This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, January 15, 2026 (61 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
Answer length: 4 squares
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A _ _ _
First and last letters
A _ _ T
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ABUT as a word: (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to; (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land).
ABUT has been an answer 6 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 21, 2025.
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