NYT Crossword Answers and Hints for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026: Mixed Results Theme, 140 Clues

The New York Times (NYT) Crossword for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, "Mixed Results" by Simeon Seigel: a hint for all 140 clues, the theme explained, then answers.

By Fresh Calendars News Desk

Published November 7, 2026, 10:30 p.m. ET 21 min read

NYT Crossword answers for Nov. 8, 2026: a blank 21 by 21 Sunday crossword grid with one row highlighted — The New York Times Sunday Crossword for Nov. 8, 2026, titled "Mixed Results"; hints come first, the full list of answers at the end. Illustration: Fresh Calendars

In this article

Six woven entries behind the title “Mixed Results”
Nine wordplay clues in Sunday’s grid
How Sunday’s grid is built
Hints for every clue
Today’s NYT Crossword answers (spoilers)

The New York Times (NYT) Sunday Crossword for Nov. 8, 2026, titled “Mixed Results,” was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz: a 21-by-21 grid with 140 clues. The title hints at a gimmick that touches six rows, and this page maps it by clue number without naming a single answer. Every clue gets a hint that opens on a tap, and the answers wait at the bottom.

Six woven entries behind the title “Mixed Results”

Six clues in the data carry a plus sign between two short phrases: 27-Across, 33-Across, 58-Across, 66-Across, 90-Across and 96-Across. Each is 13 letters long. The plus sign means the entry is a blend: answer the two phrases separately, then shuffle their letters together, each answer keeping its own order, until they fill the 13 squares. In all six, one part has six letters and the other seven.

A blend alone would leave a solver with a string that reads as neither part, so each long entry has a partner. The six “See” clues (26-Across, 36-Across, 55-Across, 68-Across, 88-Across and 100-Across) each point to a long entry and want a 7-letter answer that says what the blend means in plain terms. That is the “mixed results” of the title: two sets of results from one pair of clues. The partner always sits in the same row as its long entry, with one black square between them.

Solving tip: fill the partner clue first, or the crossings, and the blend often shows its seams, with the letters of one part appearing in order between gaps.

Long entry	Its two-part clue	Where it sits	Pointer clue	Pointer length
27-Across (13)	Potatoes, e.g. + Soothe	row 4, columns 9 to 21	26-Across, See 27-Across	7
33-Across (13)	The Great Lakes, e.g. + Computer gurus	row 6, columns 1 to 13	36-Across, See 33-Across	7
58-Across (13)	Remark + Gripping tool	row 10, columns 9 to 21	55-Across, See 58-Across	7
66-Across (13)	Totally over it + Still woolly	row 12, columns 1 to 13	68-Across, See 66-Across	7
90-Across (13)	Gym weight + Counted (on)	row 16, columns 9 to 21	88-Across, See 90-Across	7
96-Across (13)	Online broadcasts + Obvious	row 18, columns 1 to 13	100-Across, See 96-Across	7

The pointers sit to the left of 27-Across, 58-Across and 90-Across, and to the right of 33-Across, 66-Across and 96-Across. 26-Across, 55-Across and 88-Across start in column 1, while 36-Across, 68-Across and 100-Across start in column 15.

Nine wordplay clues in Sunday’s grid

Nine clues end in a question mark. No explanation below names an answer.

40-Across, “All-star lineup?” The “all-star” is not an athlete. Think of the most famous names in entertainment, ranked by a letter and a word for entries in a series. Five letters.
50-Across, “Petty cash holder?” The holder is a person, not a box. Read “holder” as someone who will not let go of money. Five letters.
69-Across, “Pro tip?” The tip is a lean of the head, and “pro” is the side that votes yes. Three letters.
103-Across, “Attempt at a royal flush?” Drop the poker hand. “Flush” works as in driving someone out, and the royal is a ruler. Ten letters, two words run together.
111-Across, “Home of the first family?” The first family here lived long before any White House. Think of a famous garden in Genesis. Four letters.
3-Down, “Handful of prayers?” A handful is literal: items strung together and passed through the fingers as each prayer is said. Eight letters, plural.
12-Down, “Missing tour dates?” The tour is a stint of service, not a concert run, and “missing” describes the person. Four letters, an acronym.
38-Down, “Call from a ref who doesn’t count?” In a ring, the count is a slow tally to ten. This referee ends the bout without making it. Three letters, initials.
77-Down, “Worthy of some time?” “Some time” is a sentence handed down by a judge. The answer describes what a court could do about an offense. Eight letters, ending in a suffix meaning “able to be”.

