This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 (26 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Wednesday sits mid-week in difficulty, with more wordplay than Monday or Tuesday.
Answer length: 3 squares
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WKS as a word: (pathology) Initialism of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. [(medicine, pathology) The combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.]; Initialism of well-known services (“an obsolete register superseded by DNS”).
WKS 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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