This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, October 25, 2025 (45 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
Answer length: 3 squares
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M _ _
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MEL as a word: Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products; (psychoacoustics) A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
MEL has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 25, 2025.
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