NYT Crossword Answers and Insights for 2 November: Uncover the Solutions and Explanations

Below is the complete solution for the NY Times crossword puzzle from November 02, 2023. Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson wrote this puzzle, while Will Shortz revised it.

NYT ACROSS CLUES

Jack, but not Jill CARD
What a freezer can do, paradoxically BURN
Pet safety org. SPCA
Non-Muppet owner of Hooper’s Store on “Sesame Street” ALAN
Common default font ARIAL
“Do you mind?!” AHEM
“Beg your pardo_” NONAPOLOGY
Like some wolves LONE
___ Inu (Japanese dog) SHIBA
Smear TAR
Features of many “On my way” texts ETAS
Not digital ANALOG
“Cool beans!” NEATO
Badly dilapida_ed NOTTOOSHABBY
“Red” explorer ERIK
Measurement that can be short or long TON
Ancient marketplace AGORA
Citrine, for one GEM
_ _cretary NOSEJOB
Former Russian orbiter MIR
Fruit eaten on the Jewish New Year APPLE
___ system (GPS) NAV
Not up ABED
Pe_ _ _phone NORSEGODDESS
Two early Icelandic literary works EDDAS
Like a certain Dodger ARTFUL
Punch ingredient? FIST
“As I see it,” to a texter IMO
Really bother EATAT
Grp. that launched 41-Across USSR
Championship _ _ _t NOBELPRIZE
Quarter follower SEMI
Elitist sort SNOOT
Baseball’s Marsh or Bohm ALEC
Creep through cracks SEEP
Cozy places DENS
Gathering, casually SESH

 

NYT VERTICAL CLUES

Some recyclables CANS
___ shirt (colorful attire) ALOHA
Rushed through the door RANIN
Valuable resource for the Human Genome Project DNABANK
Steamed bun in Chinese cuisine BAO
Something underlined in many bibliographies URL
Total hoot RIOT
Japanese Olympics city NAGANO
Bargain indicator SALETAG
Ruin a picture of, in a way PHOTOBOMB
John of wrestling fame CENA
Hawkeye State college town AMES
U-shaped instruments LYRES
El ___ Alto, California redwood that’s more than 1,000 years old PALO
Palindromic man’s name OTTO
Classic Pontiacs GTOS
Literary character who cries “Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me” AHAB
Standing upright ONEND
Creamy cheese BRIE
Place for a swing set YARD
Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer EGAN
Seized car, for short REPO
Let’s see what you’ve got IMPRESSME
More than a want NEED
Actress Pinkett Smith JADA
Word after blow or bowl OVER
Psychedelic journey LSDTRIP
To the extent that ASFARAS
Investment goals GAINS
Member of a 1970s singing family OSMOND
Resign, with “down” STEP
Functional UTILE
Kicks back LAZES
To-do FUSS
That clears it up ISEE
Thin woodwind OBOE
Meta field TECH
Many lifetimes EON
Low-ranking U.S.M.C. officers LTS

 

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