How Sunday’s grid is built

The grid is 21 by 21, which is 441 squares: 74 are black and 367 hold a letter. It has 140 entries, 63 Across and 77 Down.

By length, the 140 entries break down this way: 28 of 3 letters, 34 of 4, 36 of 5, 12 of 6, 16 of 7, four of 8, four of 10 and six of 13. There are no entries of 9, 11, 12 or more than 13 letters. All six 13-letter entries run Across, in rows 4, 6, 10, 12, 16 and 18. So do the four 10-letter entries: 22-Across and 24-Across in row 3, and 103-Across and 104-Across in row 19. The four 8-letter entries are 3-Down, 15-Down, 74-Down and 77-Down, so no Down entry is longer than 8.

The six pointer entries make up six of the sixteen 7-letter entries. The rest of the 7-letter entries are 63-Across, 65-Across and 4-Down, 8-Down, 9-Down, 13-Down, 81-Down, 83-Down, 85-Down and 87-Down.

Other clue types, counted from the list: four clues are fill-in-the-blank with a blank line, 9-Across, 41-Down, 57-Down and 87-Down. Five clues open with a quotation mark: 9-Across, 21-Across, 31-Across, 33-Down and 85-Down. Five flag a shortened answer with “for short,” “in brief” or “abbr.”: 6-Down, 9-Down, 17-Down, 61-Down and 73-Down. One more clue, 37-Down, asks for the initials of a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

With six 13-letter blends to untangle, the rules for the daily grid are on our NYT Crossword page.

