This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 18, 2025 (42 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: 4 squares
First letter
E _ _ _
First and last letters
E _ _ E
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About the answer
ERIE as a word: Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America; A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
ERIE has been an answer 15 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 3, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- One of the Great Lakes
- The "E" in HOMES
- Cleveland's lake
- ___ Triangle (coastal section of Pennsylvania)
- Lake from which the Niagara River flows
- Lake separating Ohio from Ontario
- County in western New York
- Lake on Ohio's northern border
- City in NW Pennsylvania
- Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat"
- Lake ___, body of water near London
- Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars
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- Word with ball or card (41 Across)
- Botch (43 Across)
- Follow-up to an oath (44 Across)
- Fluid for a lighter (48 Across)
- Crosses off (49 Across)
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