This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, September 17, 2026 (68 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: 4 squares
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S _ _ _
First and last letters
S _ _ D
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SKID as a word: An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle; (intransitive) (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
SKID 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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