This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 (58 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Wednesday sits mid-week in difficulty, with more wordplay than Monday or Tuesday.
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
G _ _
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GRU as a word: The Main Intelligence Directorate, the Soviet and then the Russian military intelligence agency; (artificial intelligence) Initialism of gated recurrent unit.
GRU has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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