Hints for every clue

Across

1-Across (4 letters), Home of India’s most-visited monument
the Uttar Pradesh city on the Yamuna river that is home to the Taj Mahal; four letters, two of them A.
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Agra
5-Across (4 letters), Ending with hard or soft
completes both “hard” and “soft” to name goods and programs; also what a vendor lays out at a stall.
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Ware
9-Across (4 letters), ”___ girl!”
a clipped cheer for a girl who did well; it also opens the male version, “-boy”.
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Atta
13-Across (5 letters), Indian silk region
the northeastern Indian region known for its tea plantations; the tea carries the same name.
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Assam
18-Across (4 letters), Company whose name took off as a verb in the 2020s
the video-call service whose name became a verb; also what a sports car does when it speeds by. Two O’s sit side by side.
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Zoom
19-Across (5 letters), SoCal N.F.L.‘er
the Los Angeles pro football team’s short form, then its nickname: a two-letter city abbreviation and a male sheep, run together.
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Laram
20-Across (4 letters), Letters of qualification
a texting abbreviation that adds a caveat to an opinion; three consonants and an I, standing for four words.
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Fwiw
21-Across (5 letters), “Bumping,” as a party
lively, buzzing with energy; the opposite of dead.
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Alive
22-Across (10 letters), Confidential scoop
private information that only those on the inside get to hear; two words run together, the second slang for facts.
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Insidedope
24-Across (10 letters), Like threat advisories, typically
sorted by hue, as a ranking that runs from green to red; two words run together, in American spelling.
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Colorcoded
26-Across (7 letters), See 27-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 27-Across: fanatical devotees of a cause, in the plural.
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Zealots
27-Across (13 letters), Potatoes, e.g. + Soothe
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is an underground starchy crop, the other a verb for ease. The result is two words for the faithful.
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Truebelievers
29-Across (6 letters), French stew whose name sounds like an Italian sauce
a slow-cooked French meat stew; it sounds like the Italian sauce “ragu”.
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Ragout
31-Across (5 letters), “In case you didn’t hear me …”
a speaker repeats the words for someone who missed them; three short words run together, starting with “I”.
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Isaid
32-Across (4 letters), Impaler of note
a fifteenth-century ruler of Wallachia whose nickname is “the Impaler”, tied to the Dracula legend.
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Vlad
33-Across (13 letters), The Great Lakes, e.g. + Computer gurus
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is a five-member group, the other a two-word label for computer experts. The result is a phrase about stepping down to object.
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Quitinprotest
36-Across (7 letters), See 33-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 33-Across: a stoppage in which employees leave their posts.
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Walkout
39-Across (5 letters), Encounter virtually, in slang
a lowercase “e” for electronic, then a verb meaning to encounter; the clue’s “virtually” is literal.
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Emeet
40-Across (5 letters), All-star lineup?
the top tier of famous names; a letter followed by a word for a series of entries. The question mark makes “all-star” mean fame, not sports.
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Alist
41-Across (4 letters), Internet chuckles
the plural of a short form for laughing out loud.
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Lols
42-Across (3 letters), Makeup, mainly, of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office
a hardwood from the tree that grows acorns; the Resolute Desk is built from it.
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Oak
43-Across (3 letters), German article
the neuter form of “the” in German.
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Das
44-Across (4 letters), Athlete’s “juice”
slang clipped from the name of a banned class of performance-enhancing drugs; four letters.
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Roid
46-Across (3 letters), Take an inch from a yard, say
to cut the grass; also a pile of hay in a barn.
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Mow
47-Across (4 letters), McDonald’s McFlurry flavor
a chocolate sandwich cookie with white cream, crushed into a McFlurry; it begins and ends with the same letter.
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Oreo
48-Across (5 letters), More than might
a modal verb that sounds stronger than “might”; a rule says you ___ comply. Two L’s end it.
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Shall
50-Across (5 letters), Petty cash holder?
a person who clings to cash and spends as little as possible; the “holder” is a someone, not a drawer.
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Miser
53-Across (3 letters), Habitual overdrinker
someone who drinks too much, too often; it rhymes with “pot”.
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Sot
55-Across (7 letters), See 58-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 58-Across: slangy name for flatterers, a verb for sipping through a straw plus “ups”.
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Suckups
58-Across (13 letters), Remark + Gripping tool
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is a seven-letter word for a spoken observation, the other a hand tool that pinches wire. The result names people who praise.
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Complimenters
63-Across (7 letters), Detach, as a gate
to lift a gate off its pivots; also to drive someone to madness.
