This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, February 15, 2026 (45 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
B _ _ _
First and last letters
B _ _ T
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About the answer
BERT as a word: A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name; (artificial intelligence) Acronym of Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers.
BERT 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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