NYT Crossword Answers 11/15/26

NYT Across Clues

• 1A Flat PLANAR
• 7A Stupors HAZES
• 12A Read, as a bar code SCAN
• 16A Ending of some D.C. addresses GOV
• 19A ___ Singer, longtime cast member on “The Real Housewives of New York City” RAMONA
• 20A Board at a nail salon EMERY
• 21A Housebroken, say TAME
• 22A Classic TV brand RCA
• 23A “Gonna Make You Sweat” (1990) EVERYBODYDANCENOW
• 26A Fixture at many a cash-only restaurant ATM
• 27A Chicken ___ (cheesy dish) PARM
• 28A “Hang tight,” in textspeak BRB
• 29A Rap artist who once appeared as a hologram at Coachella TUPAC
• 30A Mate CHAP
• 31A “Oh, OK” AHISEE
• 34A “I Want You” (1969) SHESSOHEAVY
• 36A Trap SNARE
• 39A “? never mind” ORNOT
• 41A Canine command SIT
• 42A “___ the Patchwork Elephant” (children’s book series) ELMER
• 43A “Single Ladies” (2008) PUTARINGONIT
• 46A Like the sounds “m,” “n” and “ng,” in English NASAL
• 48A Emmitt and kin, in “Zootopia” OTTERS
• 49A Like some meats CURED
• 51A Picks up ADOPTS
• 55A Mao ___-tung TSE
• 56A Some medical assistants, in brief TECHS
• 59A Relating to Leo XIV, e.g. PAPAL
• 62A Exclamation on some Halloween décor EEK
• 63A Profs’ right hands TAS
• 64A [Wags finger] UHUH
• 65A Portia of “Arrested Development” DEROSSI
• 67A Olympic gymnast Raisman ALY
• 68A Govt. payment system EBT
• 69A What six answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the song titles in their clues PARENTHETICAL
• 72A Animation frame CEL
• 73A “Code red! Code red!” SOS
• 74A Officially, the Empire State Building has 102 of them STORIES
• 75A Aggrieved SORE
• 76A Lead-in to “curious,” for a food website EPI
• 77A Disapproving sound TUT
• 78A Japanese sneaker maker ASICS
• 79A Take care of SEETO
• 81A Lose to gravity SAG
• 82A Like some of the French crown jewels in 2025 STOLEN
• 85A Certain jazz combo OCTET
• 87A Feminist scholar Butler JUDITH
• 90A Cropped up AROSE
• 93A “December, 1963” (1975) OHWHATANIGHT
• 96A Early arcade name ATARI
• 99A Couch shape ELL
• 101A Sherlock’s sister on TV ENOLA
• 102A Musical collection, say TONYS
• 103A “This Must Be the Place” (1983) NAIVEMELODY
• 106A Clog or loafer SLIPON
• 108A ___ vez (again, in Spanish) OTRA
• 109A Landmark 1988 Japanese animated film AKIRA
• 110A Freud conceived of a “super” one EGO
• 111A Talks, talks, talks YAKS
• 115A “___ be nice!” ITD
• 116A “Escape” (1979) THEPINACOLADASONG
• 121A Neither’s partner NOR
• 122A Rest on one’s ___ OARS
• 123A Unconsciously make noise? SNORE
• 124A Like some apartment appliances INUNIT
• 125A Goody bag item TOY
• 126A If’s partner, in coding ELSE
• 127A Defeats by a hair EDGES
• 128A Foreign spies, e.g. ASSETS

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D ___ school PREP
• 2D Hot stuff LAVA
• 3D Red, white and blue land: Abbr. AMER
• 4D Oscar-winning Sally Field role of 1979 NORMARAE
• 5D Whichever ANY
• 6D Clergyperson on the bimah RABBI
• 7D Comedian Mitch who said “An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs” HEDBERG
• 8D “Gilmore Girls” creator ___ Sherman-Palladino AMY
• 9D British ending ZED
• 10D Flop ___ (period of personal setbacks, in modern slang) ERA
• 11D Instrument associated with ’80s music SYNTH
• 12D Helps to handle something STEPSIN
• 13D Rummy relative CANASTA
• 14D BP brand AMOCO
• 15D Email status NEW
• 16D Kind of cracker GRAHAM
• 17D Musical interval OCTAVE
• 18D Another name for the Slayer Handbook, in the “Buffy” franchise VAMPYR
• 24D Filmmaker Welles ORSON
• 25D Sticks on a table CUES
• 30D Instrument with an endpin CELLO
• 32D Mr. abroad HERR
• 33D Cain’s firstborn ENOCH
• 34D Recipe directive STIR
• 35D Broccoli unit HEAD
• 36D Some quick chemical assessments SPOTTESTS
• 37D Gaga for NUTSABOUT
• 38D Co-signs ATTESTSTO
• 40D Albatross ONUS
• 44D “Are you out?” ISTHATANO
• 45D Conical dwelling TEPEE
• 47D Mexican dip SALSAROJA
• 50D Fabric fold stitched into a waistline, say DART
• 52D Hand gesture in the form of “bunny ears” PEACESIGN
• 53D Giving thought to somebody? TELEPATHY
• 54D Atrium features SKYLIGHTS
• 57D They’re used in Ireland but not Northern Ireland EUROS
• 58D French darling CHERI
• 60D Composure POISE
• 61D Scarflike tie ASCOT
• 64D Positive periods UPS
• 65D Cabinet creation of 2002, in brief DHS
• 66D Michigan’s Grosse ___ ILE
• 70D One-named singer who collaborated with the Velvet Underground NICO
• 71D U.K. grocery chain TESCO
• 79D Like most clothing SEWN
• 80D Essential character ETHOS
• 83D Grub LARVA
• 84D Shallowest Great Lake ERIE
• 86D “So ___ say” THEY
• 88D Golden Rule preposition UNTO
• 89D Bacchanal honoree DIONYSUS
• 91D Those on a quest SEEKERS
• 92D Planetary orbit shape ELLIPSE
• 94D Genetic variants ALLELES
• 95D Siberian forest TAIGA
• 96D Rub with oil, say ANOINT
• 97D Result of someone needling you? TATTOO
• 98D Hang on a clothesline, say AIRDRY
• 100D ___ Beth Denberg, original cast member of “All That” LORI
• 104D Taj ___ MAHAL
• 105D Ballet, par exemple DANSE
• 107D Speaking spots PODIA
• 112D Top of the top AONE
• 113D Do some fiber art KNIT
• 114D Squad leaders: Abbr. SGTS
• 116D Third of three X’s, maybe TOE
• 117D “Your point being ??” AND
• 118D Worker bee, so to speak COG
• 119D Load from a lode ORE
• 120D Q&A part: Abbr. ANS