Today’s NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 7
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Clues66
Across31
Down35
ConstructorAdrian Johnson
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Beetle alternative beginning in 1961 (10)
Starts with M, ends with RMINICOOPER→
11A
Texting tech, for short (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSMS→
14A
"Lord willing!" (10)
Starts with O, ends with EONECANHOPE→
15A
Word with square or value (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMEAL→
16A
Krypton, to Superman (10)
Starts with H, ends with THOMEPLANET→
17A
"... approximately" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OORSO→
18A
Forest Service employee responsible for winter rescues (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSNOWRANGER→
19A
Head of Togo or Congo (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETETE→
20A
Beatles song subject who is "filling in a ticket in her little white book" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARITA→
21A
Football blocking group, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLINE→
23A
"The breath of art," per Frank Lloyd Wright (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPACE→
25A
Kid-friendly business? (8)
Starts with G, ends with MGOATFARM→
28A
Sporty car type (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECOUPE→
29A
Post-run activity (8)
Starts with A, ends with IAPRESSKI→
30A
Start of many cathedral names (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROUR→
31A
"12 Angry Men" director, 1957 (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLUMET→
33A
Beginning of many French team nicknames (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLES→
34A
It features one leg perpendicular to the other (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETREEPOSE→
37A
Practices salat, in Islam (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRAYS→
39A
Twistable kitchen item (8)
Starts with E, ends with REGGTIMER→
40A
Abounds (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEEMS→
41A
Nurse back to full strength (5)
Starts with R, ends with BREHAB→
42A
Cries of enlightenment (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAHAS→
43A
Job for which you might offer a hand, informally (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMANI→
44A
Withdrawal takeaway (10)
Starts with A, ends with TATMRECEIPT→
50A
Beowulfian, say (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEPIC→
51A
One looking over a shoulder? (10)
Starts with R, ends with RROADWORKER→
52A
Father of King Minos (4)
Starts with Z, ends with SZEUS→
53A
Plea from lazy children, perhaps (10)
Starts with D, ends with ODOWEHAVETO→
54A
First to seven? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SESS→
55A
"Oof, I'm struggling" (10)
Starts with I, ends with YITSNOTEASY→
Down
1D
___ scale (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOHS→
2D
Hip to (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
3D
Titular Pixar character who's mistakenly called names like Bingo, Chico and Fabio (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONEMO→
4D
Cold application for a pitcher (7)
Starts with I, ends with PICEWRAP→
5D
Whimsy (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECAPRICE→
6D
Airing during the wee hours, say (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONLATE→
7D
Hawaiian word for "family" (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHANA→
8D
Atari release of 1972 (4)
Starts with P, ends with GPONG→
9D
Literally, "sword" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
10D
Nostalgia-inducing illustrations and typography (8)
Starts with R, ends with TRETROART→
11D
Tennis feat completed by Novak Djokovic in 2016 (but named for a different player) (10)
Starts with S, ends with MSERENASLAM→
12D
Things on superintendents' rings (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMASTERKEYS→
13D
Fizzy cocktail flavor (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
15D
Recurring images, in literary analysis (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTIFS→
22D
Smartphone tech abbr. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELTE→
23D
What the Fox evidences in an Aesop fable (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSOURGRAPES→
24D
Brilliant stuff (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPUREGENIUS→
25D
Someone who might need to get a life? (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGAMER→
26D
Reveal, poetically (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOPE→
28D
Digs for a dove (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOTE→
31D
Football coach who famously said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" (8)
Starts with L, ends with ILOMBARDI→
32D
Fair ___ (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
35D
U.S. House committee since 1967 (6)
Starts with E, ends with SETHICS→
36D
Women's soccer coach Sundhage (3)
Starts with P, ends with APIA→
37D
Woolen outerwear (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPEACOAT→
38D
Backup group (7)
Starts with R, ends with ERESERVE→
40D
Band whose "Live at Leeds" album went double platinum (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTHEWHO→
42D
Makeup titan Elizabeth (5)
Starts with A, ends with NARDEN→
43D
Group of Mediterranean appetizers (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMEZE→
45D
Warning to an inattentive driver (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOT→
46D
Wide mouths (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMAWS→
47D
Retail chain whose first two letters are the first and last initials of its founder (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
48D
Common condo no-no (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPETS→
49D
City east of Ithaca (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTROY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 7, 2026?+
66 clues: 31 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Beetle alternative beginning in 1961 (MINICOOPER); Texting tech, for short (SMS); "Lord willing!" (ONECANHOPE).
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