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Doctor's order, for short (crossword clue)

3 squares · NYT Crossword · November 16, 2025 · The answer stays hidden until you tap it

This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, November 16, 2025 (117 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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"Abbr." or "for short" means the answer is itself an abbreviation or a shortened form.

Answer length: 3 squares

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MRI as a word: (transitive, rare, medicine) To take an MRI scan of; (especially medicine) Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging. [(uncountable) A technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to form cross sectional image....

MRI has been an answer 5 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 16, 2025.

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