This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, November 20, 2025 (17 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: 3 squares
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NHL as a word: (ice hockey) Initialism of National Hockey League; (pathology) Initialism of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [(medicine) Any of a group of diseases that includes all types of lymphomas other than Hodgkin's lymphoma.].
NHL has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 20, 2025.
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