9,213 NYT Crossword and Mini clues in our archive have a 4-letter answer. This page lists clues J to L (page 8 of 16). The clue text is shown and the answer is not. Open a clue for its length, a first-letter hint and then the answer.
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- Join securely
- Join tightly
- Joins a union?
- Joint sometimes bent in protest
- Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish"
- Jokes (around)
- Jokesters
- Jon of "Top Gun: Maverick"
- Jonathan Van ___ ("Queer Eye" co-star)
- ___ Jones, bobsledder and hurdler who has competed in both the Winter and Summer Olympics
- Joshes
- Jot down
- Jouissance
- Journalist Larson who wrote "The Splendid and the Vile"
- Journalist's opening line
- Journey, so to speak
- Juan : Spanish :: ___ : Portuguese
- Juana ___ de la Cruz, classic Mexican writer known as "The Tenth Muse"
- Jubilant postgame report
- Judge
- Judge (to be)
- Judge's seat, from the French
- Judgmental sounds
- Julia of "The Addams Family"
- Jump
- Jump in skates
- Juniors, e.g.
- "Jurassic Park" beast, for short
- Just
- Just ___ the doctor ordered
- Just chillaxing
- Just chillin'
- "Just doin' my job"
- Just fine
- Just gets (by)
- "___ just in …"
- "Just What I Needed" band, with "the"
- Justice Kagan in ’83, e.g.
- Kachina doll carvers
- Kachina-carving people
- Kaelin of the O.J. trial
- Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief
- Kansas' Fort ___
- "Kapow!"
- ___ Kar-wai, acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker behind 1994's "Chungking Express"
- Karaoke choice
- ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"
- Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor
- Keats creations
- Keenly interested
- Keep ___ on
- "Keep Commerce Human" sloganeer
- "Keep Commerce Human" website
- Keep it up when feeling down
- "Keep on going!"
- Keep-on-keeping-on quality
- Keister, in Leicester
- Kelly of morning TV
- Kemo ___
- Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)
- Kentucky ___, annual horse race since 1875
- Kentucky senator ___ Paul
- Kerfuffle
- Kerfuffles
- Key chess piece
- Key in a chain
- Key ingredient in Bridget's blue soup, in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
- Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say
- ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"
- Kick butt, so to speak
- Kicked oneself for
- Kicks in
- Kid
- Kid around
- Kid's parent
- Kid's repeated request
- Kids' fun run length, for short
- Kids' summer getaway
- Kilauea output
- Kiln on a hops farm
- Kilo follower
- Kilt wearer
- Kind
- Kind of a drag?
- Kind of arch in architecture
- Kind of bean that pairs well with a nice Chianti, per Hannibal Lecter
- Kind of bean used in Egyptian falafel
- Kind of bomb developed by Oppenheimer
- Kind of butter in beauty products
- Kind of butter used in lotions
- Kind of cavity
- Kind of clef used for the viola
- Kind of contraceptive
- Kind of diagram with overlapping circles
- Kind of floor covering
- Kind of high-fat diet
- Kind of high-fat, low-carb diet
- Kind of hike
- Kind of party
- Kind of port in A/V
- Kind of sch. for grades one to six
- Kind of score between 300 and 850
- Kind of seasoning for Jamaican-style chicken
- Kind of seed or pet
- Kind of shell
- Kind of soup from Japan
- Kind of soup often served with sushi
- Kind of strategy
- Kind of terrier named after a Scottish island
- Kind of wave
- Kindergarten basics
- King ___
- "King of all kings" in the prehistoric world, familiarly
- King who disowns Cordelia
- King's partner in castling
- Kings and queens, e.g.
- Kings of Los Angeles, e.g.
