NYT Midi Crossword Answers Today, November 9, 2026

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026: hints for all 31 of Ian Livengood's clues, a map of the Suggestion Boxes theme, answers.

By Fresh Calendars News Desk, Editorial team, daily puzzles

Published November 8, 2026, 10:35 p.m. ET 6 min read

NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 9, 2026: a nine-by-nine grid with three full rows and one full column marked — The New York Times Midi Crossword for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, with a hint for every clue before the answers. Illustration: Fresh Calendars

In this article

Where “Suggestion Boxes” shows up in the grid
The clue with the loosest wordplay
Hints for every clue
Clue types across the 31 clues
Entry lengths in today’s grid
Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

The New York Times (NYT) Midi Crossword for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, is titled “Suggestion Boxes” and has 31 clues on a nine-by-nine grid, with Ian Livengood listed as constructor. Every clue below carries a hint that stays closed until you tap it. The answers are kept in a marked section at the bottom.

Where “Suggestion Boxes” shows up in the grid

The official data gives the title and no explanation, so here is only what the grid itself shows. Three Across entries of nine letters fill rows 3, 5 and 7 from edge to edge: clues 11, 14 and 22. Each is two words, a four-letter word followed by a five-letter word. Look at columns 3 through 5 of those rows and you will find the same three letters stacked in each one, so the title may be nudging you to compare them.

Between the theme rows the grid goes quiet. Row 4 has only three white squares, in the middle, so the three long entries cannot lean on each other. Each one is crossed by nine Down entries, which is where most of your letters will come from.

Theme entry	Clue number	Row	Split	Down entries crossed
Boss in a big red truck	11-Across	3	4 + 5	9
Image on many a men’s health magazine cover	14-Across	5	4 + 5	9
Items of interest to a numismatist	22-Across	7	4 + 5	9

The clue with the loosest wordplay

Pick 26-Across, “Streaker in space.” It has five letters and no question mark, yet “streaker” here has nothing to do with a dash across a stadium: it means anything that leaves a streak of light as it moves. The answer is a visitor from the outer solar system that leaves a bright trail behind it. It sits in row 8, directly under the last theme row.

Hints for every clue

Across

1-Across (4 letters), Blundering fools
clumsy people, in the plural; it starts with O and ends with S.
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Oafs
5-Across (3 letters), Something to write notes on
a block of sheets, often sticky; it starts with P.
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Pad
8-Across (5 letters), Midwest city just north of the Platte River
a Nebraska city; it starts and ends with the same letter, O and A.
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Omaha
10-Across (3 letters), “The Catcher in the ___”
a grain that also names a whiskey; it starts with R.
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Rye
11-Across (9 letters), Boss in a big red truck
the person in charge at a station that answers alarms; two words, 4 and 5 letters; it starts and ends with F.
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Firechief
13-Across (3 letters), Beaver’s construction
a barrier across a stream; it starts with D.
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Dam
14-Across (9 letters), Image on many a men’s health magazine cover
what a shirtless man shows off; two words, 4 and 5 letters; it starts with B and ends with T.
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Barechest
20-Across (4 letters), Comply with, as a command
to follow an order; it starts with O.
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Obey
21-Across (3 letters), Unnecessary fashion item on casual Friday
something knotted at the collar; it starts with T.
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Tie
22-Across (9 letters), Items of interest to a numismatist
valuables you would keep in an album, not spend; two words, 4 and 5 letters; it starts with R and ends with S.
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Rarecoins
25-Across (3 letters), One ___ time
a preposition and an article run together; it starts with A.
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Ata
26-Across (5 letters), Streaker in space
a ball of ice and dust that grows a glowing tail near the sun; it starts with C and ends with T.
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Comet
27-Across (3 letters), X
the number a Roman numeral stands for; it starts with T and ends with N.
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Ten
28-Across (5 letters), Gushes, as lava
shoots out forcefully, as a volcano does; it starts and ends with S.
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Spews

Down

1-Down (3 letters), “Tough one”
a sound of sympathy after a hard knock; it starts with O.
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Oof
2-Down (3 letters), French for “friend”
a word borrowed from French, with a final I; it starts with A.
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Ami
3-Down (3 letters), Opposite of near
a distance word; it starts with F.
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Far
4-Down (3 letters), ”___ lives in daydreams with me” (lyric from a 2019 Harry Styles song)
a pronoun for a woman; it starts with S.
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She
5-Down (9 letters), 8:00-11:00 p.m., in East Coast TV programming
the evening block networks use for their best shows; two words, 5 and 4 letters; it starts with P and ends with E.
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Primetime
6-Down (3 letters), Agreement at sea
a sailor’s yes; it starts with A.
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Aye
7-Down (3 letters), Rock’s ___ Leppard
the first three letters of “definitely”; it starts with D.
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Def
9-Down (4 letters), “Hells Bells” rockers
an Australian band known by two pairs of letters; it starts with A and ends with C.
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Acdc
12-Down (3 letters), “Too funny”
a laugh written out; it starts and ends with H.
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Hah
14-Down (5 letters), Mockumentary character with the catchphrase “Great success!”
a fictional reporter from Kazakhstan played by Sacha Baron Cohen; it starts with B and ends with T.
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Borat
15-Down (5 letters), Lessen
to ease off, as a storm does; it starts with A and ends with E.
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Abate
16-Down (5 letters), Showed on TV again
the past tense of a verb for putting an old episode back on the air; it starts with R and ends with N.
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Reran
17-Down (3 letters), Survivor’s ”___ of the Tiger”
the body part used for seeing; it starts and ends with E.
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Eye
18-Down (5 letters), Tissue connecting muscle and bone
another name for a tendon; it starts with S and ends with W.
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Sinew
19-Down (5 letters), School assessments
exams, in the plural; it starts and ends with T.
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Tests
23-Down (3 letters), Keeps in the know, electronically
the plural of an email abbreviation for a copy sent to others; it starts with C and ends with S.
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Ccs
24-Down (3 letters), Alley-___
the shout before a basketball lob; it starts with O.
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Oop

