @nicrosoft.com addresses, perhaps11 ltrs 22D"Give me one moment ..."11 ltrs 14A"Pay up!"10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 30 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.