- Kiss in a telenovela
- Kiss or Heart
- "Kiss" from a canine
- Kiss, in Córdoba
- Kissing sound
- Kitchen fixture that might have a double or single basin
- Kitchen work before cooking
- ___ Kitchen, brand of organic foods since 1987
- Knee parts, for short
- Knievel in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame
- ___ Knight ("Star Wars" fighter)
- Knighted fellows
- "Knives Out" director Johnson
- Knock ’em dead
- Knocked for a loop
- Knocks the top off of
- Knotted (up)
- Know-it-all who might have a ball?
- Knowing, as a secret
- Kristen of "Bridesmaids"
- Kyrgyzstani mountain range
- L(A)N
- L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics
- L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor
- La ___ Tar Pits
- La Città Eterna
- Lab provisions?
- Label as G or R, say
- Label on an email folder
- Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts"
- Labor
- Labor pain?
- Labor, e.g.: Abbr.
- Labourite's opponent
- Laces (into)
- Lachrymal unit
- Lack of difficulty
- Lack of friction
- Lacking adornment
- Lacking excess
- Lacking locks
- Lacking slack
- Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du Chat
- Lake ___, body of water near London
- Lake bird with a laughing call
- Lake from which the Niagara River flows
- Lake on Ohio's northern border
- Lake separating Ohio from Ontario
- Land of Priam and Hector
- Land on the Tigris and Euphrates
- Land that poets call Hibernia
- Land with a ___ (fail)
- Land, marked
- Landed
- Landform commonly seen in a crescent shape on Mars
- Lane in Superman movies
- "___ Lang Syne"
- ___ Langley, singer with the 2026 #1 hit "Choosin' Texas"
- Langston Hughes poem
- Language in which "thank you" is "shukriya"
- Language of Pakistan's national anthem
- Language that's the source of the word "khaki"
- Language written from right to left
- Laptop brand
- Large jug
- Large toothed whale
- Large volume
- Largest company headquartered in Oregon
- Largest joint in the body
- Largest of the dolphin family
- Las Vegas football player
- Lascivious look
- Last name in magazine publishing
- Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek"
- Last place?
- Last U.S. national park alphabetically
- Last words?
- ___ Laszlo, cosmetics businessman
- "Late Night" host Meyers
- Late-night host Jack
- Late-night host Seth
- Late-night kitchen visit, e.g.
- "Later, luv"
- Latin list ender
- Latina toon explorer
- ___-Latino
- Latvian, old-style
- Laundry detergent brand
- Laura of "Jurassic Park"
- Laura seen in "Big Little Lies"
- Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello
- Lavish care (on)
- Lavish celebration
- Lawman who got out of Dodge
- Lawyer's aide, informally
- Lawyer's assignment
- Lawyer's charges
- Lay eyes on
- Layer
- Layer of the eye
- Lays out some green for
- Lead
- Lead (the way)
- Lead-in to "boy!" or "girl!"
- Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency
- Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand
- Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"
- Lead-in to -drome
- Lead-in to a conclusion
- Lead-in to aging or anxiety
- Lead-in to call or taxi
- Lead-in to coin
- Lead-in to Cuban or Caribbean
- Lead-in to futurism
- Lead-in to girl
- Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky
- Lead-in to much
- Lead-in to pad or port
- Lead-in to pilot or pay
- Lead-in to pop or lit
- Lead-in to second
- Leader in a robe called a kasaya
- Leader of China?
- Leader with a dacha
- Leader with a Swiss Guard detail
- Leading man?
- ___ league
- Leak out
- Leak slowly
- Lean to one side
- Leaning
- Leaning Tower city
- Leaning type: Abbr.
- Learned
- Learning method
- Leave a lasting mark on
- Leave a mark
- Leave dumbfounded
- Leave in a text, say
- Leave one's mark, say
- Leave out
- Leave speechless
- Leaves for drinks
- Leaves in a waiting room?
- Leaves the straight and narrow
- Leaves together?