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Unhinge
64-Across (5 letters), It’s heard during cold season
the sound of a sneeze.
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Achoo
65-Across (7 letters), Chart showing almost a third of the world’s land
a chart of the largest continent; the continent’s name plus a word for a chart, run together. The clue puts it at almost a third of the world’s land.
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Asiamap
66-Across (13 letters), Totally over it + Still woolly
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is a two-word phrase for fully done, the other a word for a sheep that has not been sheared. The result is a phrase about announcing oneself loudly.
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Soundoneshorn
68-Across (7 letters), See 66-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 66-Across: a person who brags; two words run together.
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Showoff
69-Across (3 letters), Pro tip?
a quick tilt of the head to say yes; the “tip” is a tip of the head, not advice.
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Nod
70-Across (5 letters), Washington, but not Lincoln
what Washington is and Lincoln, the Nebraska capital, is not; Alaska and Hawaii are among its fifty examples.
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State
71-Across (5 letters), Davis of “Thelma & Louise”
the first name of the actress who played Thelma opposite Susan Sarandon’s Louise.
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Geena
72-Across (4 letters), Washington or Lincoln
what both Washington and Lincoln are: a municipality with a mayor.
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City
75-Across (3 letters), One might be “great”
a large primate such as a gorilla or chimpanzee; as a verb it means to mimic.
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Ape
76-Across (4 letters), Places for shots
venues where drinks are poured; also rods across a jail window.
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Bars
77-Across (3 letters), Morning cuppa
slang for the morning pot of coffee; also a common first name.
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Joe
80-Across (3 letters), Air force hero
a pilot who has shot down five enemy aircraft; also the top card in a deck.
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Ace
81-Across (4 letters), Squashable, say
small and weak; easy to crush underfoot.
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Puny
83-Across (5 letters), Life-and-death
essential, as in “signs” a nurse checks at a doctor’s visit.
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Vital
86-Across (5 letters), Bring forth
what a salmon does upstream when it lays eggs; also to produce in large numbers.
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Spawn
88-Across (7 letters), See 90-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 90-Across: swelling outward, as an overstuffed bag; ends in “-ing”.
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Bulging
90-Across (13 letters), Gym weight + Counted (on)
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is a seven-letter piece of lifting gear, the other a six-letter past-tense verb for depended. The result describes a round, stout shape.
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Barrelbellied
93-Across (4 letters), Dregs in a wine cask
sediment that settles at the bottom of a wine barrel; plural.
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Lees
94-Across (5 letters), Colonial-era Indian soldier
an Indian infantryman in the service of the East India Company and later the British Raj.
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Sepoy
95-Across (6 letters), It’s not a one-off
describes entries in a run of episodes; it sounds like a breakfast food.
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Serial
96-Across (13 letters), Online broadcasts + Obvious
the two clue parts are woven letter by letter; one is a six-letter word for plain to see, the other a seven-letter word for online video feeds. The result names pampering at a salon.
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Spatreatments
100-Across (7 letters), See 96-Across
a synonym for the phrase at 96-Across: face-pampering sessions, plural.
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Facials
103-Across (10 letters), Attempt at a royal flush?
the pun is on “flush” as in flushing out a ruler; an overthrow of a monarch staged from a royal residence. Two words run together.
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Palacecoup
104-Across (10 letters), Meme throwing shade on seemingly attractive boyfriend candidates
a meme template that rates a boyfriend candidate at a spelled-out ten, then adds a flaw; three words run together and a conjunction.
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Hesatenbut
106-Across (5 letters), Like Yves Saint Laurent’s “trapeze” dresses
the silhouette of a dress that widens from the shoulders to the hem; named after the shape of a capital letter.
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Aline
107-Across (4 letters), Tubelike articles of apparel
stockings, in fashion terms; also a garden watering tube.
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Hose
108-Across (5 letters), Author Calvino
first name of the Italian author of “Invisible Cities”; it starts like the word for his nationality.
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Italo
109-Across (4 letters), Exile isle
the island off Tuscany where Napoleon was first exiled in 1814.
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Elba
110-Across (5 letters), Dangerous places to seek harbor
ridges of coral or rock just below the surface that wreck ships.
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Reefs
111-Across (4 letters), Home of the first family?
the question mark moves “first family” away from the White House to the Bible’s first couple; their garden.
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Eden
112-Across (4 letters), Place for a window display
the ledge at the bottom of a window frame.
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Sill
113-Across (4 letters), Astromancer, e.g.
someone who foretells the future; a prophet.
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Seer

