The full solution for the NY Times November 16 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Josef Sipkins and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Cheese that’s “made backward,” in a classic joke EDAM
- 5A Tabloid twosome ITEM
- 9A Burial sites TOMBS
- 14A Flo ___, rapper whose name resembles a U.S. state RIDA
- 15A Many a funny GIF MEME
- 16A 2020s Oscar-winning role for actress Mikey Madison ANORA
- 17A Subscription-based ticketing service for cinephiles MOVIEPASS
- 19A Single-masted boat like the “John B” of song SLOOP
- 20A Drink cubes ICE
- 21A Marks, as a check box XES
- 22A Military drill leaders: Abbr. SGTS
- 24A Geeked (out) NERDED
- 26A Safety barrier that might be required by a building code FIREDOOR
- 30A Fourth ___ (the press) ESTATE
- 31A Some, in Spain UNAS
- 32A “Ciao!” BYE
- 33A German article EINE
- 34A Uriah in “David Copperfield” HEEP
- 35A Played tunes at a party, in brief DJED
- 36A Display one’s window on a video call ? or a hint to a word that can go between the two halves of 17-, 26-, 48- and 57-Across SCREENSHARE
- 39A “Night” author Wiesel ELIE
- 41A Gangsters’ guns GATS
- 42A Supersonic speed unit MACH
- 44A Jerry’s ice cream partner BEN
- 45A Lascivious look OGLE
- 46A Something to open in an internet browser NEWTAB
- 48A V.I.P.s BIGSHOTS
- 50A Start of a cry of exasperation from someone who feels put upon ALLIDO
- 51A What’s made before blowing out the birthday candles WISH
- 52A Nail polish brand OPI
- 53A Actor Kilmer VAL
- 54A Mowgli’s mentor in “The Jungle Book” BALOO
- 57A Quick functionality check, in software lingo SMOKETEST
- 60A Background actor EXTRA
- 61A Spanish for “daddy” PAPI
- 62A “I cannot tell ___” (mythical George Washington claim) ALIE
- 63A John who orbited the earth three times in 1962 GLENN
- 64A Org. ASSN
- 65A Big Apple law enforcement grp. NYPD
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Furry white weasel ERMINE
- 2D Bishop’s district DIOCESE
- 3D Don Draper’s field on “Mad Men” ADVERTISING
- 4D ___ tai MAI
- 5D Get in the way of IMPEDE
- 6D Boba beverage bases TEAS
- 7D Good “Wheel of Fortune” letters for MAMMOGRAM EMS
- 8D Characteristic of a baby at the dinner table, often MESSINESS
- 9D Spicy, sweet and sour TASTES
- 10D Partaking in a certain drug trip ONLSD
- 11D Bovine line MOO
- 12D “Dude ?” BRO
- 13D Source of maple syrup SAP
- 18D New Hampshire prep school or its town EXETER
- 23D Math class diagram GRAPH
- 25D Bust a move, say DANCE
- 26D Mexican novelist Carlos FUENTES
- 27D Without influence from personal feelings OBJECTIVELY
- 28D Santana’s “___ Como Va” OYE
- 29D Topmost traffic light color RED
- 34D Establishment with hot tubs and back rubs HEALTHSPA
- 35D Speak in a Southern accent, maybe DRAWL
- 37D Popular frozen waffles EGGOS
- 38D Title role for Audrey Tautou in a 2001 art house classic AMELIE
- 39D ___ and flow EBB
- 40D Hawaiian garland LEI
- 43D Drank very little HADASIP
- 45D Person from Akron or Dayton OHIOAN
- 46D Thing in a ring at a fancy table setting NAPKIN
- 47D Ran fast ? like Usain? BOLTED
- 49D Spoken under oath SWORN
- 52D “My bad!” OOPS
- 54D Plead BEG
- 55D ___ Rose of Guns N’ Roses AXL
- 56D Cell service inits. LTE
- 58D Mothers MAS
- 59D Light brown shade TAN
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