- ___ leches cake
- Lecture
- Lecture setting
- Lederhosen typically end just above one
- Leer at
- Leg joint
- Legal injury
- Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness
- Legendary Himalayan climber
- Lego competitor
- ___ legs
- Lend, informally
- Lender's security
- Length equaling 25.4 millimeters
- Length x width, for a rectangle
- Lenient
- Lens solution brand
- Leo XIV, for one
- Lepidopterists' needs
- Leprechaun's land
- Lessons that might be spelled out for you?
- Let go of
- "Let it stand"
- "Let me know if you're coming"
- Let on a court, say
- Let use for a stretch
- "Let's call it ___"
- "Let's do it"
- "Let's do this!"
- "Let's go, guys!"
- "Let's go, man!"
- "Let's not forget ..."
- "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain
- Lets
- Letter after alpha, in the Greek alphabet
- Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters
- Letter between Juliet and Lima
- Letterman rival
- Letters accompanying applications, for short
- Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_
- Letters before omegas
- Letters in an envelope?
- Letters on a Cognac bottle
- Letters on a crucifix
- Letters on an invitation
- Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV"
- Lettuce unit
- Level
- Levelheaded
- Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking"
- ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"
- Lhasa ___
- Lhasa ___ (dog breed)
- Lhasa ___ (dog)
- Liberal ___
- Library acquisition
- Library fig.
- Library ID
- Lie next to
- Life stories
- Lifeless
- Lift on the slopes
- Light
- Light beige
- Light hit at the plate
- Light hits
- Light in the night sky also known as Alpha Lyrae
- Light wind?
- Lightning conductor?
- "Like ..."
- Like 2025, to the French?
- Like 2026, but not 2025
- Like a 1958 doubled die penny
- Like a bar with free drinks
- Like a blue moon or blue steak
- Like a book about writing a book, say
- Like a bull or buck
- Like a burnt-out firepit
- Like a campfire by morning, typically
- Like a child in an amusement park
- Like a commenter without a username, for short
- Like a couch potato
- Like a crossword clue about crossword clues
- Like a desert's climate
- Like a die-hard fan
- Like a foot that's fallen asleep
- Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout
- Like a golf course, regularly
- Like a gut course
- Like a nepo baby's life, perhaps
- Like a pointless point
- Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe
- Like a used firepit
- Like a used grill
- Like a workhorse
- Like a zoomer after 1997
- Like admission to the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C.
- Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi
- Like an archer's bowstring before a shot
- Like an eager beaver
- Like an enthusiast
- Like barked orders
- Like blue lobsters
- Like bourbon
- Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip
- Like bullet trains
- Like certain thoughts and pockets
- Like checking a dating app while you're on a date
- Like Cinderella's stepmother
- Like close-fitting clothes
- Like cotton candy
- Like dark green avocados
- Like denim fabric, typically
- Like fine wine
- Like flamingos and cherry blossoms
- Like flowers that never wilt
- Like granola bars, typically
- Like Javan rhinos
- Like koalas, in Australia
- Like leatherette
- Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr.
- Like many cricket fields
- Like many fringe festival acts
- Like many horror flicks
- Like many indie films
- Like many of Horace's works
- Like many summertime coffee orders
- Like many users of sign language
- Like many wedding veils
- Like many wines and cheeses
- Like Mercury's orbit around the sun
- Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming
- Like most cheeses with rinds
- Like most Iranians
- Like most modern TV broadcasts
- Like most N.B.A. players
- Like most of Nevada
- Like most TV shows, nowadays
- Like much of Libya
- Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally
- Like pen smudges
- Like racehorses' hooves
- Like samples
- Like Scrooge McDuck
- Like silk or yarn
- Like some advice
- Like some chances
- Like some cheese
- Like some coffees and sprained ankles
- Like some cookies and milk
- Like some costs
- Like some fixations
- Like some flights: Abbr.