Down

1-Down (4 letters), Ansari of “Parks and Recreation”
first name of the comedian who played Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation”; it has two Z’s.
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Aziz
2-Down (4 letters), No longer around
departed or past; no longer present.
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Gone
3-Down (8 letters), Handful of prayers?
the question mark makes “handful” physical: beads held in the hand to count prayers. Plural.
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Rosaries
4-Down (7 letters), Query upon entering a packed conference room, perhaps
a polite question asked on arriving after a meeting started; three words run together, ending with the opposite of early.
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Amilate
5-Down (6 letters), Crumples, as before tossing
turns a sheet of paper into a ball before a throw; a verb and a preposition run together.
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Wadsup
6-Down (3 letters), Certain queer identity, for short
short for “aromantic”; three letters beginning with the first letter of the alphabet.
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Aro
7-Down (4 letters), Transfixed
completely absorbed; it also sounds like “wrapped”.
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Rapt
8-Down (7 letters), Honorary title holders
retired professors who keep their title; the plural of a Latin word.
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Emeriti
9-Down (7 letters), Patriots’ group, in brief
the division the New England Patriots play in: three letters of a conference, then a compass direction.
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Afceast
10-Down (6 letters), Third-rate
cheap or small-time, as in a hustler; the first word is a number, the second a unit of computer data.
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Twobit
11-Down (5 letters), Like many New York subway stations
covered in small ceramic squares, like many walls underground in New York City.
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Tiled
12-Down (4 letters), Missing tour dates?
the question mark turns “tour” into a stint of duty; a soldier gone without permission, as an acronym.
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Awol
13-Down (7 letters), Remote power sources
the small cylindrical batteries that run a TV remote; a doubled letter and a word for power units.
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Aacells
14-Down (6 letters), Bratislava resident
a person from the country whose capital is Bratislava.
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Slovak
15-Down (8 letters), Service entrance, often
an entrance other than the front one; two words run together, the first meaning flank.
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Sidedoor
16-Down (4 letters), Claim
to declare firmly; to assert that something is true.
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Aver
17-Down (4 letters), Bathroom cabinetful, for short
pills, shortened from “medications”.
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Meds
19-Down (5 letters), Reveal
to disclose what one knows; two short words run together.
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Leton
23-Down (5 letters), Shirk one’s responsibilities
to slack off and put in little effort; a canine plus a pronoun.
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Dogit
25-Down (5 letters), Approach in quality
to match or equal in quality; also a competitor.
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Rival
28-Down (4 letters), Draws on
employs; also the plural of a noun for a purpose.
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Uses
30-Down (5 letters), Follow behind
to lag behind; also a path through the woods.
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Trail
33-Down (3 letters), “I’m done explaining myself!,” to a mathematician
three letters a mathematician writes at the end of a proof, from a Latin phrase.
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Qed
34-Down (3 letters), Actress Thurman
first name of the actress who played the Bride in the “Kill Bill” films.
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Uma
35-Down (3 letters), Outdated
past its prime; the opposite of new.
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Old
36-Down (3 letters), Render speechless, perhaps
an exclamation of amazement that turns into “mom” when the page is flipped upside down.
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Wow
37-Down (3 letters), Initials for one OPEC member
a Gulf federation of seven emirates that includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, by its initials.
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Uae
38-Down (3 letters), Call from a ref who doesn’t count?
the boxing referee stops the fight without counting to ten; the initials of a technical knockout.
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Tko
41-Down (4 letters), ___ Lightfoot, former mayor of Chicago
first name of the woman who led Chicago as mayor from 2019 to 2023.
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Lori
44-Down (6 letters), 2013 Eminem hit that tops out at 9.5 syllables per second
a 2013 Eminem single; a genre of spoken lyrics and a deity, run together.
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Rapgod
45-Down (5 letters), Actress/sibling Mary-Kate, Ashley or Elizabeth
surname shared by the sisters who played Michelle Tanner on “Full House”.
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Olsen
46-Down (5 letters), Bean or gourd
slang for the head, like “bean” and “gourd”; also the fruit family of cantaloupe and honeydew.
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Melon
47-Down (6 letters), Capital in, but not of, Ontario
Canada’s capital city, which sits inside Ontario though Ontario’s own capital is Toronto.
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Ottawa
48-Down (6 letters), Reedlike
very thin; also slang for the inside scoop.
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Skinny
49-Down (5 letters), C-note
slang for a hundred-dollar bill, a clipped “hundred”.
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Hundo
50-Down (5 letters), Yemeni port with a namesake beverage
a coffee drink mixed with chocolate; the port in Yemen shares its name.
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Mocha
51-Down (5 letters), Complaint during the dog days of summer
a sweaty summer complaint; a contraction plus an adjective, run together.
