This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, February 7, 2026 (37 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: 4 squares
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L _ _ _
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L _ _ E
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LUTE as a word: A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body an...; To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
LUTE has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since February 7, 2026.
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