NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 8. November, 2026
The Crossword #24619 for Sunday, November 8, 2026 is a 21x21 grid with 140 clues (63 Across, 77 Down), starting with 1-Across: “Home of India's most-visited monument”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
5 Across: Ending with hard or soft (4 letters)
9 Across: "___ girl!" (4 letters)
13 Across: Indian silk region (5 letters)
18 Across: Company whose name took off as a verb in the 2020s (4 letters)
19 Across: SoCal N.F.L.'er (5 letters)
20 Across: Letters of qualification (4 letters)
21 Across: "Bumping," as a party (5 letters)
22 Across: Confidential scoop (10 letters)
24 Across: Like threat advisories, typically (10 letters)
26 Across: See 27-Across (7 letters)
27 Across: Potatoes, e.g. + Soothe (13 letters)
29 Across: French stew whose name sounds like an Italian sauce (6 letters)
31 Across: "In case you didn't hear me …" (5 letters)
32 Across: Impaler of note (4 letters)
33 Across: The Great Lakes, e.g. + Computer gurus (13 letters)
36 Across: See 33-Across (7 letters)
39 Across: Encounter virtually, in slang (5 letters)
40 Across: All-star lineup? (5 letters)
41 Across: Internet chuckles (4 letters)
42 Across: Makeup, mainly, of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office (3 letters)
43 Across: German article (3 letters)
44 Across: Athlete's "juice" (4 letters)
46 Across: Take an inch from a yard, say (3 letters)
47 Across: McDonald's McFlurry flavor (4 letters)
48 Across: More than might (5 letters)
50 Across: Petty cash holder? (5 letters)
53 Across: Habitual overdrinker (3 letters)
55 Across: See 58-Across (7 letters)
58 Across: Remark + Gripping tool (13 letters)
63 Across: Detach, as a gate (7 letters)
64 Across: It's heard during cold season (5 letters)
65 Across: Chart showing almost a third of the world's land (7 letters)
66 Across: Totally over it + Still woolly (13 letters)
68 Across: See 66-Across (7 letters)
69 Across: Pro tip? (3 letters)
70 Across: Washington, but not Lincoln (5 letters)
71 Across: Davis of "Thelma & Louise" (5 letters)
72 Across: Washington or Lincoln (4 letters)
75 Across: One might be "great" (3 letters)
76 Across: Places for shots (4 letters)
77 Across: Morning cuppa (3 letters)
80 Across: Air force hero (3 letters)
81 Across: Squashable, say (4 letters)
83 Across: Life-and-death (5 letters)
86 Across: Bring forth (5 letters)
88 Across: See 90-Across (7 letters)
90 Across: Gym weight + Counted (on) (13 letters)
93 Across: Dregs in a wine cask (4 letters)
94 Across: Colonial-era Indian soldier (5 letters)
95 Across: It's not a one-off (6 letters)
96 Across: Online broadcasts + Obvious (13 letters)
100 Across: See 96-Across (7 letters)
103 Across: Attempt at a royal flush? (10 letters)
104 Across: Meme throwing shade on seemingly attractive boyfriend candidates (10 letters)
106 Across: Like Yves Saint Laurent's "trapeze" dresses (5 letters)
107 Across: Tubelike articles of apparel (4 letters)
108 Across: Author Calvino (5 letters)
109 Across: Exile isle (4 letters)
110 Across: Dangerous places to seek harbor (5 letters)
111 Across: Home of the first family? (4 letters)
112 Across: Place for a window display (4 letters)
113 Across: Astromancer, e.g. (4 letters)
Down
1 Down: Ansari of "Parks and Recreation" (4 letters)
2 Down: No longer around (4 letters)
3 Down: Handful of prayers? (8 letters)
4 Down: Query upon entering a packed conference room, perhaps (7 letters)
5 Down: Crumples, as before tossing (6 letters)
