NYT Crossword Answers 11/09/26

NYT Across Clues

• 1A Back talk SASS
• 5A Lair DEN
• 8A When the western sky turns lavender or pink SUNSET
• 14A “Guilty” or “not guilty” PLEA
• 15A Big bird Down Under EMU
• 16A Kind of band ONEMAN
• 17A Onetime “Jeopardy!” host Trebek ALEX
• 18A Area for autos LOT
• 19A Categorize ASSORT
• 20A Withdrawal’s opposite DEPOSIT
• 22A “You ___ Beautiful” (1970s hit) ARESO
• 23A Dress cut ALINE
• 24A Tiny part of an archipelago ISLET
• 26A Word that makes up roughly 6%-7% of written English THE
• 29A Craving YEN
• 30A Sent to the canvas DECKED
• 32A Make small talk CHAT
• 33A “Bad, Bad” Brown of song LEROY
• 34A Funeral stands BIERS
• 35A Honestly ? or a description of the shaded letters? FAIRANDSQUARE
• 39A Sticks out a sulky lower lip, say POUTS
• 40A Beginning notes to a song INTRO
• 41A A mile a minute, e.g. RATE
• 42A Prance about CAVORT
• 44A “You ain’t seen nothin’ ___” YET
• 47A Genre associated with black nail polish and facial piercings EMO
• 48A “The Taming of the ___” SHREW
• 49A Scents ODORS
• 51A The Mamas & the ___ PAPAS
• 53A Make appear as if by magic CONJURE
• 55A Brawls MELEES
• 57A Champagne cork sound POP
• 58A “Now!” STAT
• 59A Noah’s Ark landing site ARARAT
• 60A Opposite of WSW ENE
• 61A Ages and ages and ages EONS
• 62A Pooh’s friend who tends to lose his tail EEYORE
• 63A October, numerically TEN
• 64A Reusable bag TOTE

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Outing involving a facial and a massage, perhaps SPADAY
• 2D Genetic variant ALLELE
• 3D Ooze through SEEPIN
• 4D Anglo-___ SAXON
• 5D Locale for cold cuts or hot pastrami DELI
• 6D 🙂 or :/ EMOTICON
• 7D Pecan or pistachio NUT
• 8D Rose quickly, as prices SOARED
• 9D Like loose gemstones UNSET
• 10D Loch ___ NESS
• 11D Like creamy vis-à-vis crunchy peanut butter SMOOTHER
• 12D Something that “perks up” when you’re attentive EAR
• 13D What might make molehills out of a mountain? TNT
• 21D Passover meals SEDERS
• 22D Guinness or Bass product ALE
• 25D Jump from a plane SKYDIVE
• 27D Tortoise racer HARE
• 28D U.F.O. occupants ETS
• 31D Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties ERA
• 32D “Bye!” CIAO
• 33D Low-cal LITE
• 34D Tim who directed “Beetlejuice” and “Edward Scissorhands” BURTON
• 35D Top of a freshly served latte FOAM
• 36D Netflix feature that encourages binge-watching AUTOPLAY
• 37D Colorful carnival treat SNOWCONE
• 38D Period for a corp. earnings report QTR
• 39D Opposite of post- PRE
• 42D Pure as the driven snow CHASTE
• 43D “___ Poetica” (work of Horace) ARS
• 44D Phrase requiting good wishes YOUTOO
• 45D Off-course ERRANT
• 46D Feared African fly TSETSE
• 48D Asparagus unit SPEAR
• 50D Performance with turntables at a nightclub, say DJSET
• 52D Prefix with -nautics AERO
• 54D Ready for business OPEN
• 55D Fannie ___ MAE
• 56D Bygone “before” ERE
• 57D Kibble nibbler PET