This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, February 26, 2026 (25 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
First letter
S _ _ _
First and last letters
S _ _ N
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STAN as a word: (Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealt...; (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
STAN has been an answer 9 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 3, 2025.
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