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Imhot
52-Down (5 letters), Mold source
the tiny reproductive cell of fungi, ferns and mosses.
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Spore
53-Down (6 letters), Get-togethers, slangily
slang clipped from “sessions”, in the plural.
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Seshes
54-Down (5 letters), Main ingredient in a German Zwiebelkuchen cake
“Zwiebel” is the German word; chopping it brings tears.
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Onion
55-Down (3 letters), Dubious, in modern lingo
slang clipped from a word for shady or suspicious.
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Sus
56-Down (3 letters), Primer número
the Spanish word for 1; also a card game in which you shout at your last card.
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Uno
57-Down (3 letters), Jon M. ___, director of the “Wicked” movies
surname of the director behind “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good”, with the “ch” sound as in “chew”.
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Chu
58-Down (5 letters), Social grouping
a hereditary social class, as in a rigid ranking by birth.
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Caste
59-Down (5 letters), Device in a hydrogen atomic clock
the microwave cousin of the laser; the M stands for microwave.
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Maser
60-Down (3 letters), Brooding offshoot of punk music
a brooding genre that grew out of punk; short for “emotional”.
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Emo
61-Down (3 letters), Service that hosts the U.K. Space Command, in brief
the British air arm; its letters begin with “Royal”.
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Raf
62-Down (3 letters), Letters read on a beach
the sun-protection rating printed on sunscreen.
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Spf
67-Down (4 letters), Award for an outstanding play
an annual sports award from the ESPN network; also an old verb for catching sight of.
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Espy
71-Down (5 letters), Really puts off
irritates deeply; as a noun, it means nerve or cheek.
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Galls
72-Down (3 letters), Elevator unit
the car of an elevator; also a taxi.
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Cab
73-Down (3 letters), Place for intubators and incubators, for short
the hospital ward for the sickest patients, by its initials; it sounds like “I see you”.
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Icu
74-Down (8 letters), Fabulate
to fib; a verb, an article and a falsehood, run together.
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Tellalie
75-Down (3 letters), Director Lee
the director behind “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi”, by his first name.
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Ang
76-Down (3 letters), Luv
a slangy pet name for a sweetheart.
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Bae
77-Down (8 letters), Worthy of some time?
the question mark turns “time” into a prison sentence; describes an offense a court could punish that way.
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Jailable
78-Down (3 letters), Be in for
to be in debt; to have money due to someone.
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Owe
79-Down (3 letters), A dead one has a single outlet
the last part of a street with one exit, as in “dead ___”.
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End
81-Down (7 letters), Breaks through
what a needle does to skin; ears get it for earrings.
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Pierces
82-Down (5 letters), Wipe from visual memory, facetiously
a verb with a prefix, for forgetting an image you wish you had not seen.
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Unsee
83-Down (7 letters), Source of a nicotine hit
an electronic nicotine device: a verb for inhaling mist plus a writing tool.
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Vapepen
84-Down (4 letters), Flatten, in a way
to smooth wrinkles with a hot appliance; also the metal with the symbol Fe.
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Iron
85-Down (7 letters), “Here’s something that might work …”
an offer of a suggestion; a verb and a pronoun, run together.
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Trythis
86-Down (5 letters), Golfing boo-boo
a shot that curves sharply to the right for a right-hander; also a wedge of pie.
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Slice
87-Down (7 letters), Des ___ (Chicago suburb)
the French word for “plains”, in the name of an Illinois suburb and its river.
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Plaines
89-Down (6 letters), Not pass
three words run together: a verb, an article and the worst grade in school.
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Getanf
90-Down (6 letters), Stump
to leave someone puzzled or lost in thought; six letters.
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Bemuse
91-Down (6 letters), Come upon
to happen to someone, often unwelcome.
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Befall
92-Down (5 letters), Mythological lyrist
the Muse of love poetry, often pictured with a lyre.
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Erato
94-Down (5 letters), Wasn’t overturned
describes a ruling that was upheld; also the past tense of remained upright.
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Stood
96-Down (4 letters), Fight (with)
to practice boxing without a real match; also a ship’s pole.
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Spar
97-Down (4 letters), Lacking any suntan, say
very light in skin tone; also a fence post.
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Pale
98-Down (4 letters), Long (for)
to yearn; also a dull pain.
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Ache
99-Down (4 letters), Field of inquiry that so far has not had any provable success
the acronym for the hunt for signals from alien civilizations.
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Seti
101-Down (4 letters), Garage job
short for lubrication, as in an oil change.
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Lube
102-Down (4 letters), Whose name goes first
the actor billed first on a poster; also the Sun.
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Star
105-Down (3 letters), Nickname for Sarah
a short form of Sarah, also of Sally.
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Sal

