This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, February 15, 2026 (84 Across). 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.
How to read this clue
This is a fill-in-the-blank clue: the answer completes the phrase, title or quotation.
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
L _ _
Show the answer
About the answer
LAY as a word: (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position; (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
LAY has been an answer 5 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since February 10, 2026.
Other clues with the same answer
More clues from this puzzle
- Muckety-muck (79 Across)
- Frequently, poetically (80 Across)
- Fair-hiring inits. (81 Across)
- Chemical element whose use led to the first known law against poisoning (82 Across)
- More sardonic (85 Across)
- Rest area? (87 Across)
- Speeds of slow-moving traffic (90 Across)
- "It's ___ real" (92 Across)
Play today's NYT Crossword at The New York Times
All crossword clues · Today's NYT Crossword answers · Today's Mini answers