This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 4, 2025 (41 Across). 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.
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This is a fill-in-the-blank clue: the answer completes the phrase, title or quotation.
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
A _ _
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About the answer
ART as a word: (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotion...; (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
ART has been an answer 14 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 3, 2025.
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- "Niiiiice!" (52 Across)
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