This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 4, 2025 (39 Across). 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
First letter
M _ _ _
First and last letters
M _ _ S
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MOSS as a word: Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophy...; (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
MOSS has been an answer 8 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 7, 2025.
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