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More of Sunday’s puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Strands hints and Spelling Bee hints. The smaller siblings for the same date are our Mini answers for Nov. 8 and our Midi answers for Nov. 8. Saturday’s grid is in our Crossword answers for Nov. 7.

Today’s NYT Crossword answers (spoilers)

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Clue	Answer
1-Across	Agra
5-Across	Ware
9-Across	Atta
13-Across	Assam
18-Across	Zoom
19-Across	Laram
20-Across	Fwiw
21-Across	Alive
22-Across	Insidedope
24-Across	Colorcoded
26-Across	Zealots
27-Across	Truebelievers
29-Across	Ragout
31-Across	Isaid
32-Across	Vlad
33-Across	Quitinprotest
36-Across	Walkout
39-Across	Emeet
40-Across	Alist
41-Across	Lols
42-Across	Oak
43-Across	Das
44-Across	Roid
46-Across	Mow
47-Across	Oreo
48-Across	Shall
50-Across	Miser
53-Across	Sot
55-Across	Suckups
58-Across	Complimenters
63-Across	Unhinge
64-Across	Achoo
65-Across	Asiamap
66-Across	Soundoneshorn
68-Across	Showoff
69-Across	Nod
70-Across	State
71-Across	Geena
72-Across	City
75-Across	Ape
76-Across	Bars
77-Across	Joe
80-Across	Ace
81-Across	Puny
83-Across	Vital
86-Across	Spawn
88-Across	Bulging
90-Across	Barrelbellied
93-Across	Lees
94-Across	Sepoy
95-Across	Serial
96-Across	Spatreatments
100-Across	Facials
103-Across	Palacecoup
104-Across	Hesatenbut
106-Across	Aline
107-Across	Hose
108-Across	Italo
109-Across	Elba
110-Across	Reefs
111-Across	Eden
112-Across	Sill
113-Across	Seer
1-Down	Aziz
2-Down	Gone
3-Down	Rosaries
4-Down	Amilate
5-Down	Wadsup
6-Down	Aro
7-Down	Rapt
8-Down	Emeriti
9-Down	Afceast
10-Down	Twobit
11-Down	Tiled
12-Down	Awol
13-Down	Aacells
14-Down	Slovak
15-Down	Sidedoor
16-Down	Aver
17-Down	Meds
19-Down	Leton
23-Down	Dogit
25-Down	Rival
28-Down	Uses
30-Down	Trail
33-Down	Qed
34-Down	Uma
35-Down	Old
36-Down	Wow
37-Down	Uae
38-Down	Tko
41-Down	Lori
44-Down	Rapgod
45-Down	Olsen
46-Down	Melon
47-Down	Ottawa
48-Down	Skinny
49-Down	Hundo
50-Down	Mocha
51-Down	Imhot
52-Down	Spore
53-Down	Seshes
54-Down	Onion
55-Down	Sus
56-Down	Uno
57-Down	Chu
58-Down	Caste
59-Down	Maser
60-Down	Emo
61-Down	Raf
62-Down	Spf
67-Down	Espy
71-Down	Galls
72-Down	Cab
73-Down	Icu
74-Down	Tellalie
75-Down	Ang
76-Down	Bae
77-Down	Jailable
78-Down	Owe
79-Down	End
81-Down	Pierces
82-Down	Unsee
83-Down	Vapepen
84-Down	Iron
85-Down	Trythis
86-Down	Slice
87-Down	Plaines
89-Down	Getanf
90-Down	Bemuse
91-Down	Befall
92-Down	Erato
94-Down	Stood
96-Down	Spar
97-Down	Pale
98-Down	Ache
99-Down	Seti
101-Down	Lube
102-Down	Star
105-Down	Sal

The filled grid, with each clue number in its first square. Drawn from the official puzzle data published by The New York Times.