Clue types across the 31 clues

Only a few clues play tricks. Most ask for a plain definition or a fill-in. Sorted by what each one asks of you:

Type	Count	Clues
Fill-in-the-blank with a ___	6	10-Across, 25-Across, 4-Down, 7-Down, 17-Down, 24-Down
Spoken phrase in quotation marks, as a reaction	2	1-Down, 12-Down
Proper-name trivia (a city, a band, a character)	3	8-Across, 9-Down, 14-Down
Figurative or joking wording	2	26-Across, 21-Across
Foreign word, letter or number clue	2	2-Down, 27-Across
Plain definitions and short phrases	16	the rest

Entry lengths in today’s grid

Sixteen of the 31 entries have three letters; only four reach nine.

Length	Across	Down	Total
3 letters	6	10	16
4 letters	2	1	3
5 letters	3	5	8
9 letters	3	1	4

The longest Down entry is 5-Down, which runs the whole height of the grid down column 7. The longest Across entries are the three theme rows. The grid has 13 black squares and 68 letters; six of the black squares are in row 4.

Today’s grid has three long rows and one tall column, and the rules for the format are on our Midi Crossword page.

Plan the week around the puzzle with our weekly planner you can print or the printable calendar for November 2026.

More of Monday’s puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Strands hints, Spelling Bee hints, Pips hints and Letter Boxed hints. For the same date there are the Mini answers for Nov. 9 and the daily Crossword answers for Nov. 9. Sunday’s grid is in our Midi answers for Nov. 8.

Today’s NYT Midi answers (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

Clue	Answer
1-Across	Oafs
5-Across	Pad
8-Across	Omaha
10-Across	Rye
11-Across	Firechief
13-Across	Dam
14-Across	Barechest
20-Across	Obey
21-Across	Tie
22-Across	Rarecoins
25-Across	Ata
26-Across	Comet
27-Across	Ten
28-Across	Spews
1-Down	Oof
2-Down	Ami
3-Down	Far
4-Down	She
5-Down	Primetime
6-Down	Aye
7-Down	Def
9-Down	Acdc
12-Down	Hah
14-Down	Borat
15-Down	Abate
16-Down	Reran
17-Down	Eye
18-Down	Sinew
19-Down	Tests
23-Down	Ccs
24-Down	Oop

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 Midi Crossword answer

The Midi on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026: Across 1 Zoo, 4 Yap, 7 Indiagate, 11 Teemarker, 12 Phi, 13 Sms, 15 Pre, 18 Ato, 19 Amp, 21 Badadvice, 25 Ivenoidea, 26 Delicases; Down 1 Zit, 2 One, 3 Ode, 4 Yak, 5 Ate, 6 Per, 8 Imps, 9 Aah, 10 Grip, 13 Stave, 14 Model, 16 Raids, 17 Emcee, 18 Abid, 20 Peas, 22 Ani, 23 Doc, 24 Via. Yesterday's hints and full solution.

Frequently asked questions

What do the three nine-letter Across entries in the Nov. 9 Midi have in common?

They sit in rows 3, 5 and 7 as clues 11, 14 and 22, and each splits into a four-letter word and a five-letter word. Columns 3, 4 and 5 hold the same three letters in all three rows. The saved data does not explain the theme, so compare the three rows yourself once two of them are filled.

How many clues does the NYT Midi Crossword have on Nov. 9, 2026?

Thirty-one: 14 Across and 17 Down, on a grid nine squares wide and nine tall, per the puzzle's official data.

What are the NYT Midi Crossword answers for Nov. 9, 2026?

Spoilers: Across, Oafs, Pad, Omaha, Rye, Firechief, Dam, Barechest, Obey, Tie, Rarecoins, Ata, Comet, Ten, Spews; Down, Oof, Ami, Far, She, Primetime, Aye, Def, Acdc, Hah, Borat, Abate, Reran, Eye, Sinew, Tests, Ccs, Oop.

Sources

The Midi Crossword (The New York Times)

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