Today’s NYT Crossword hints and answer for November 2
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorMax Schlenker
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Gender-neutral pronoun (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTHEY→
5A
Slips a card up one's sleeve, say (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEATS→
11A
Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABSA→
14A
Mammoth (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHUGE→
15A
Portable computer (6)
Starts with L, ends with PLAPTOP→
16A
And so on and so on: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
17A
Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings (15)
Starts with E, ends with TEMOTIONALOUTLET→
20A
Started, as a new field of interest (7)
Starts with G, ends with OGOTINTO→
21A
"Received and understood," in radio lingo (5)
Starts with R, ends with RROGER→
22A
Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins (3)
Starts with O, ends with RORR→
23A
Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECHICKENWIRE→
27A
Pals in Paris (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMIS→
29A
Blackjack play (3)
Starts with H, ends with THIT→
30A
Takes to court (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUES→
31A
Lukewarm, as support (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTEPID→
33A
You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWARTS→
35A
Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMDS→
36A
Early bloomer? (9)
Starts with T, ends with BTULIPBULB→
39A
"In ___ We Trust" (3)
Starts with G, ends with DGOD→
42A
Like an untouched attic (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDUSTY→
43A
Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCARBS→
47A
Drug you can trip on (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
49A
Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing" (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELEE→
50A
Where heroes are made? (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDELI→
51A
Be up-to-date with the news (11)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAYCURRENT→
56A
What a successful party is (3)
Starts with F, ends with NFUN→
57A
More ashen (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPALER→
58A
Olympians wearing red, white and blue (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATEAMUSA→
60A
64A
Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPEC→
65A
Self-proclaimed (6)
Starts with A, ends with DAVOWED→
66A
Stags, does and fawns (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDEER→
67A
D.C. winter hours (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
68A
The "M" in RAM (6)
Starts with M, ends with YMEMORY→
69A
"Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISSA→
Down
1D
Highest-caliber athlete, to fans (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTHEGOAT→
2D
"Follow my train of thinking, OK?!" (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHUMORME→
3D
Self-aggrandizing endeavor (7)
Starts with E, ends with PEGOTRIP→
4D
Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand (4)
Starts with Y, ends with IYETI→
5D
Cotton or silk (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCLOTH→
6D
Capital of Vietnam (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHANOI→
7D
Clean energy org. established by President Nixon (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
8D
Code of the world's busiest airport (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
9D
"___ soon?" (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTOO→
11D
Brussels is its capital (7)
Starts with B, ends with MBELGIUM→
12D
Had the wheel (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTEERED→
13D
Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver (7)
Starts with A, ends with SACTRESS→
18D
"Monsters, ___" (3)
Starts with I, ends with CINC→
19D
Tugboat tasks (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOWS→
24D
Unit of a national sorority or fraternity (7)
Starts with C, ends with RCHAPTER→
25D
Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame (5)
Starts with K, ends with YKIRBY→
26D
"___ Brute?" (Caesar's query) (4)
Starts with E, ends with UETTU→
28D
Take a chair (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
32D
Clunker (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDUD→
33D
More sagacious (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWISER→
34D
Capital of Utah, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSLC→
37D
Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand (4)
Starts with L, ends with ULULU→
38D
Word before dog or Bunny (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBAD→
39D
Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGASPIPE→
40D
A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these (7)
Starts with O, ends with SOCTAVES→
41D
Patois or Cajun (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDIALECT→
44D
Sanctuaries (7)
Starts with R, ends with SREFUGES→
45D
Gets pink in the face, say (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBLUSHES→
46D
Nine-time Grammy winner Frank (7)
Starts with S, ends with ASINATRA→
48D
These can be made with turmeric or saffron (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDYES→
52D
It may be added to coffee or corn (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCREAM→
53D
Upper regions of the sky, poetically (5)
Starts with E, ends with RETHER→
54D
Impoverished (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNEEDY→
55D
"Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish) (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTAL→
59D
Dress length that reaches the calf (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMIDI→
61D
Adam's madam (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
62D
Consideration for an Oscar, informally (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNOM→
63D
Number of points for a basket (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTWO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for November 2, 2026?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Max Schlenker and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Gender-neutral pronoun (THEY); Slips a card up one's sleeve, say (CHEATS); Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science (BSA).
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