- Like some high-fiber snacks
- Like some highlighter colors
- Like some history or hygiene
- Like some lights
- Like some liquors
- Like some mattresses and offers
- Like some orders and tales
- Like some parties
- Like some readers
- Like some seals
- Like some tongues
- Like some traditions
- Like some unmoisturized skin
- Like some vaccines
- Like some weather, memories and I.P.A.s
- Like some winter windshields
- Like something no money can buy
- Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally
- Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays
- Like the climate in Antarctica
- Like the color of a safety vest, typically
- Like the Mariana Trench
- Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5
- Like the proverbial bug in a rug
- Like the Revolutionary War battles led by John Paul Jones
- Like the sands of Harbour Island, Bahamas
- Like the sign for Radio City Music Hall
- Like toms and drakes
- Like typical communicators in sign language
- Like your hands after eating potato chips, perhaps
- "Like, now!"
- Likely contact point of an uppercut
- Lima's land
- ___ Linda (San Bernardino suburb)
- Line at an Apple Store
- Line holders
- Linear, for short
- Linger in the bath
- Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name
- Lingerie material
- Links numbers
- Linseed oil source
- Lip
- Lipstick unit
- Lipton choices
- Liquors that go in Manhattans
- Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)"
- List abbr.
- List ender
- List header
- List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next"
- List, as in a reference
- List-shortening abbreviation
- Listing of what's on tap
- Listing on a jobs website
- Literary character who hopes to get whale soon?
- Literary forerunner of Captain Hook
- Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"
- Literary Jane
- Little annoyance
- Little annoyance you might swat at
- Little bits of energy
- Little demons
- Little dust-up
- Little Engine's belief
- Little flying pest
- Little hopper
- Little kid
- Little mistake
- Little more than
- "Little piggies"
- Little twerp
- Little untruths
- "Little" Dickens girl
- Live broadcast
- Live tweeter?
- Lively for one's age
- Livens (up)
- Liver's output
- Living on the ___
- Lo-cal
- Loaded (with)
- Loads
- Locale for 11 Winter Olympics
- Locale for a lab rat
- Locale for a plastic flamingo
- Locale for Adam and Eve
- Locale for an old flame?
- Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial
- Locale of the food dishes larb and thum mak hoong
- Locales of tiny drums
- Locals call it Mongibello ("the mountain of mountains")
- Location for a goatee or soul patch
- Location for some osteoarthritis
- Loch ___
- Loch ___ monster
- Loch viewed from the village of Drumnadrochit
- Lock lips
- Lock lips, in London
- Locking horns
- Locks up?
- Lodge rental
- Lofty
- "Logan" actor Jackman
- "lol"
- Lollygag
- Lomond, for one
- London park
- London theater district
- Long (for)
- Long cut
- Long lunch?
- Long stories have them
- Long way to go?
- Long, epic tale
- Long-bodied fish
- Long-haired Himalayan animals
- Long-lasting salon treatment
- Longer than midi
- Longest book in the Book of Mormon
- Longtime catalog purveyor
- Longtime CBS procedural with multiple spinoffs
- Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveer
- Longtime Disney boss Bob
- Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson
- Longtime teammate of Derek Jeter, familiarly
- Longtime U.F.C. C.E.O. ___ White
- Longtime Yankee nickname
- Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly
- Look after
- Look at carefully
- [Look at me!]
- Look at this!
- Look before you do this
- Look for
- Look stunned
- "Look, here's the deal …"
- Looks weighed down
- Looped in via email
- "Looper" director Johnson
- Loose-lipped ones
- Lose one's footing
- "Lose the ___, dude!"
- Lose traction
- Lose yourself?
- Losing effort
- Losing roll
- Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally
- Losing streak
- Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice"
- Lost traction
- Lot calculation
- Lotion ingredient
- Lots and lots
- Lottery-style gambling game
- Lotto-like casino game
- Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer
- Loudly brag
- Loudmouth's lack, perhaps
- Louisiana's Grand ___ State Park
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