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The Crossword hints for today

Sun, Nov 8

Checked against the game at 23:32 UTC. Hints first, answer only when you ask.

Today's The Crossword hints and answer

Theme: “Mixed Results”

Clues & Answers for Today's NYT Crossword

Click a square to reveal its letter. Get hints below.

Across

1. Home of India's most-visited monument
5. Ending with hard or soft
9. "___ girl!"
13. Indian silk region
18. Company whose name took off as a verb in the 2020s
19. SoCal N.F.L.'er
20. Letters of qualification
21. "Bumping," as a party
22. Confidential scoop
24. Like threat advisories, typically
26. See 27-Across
27. Potatoes, e.g. + Soothe
29. French stew whose name sounds like an Italian sauce
31. "In case you didn't hear me …"
32. Impaler of note
33. The Great Lakes, e.g. + Computer gurus
36. See 33-Across
39. Encounter virtually, in slang
40. All-star lineup?
41. Internet chuckles
42. Makeup, mainly, of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office
43. German article
44. Athlete's "juice"
46. Take an inch from a yard, say
47. McDonald's McFlurry flavor
48. More than might
50. Petty cash holder?
53. Habitual overdrinker
55. See 58-Across
58. Remark + Gripping tool
63. Detach, as a gate
64. It's heard during cold season
65. Chart showing almost a third of the world's land
66. Totally over it + Still woolly
68. See 66-Across
69. Pro tip?
70. Washington, but not Lincoln
71. Davis of "Thelma & Louise"
72. Washington or Lincoln
75. One might be "great"
76. Places for shots
77. Morning cuppa
80. Air force hero
81. Squashable, say
83. Life-and-death
86. Bring forth
88. See 90-Across
90. Gym weight + Counted (on)
93. Dregs in a wine cask
94. Colonial-era Indian soldier
95. It's not a one-off
96. Online broadcasts + Obvious
100. See 96-Across
103. Attempt at a royal flush?
104. Meme throwing shade on seemingly attractive boyfriend candidates
106. Like Yves Saint Laurent's "trapeze" dresses
107. Tubelike articles of apparel
108. Author Calvino
109. Exile isle
110. Dangerous places to seek harbor
111. Home of the first family?
112. Place for a window display
113. Astromancer, e.g.

Down

1. Ansari of "Parks and Recreation"
2. No longer around
3. Handful of prayers?
4. Query upon entering a packed conference room, perhaps
5. Crumples, as before tossing
6. Certain queer identity, for short
7. Transfixed
8. Honorary title holders
9. Patriots' group, in brief
10. Third-rate
11. Like many New York subway stations
12. Missing tour dates?
13. Remote power sources
14. Bratislava resident
15. Service entrance, often
16. Claim
17. Bathroom cabinetful, for short
19. Reveal
23. Shirk one's responsibilities
25. Approach in quality
28. Draws on
30. Follow behind
33. "I'm done explaining myself!," to a mathematician
34. Actress Thurman
35. Outdated
36. Render speechless, perhaps
37. Initials for one OPEC member
38. Call from a ref who doesn't count?
41. ___ Lightfoot, former mayor of Chicago
44. 2013 Eminem hit that tops out at 9.5 syllables per second
45. Actress/sibling Mary-Kate, Ashley or Elizabeth
46. Bean or gourd
47. Capital in, but not of, Ontario
48. Reedlike
49. C-note
50. Yemeni port with a namesake beverage
51. Complaint during the dog days of summer
52. Mold source
53. Get-togethers, slangily
54. Main ingredient in a German Zwiebelkuchen cake
55. Dubious, in modern lingo
56. Primer número
57. Jon M. ___, director of the "Wicked" movies
58. Social grouping
59. Device in a hydrogen atomic clock
60. Brooding offshoot of punk music
61. Service that hosts the U.K. Space Command, in brief
62. Letters read on a beach
67. Award for an outstanding play
71. Really puts off
72. Elevator unit
73. Place for intubators and incubators, for short
74. Fabulate
75. Director Lee
76. Luv
77. Worthy of some time?
78. Be in for
79. A dead one has a single outlet
81. Breaks through
82. Wipe from visual memory, facetiously
83. Source of a nicotine hit
84. Flatten, in a way
85. "Here's something that might work ..."
86. Golfing boo-boo
87. Des ___ (Chicago suburb)
89. Not pass
90. Stump
91. Come upon
92. Mythological lyrist
94. Wasn't overturned
96. Fight (with)
97. Lacking any suntan, say
98. Long (for)
99. Field of inquiry that so far has not had any provable success
101. Garage job
102. Whose name goes first
105. Nickname for Sarah
21×21 grid · 63A / 77D · 140 words · Difficulty 7/10
Yesterday's The Crossword answer Saturday, November 7. Tap to show.

Across: MINICOOPER, SMS, ONECANHOPE, MEAL, HOMEPLANET, ORSO, SNOWRANGER, TETE, RITA, OLINE, SPACE, GOATFARM, COUPE, APRESSKI, OUR, LUMET, LES, TREEPOSE, PRAYS, EGGTIMER, TEEMS, REHAB, AHAS, MANI, ATMRECEIPT, EPIC, ROADWORKER, ZEUS, DOWEHAVETO, ESS, ITSNOTEASY Down: MOHS, INON, NEMO, ICEWRAP, CAPRICE, ONLATE, OHANA, PONG, EPEE, RETROART, SERENASLAM, MASTERKEYS, SLOE, MOTIFS, LTE, SOURGRAPES, PUREGENIUS, GAMER, OPE, MISS, COTE, LOMBARDI, USE, ETHICS, PIA, PEACOAT, RESERVE, THEWHO, ARDEN, MEZE, TOOT, MAWS, IKEA, PETS, TROY

How to play The Crossword

The NYT Crossword is the flagship 15×15 grid puzzle published daily by The New York Times, larger and more challenging than the Mini and Midi.

Fill in the grid by solving Across and Down clues. Every answer intersects with other words at shared letters.

The puzzle always features a theme with a clever title. Theme answers span the longest entries in the grid.

Difficulty increases through the week: Monday is easiest, Saturday is hardest. Sunday puzzles are larger (21×21) but Wednesday-level difficulty.

Play at nytimes.com/crosswords. A new puzzle every day at 22:00 ET.

Tips

  • Start with Monday puzzles to learn common crossword fill like ERA, ORE, ATE, OREO, and ALOE.
  • Read the theme title. It often hints at wordplay used in the longest answers.
  • Fill in crossing letters first. A single confirmed letter can crack a tricky clue.
  • Question marks in clues signal wordplay, puns, or non-literal interpretations.
  • Three-letter answers repeat across puzzles. Learn common ones like ERA, ORE, ATE, ALOE.

Questions

What are today's NYT Crossword answers?

Today's NYT Crossword clues and answers are revealed in our hints section above. We provide Across and Down answers with progressive difficulty hints.

How big is the NYT Crossword?

The standard NYT Crossword is a 15×15 grid on weekdays and Saturdays. Sunday puzzles are larger at 21×21. Each puzzle has around 70+ clues across and down.

When does the NYT Crossword reset?

The NYT Crossword resets daily at 10:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). The new puzzle is published the evening before its print date.

How does difficulty change through the week?

Monday is the easiest, and puzzles get progressively harder through Saturday. Sunday puzzles are larger (21×21) but roughly Wednesday-level difficulty.

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