The answers come from the puzzle’s official data.

Yesterday's Crossword answer

The Crossword on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026: Across 1 Minicooper, 11 Sms, 14 Onecanhope, 15 Meal, 16 Homeplanet, 17 Orso, 18 Snowranger, 19 Tete, 20 Rita, 21 Oline, 23 Space, 25 Goatfarm, 28 Coupe, 29 Apresski, 30 Our, 31 Lumet, 33 Les, 34 Treepose, 37 Prays, 39 Eggtimer, 40 Teems, 41 Rehab, 42 Ahas, 43 Mani, 44 Atmreceipt, 50 Epic, 51 Roadworker, 52 Zeus, 53 Dowehaveto, 54 Ess, 55 Itsnoteasy; Down 1 Mohs, 2 Inon, 3 Nemo, 4 Icewrap, 5 Caprice, 6 Onlate, 7 Ohana, 8 Pong, 9 Epee, 10 Retroart, 11 Serenaslam, 12 Masterkeys, 13 Sloe, 15 Motifs, 22 Lte, 23 Sourgrapes, 24 Puregenius, 25 Gamer, 26 Ope, 27 Miss, 28 Cote, 31 Lombardi, 32 Use, 35 Ethics, 36 Pia, 37 Peacoat, 38 Reserve, 40 Thewho, 42 Arden, 43 Meze, 45 Toot, 46 Maws, 47 Ikea, 48 Pets, 49 Troy. Yesterday's hints and full solution.

Frequently asked questions

Who made today's NYT Crossword?

Simeon Seigel constructed the Nov. 8, 2026 grid and Will Shortz edited it, according to the puzzle data. Its title is "Mixed Results".

Why do some clues have a plus sign in them?

A clue such as "Remark + Gripping tool" has two parts, and its answer is a single entry in which the answers to both parts are shuffled together, each keeping its own letter order. Today six 13-letter entries work this way.

What do the "See" clues in today's grid do?

Each "See" clue sends you to one of the six 13-letter entries and wants a seven-letter phrase that says what the shuffled entry means. The pointer entry sits in the same row as the entry it points to, separated by one black square.

What are the NYT Crossword answers for Nov. 8, 2026?

Spoilers: Across, Agra, Ware, Atta, Assam, Zoom, Laram, Fwiw, Alive, Insidedope, Colorcoded, Zealots, Truebelievers, Ragout, Isaid, Vlad, Quitinprotest, Walkout, Emeet, Alist, Lols, Oak, Das, Roid, Mow, Oreo, Shall, Miser, Sot, Suckups, Complimenters, Unhinge, Achoo, Asiamap, Soundoneshorn, Showoff, Nod, State, Geena, City, Ape, Bars, Joe, Ace, Puny, Vital, Spawn, Bulging, Barrelbellied, Lees, Sepoy, Serial, Spatreatments, Facials, Palacecoup, Hesatenbut, Aline, Hose, Italo, Elba, Reefs, Eden, Sill, Seer, Down, Aziz, Gone, Rosaries, Amilate, Wadsup, Aro, Rapt, Emeriti, Afceast, Twobit, Tiled, Awol, Aacells, Slovak, Sidedoor, Aver, Meds, Leton, Dogit, Rival, Uses, Trail, Qed, Uma, Old, Wow, Uae, Tko, Lori, Rapgod, Olsen, Melon, Ottawa, Skinny, Hundo, Mocha, Imhot, Spore, Seshes, Onion, Sus, Uno, Chu, Caste, Maser, Emo, Raf, Spf, Espy, Galls, Cab, Icu, Tellalie, Ang, Bae, Jailable, Owe, End, Pierces, Unsee, Vapepen, Iron, Trythis, Slice, Plaines, Getanf, Bemuse, Befall, Erato, Stood, Spar, Pale, Ache, Seti, Lube, Star, Sal.

Sources

The Crossword (The New York Times)

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