This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, November 27, 2025 (35 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.
Answer length: 3 squares
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S _ _
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SED as a word: (computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way; (neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
SED has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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