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NYT Crossword — November 9, 2026

Monday’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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1S
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3S
4S
5D
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7N
8S
9U
10N
11S
12E
13T
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15E
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17A
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18L
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19A
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20D
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21S
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24I
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51P
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53C
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55M
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57P
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59A
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Across

39 clues
1Back talk
5Lair
8When the western sky turns lavender or pink
14"Guilty" or "not guilty"
15Big bird Down Under
16Kind of band
17Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek
18Area for autos
19Categorize
20Withdrawal's opposite
22"You ___ Beautiful" (1970s hit)
23Dress cut
24Tiny part of an archipelago
26Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English
29Craving
30Sent to the canvas
32Make small talk
33"Bad, Bad" Brown of song
34Funeral stands
35Honestly … or a description of the shaded letters?
39Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say
40Beginning notes to a song
41A mile a minute, e.g.
42Prance about
44"You ain't seen nothin' ___"
47Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings
48"The Taming of the ___"
49Scents
51The Mamas & the ___
53Make appear as if by magic
55Brawls
57Champagne cork sound
58"Now!"
59Noah's Ark landing site
60Opposite of WSW
61Ages and ages and ages
62Pooh's friend who tends to lose his tail
63October, numerically
64Reusable bag

Down

39 clues
1Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps
2Genetic variant
3Ooze through
4Anglo-___
5Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami
6:) or :/
7Pecan or pistachio
8Rose quickly, as prices
9Like loose gemstones
10Loch ___
11Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter
12Something that "perks up" when you're attentive
13What might make molehills out of a mountain?
21Passover meals
22Guinness or Bass product
25Jump from a plane
27Tortoise racer
28U.F.O. occupants
31Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties
32"Bye!"
33Low-cal
34Tim who directed "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands"
35Top of a freshly served latte
36Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching
37Colorful carnival treat
38Period for a corp. earnings report
39Opposite of post-
42Pure as the driven snow
43"___ Poetica" (work of Horace)
44Phrase requiting good wishes
45Off-course
46Feared African fly
48Asparagus unit
50Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say
52Prefix with -nautics
54Ready for business
55Fannie ___
56Bygone "before"
57Kibble nibbler

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Stats & info

Monday, Nov 9, 2026
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
38/187
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
13 ltrs
Longest entry
Easiest
Monday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedNov 9, 2026
DayMonday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorLeslie Benson
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split39 across · 39 down
Longest entries
35AHonestly … or a description of the shaded letters?13 ltrs6D:) or :/8 ltrs11DLike creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter8 ltrs36DNetflix feature that encourages binge-watching8 ltrs37DColorful carnival treat8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.