6 Down: Certain queer identity, for short (3 letters)
7 Down: Transfixed (4 letters)
8 Down: Honorary title holders (7 letters)
9 Down: Patriots' group, in brief (7 letters)
10 Down: Third-rate (6 letters)
11 Down: Like many New York subway stations (5 letters)
12 Down: Missing tour dates? (4 letters)
13 Down: Remote power sources (7 letters)
14 Down: Bratislava resident (6 letters)
15 Down: Service entrance, often (8 letters)
16 Down: Claim (4 letters)
17 Down: Bathroom cabinetful, for short (4 letters)
19 Down: Reveal (5 letters)
23 Down: Shirk one's responsibilities (5 letters)
25 Down: Approach in quality (5 letters)
28 Down: Draws on (4 letters)
30 Down: Follow behind (5 letters)
33 Down: "I'm done explaining myself!," to a mathematician (3 letters)
34 Down: Actress Thurman (3 letters)
35 Down: Outdated (3 letters)
36 Down: Render speechless, perhaps (3 letters)
37 Down: Initials for one OPEC member (3 letters)
38 Down: Call from a ref who doesn't count? (3 letters)
41 Down: ___ Lightfoot, former mayor of Chicago (4 letters)
44 Down: 2013 Eminem hit that tops out at 9.5 syllables per second (6 letters)
45 Down: Actress/sibling Mary-Kate, Ashley or Elizabeth (5 letters)
46 Down: Bean or gourd (5 letters)
47 Down: Capital in, but not of, Ontario (6 letters)
48 Down: Reedlike (6 letters)
49 Down: C-note (5 letters)
50 Down: Yemeni port with a namesake beverage (5 letters)
51 Down: Complaint during the dog days of summer (5 letters)
52 Down: Mold source (5 letters)
53 Down: Get-togethers, slangily (6 letters)
54 Down: Main ingredient in a German Zwiebelkuchen cake (5 letters)
55 Down: Dubious, in modern lingo (3 letters)
56 Down: Primer número (3 letters)
57 Down: Jon M. ___, director of the "Wicked" movies (3 letters)
58 Down: Social grouping (5 letters)
59 Down: Device in a hydrogen atomic clock (5 letters)
60 Down: Brooding offshoot of punk music (3 letters)
61 Down: Service that hosts the U.K. Space Command, in brief (3 letters)
62 Down: Letters read on a beach (3 letters)
67 Down: Award for an outstanding play (4 letters)
71 Down: Really puts off (5 letters)
72 Down: Elevator unit (3 letters)
73 Down: Place for intubators and incubators, for short (3 letters)
74 Down: Fabulate (8 letters)
75 Down: Director Lee (3 letters)
76 Down: Luv (3 letters)
77 Down: Worthy of some time? (8 letters)
78 Down: Be in for (3 letters)
79 Down: A dead one has a single outlet (3 letters)
81 Down: Breaks through (7 letters)
82 Down: Wipe from visual memory, facetiously (5 letters)
83 Down: Source of a nicotine hit (7 letters)
84 Down: Flatten, in a way (4 letters)
85 Down: "Here's something that might work ..." (7 letters)
86 Down: Golfing boo-boo (5 letters)
87 Down: Des ___ (Chicago suburb) (7 letters)
89 Down: Not pass (6 letters)
90 Down: Stump (6 letters)
91 Down: Come upon (6 letters)
92 Down: Mythological lyrist (5 letters)
94 Down: Wasn't overturned (5 letters)
96 Down: Fight (with) (4 letters)
97 Down: Lacking any suntan, say (4 letters)
98 Down: Long (for) (4 letters)
99 Down: Field of inquiry that so far has not had any provable success (4 letters)
101 Down: Garage job (4 letters)
102 Down: Whose name goes first (4 letters)
105 Down: Nickname for Sarah (3 letters)
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Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24619, 2026-11-08) has 140 clues — 63 Across and 77 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 21x21 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
13 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.