This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 (1 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Wednesday sits mid-week in difficulty, with more wordplay than Monday or Tuesday.
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This is a fill-in-the-blank clue: the answer completes the phrase, title or quotation.
Answer length: 6 squares
First letter
W _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
W _ _ _ _ S
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About the answer
WALRUS as a word: A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus; (informal, sometimes derogatory) A man with a walrus moustache.
WALRUS 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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