This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, January 15, 2026 (10 Down). 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: 6 squares
First letter
G _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
G _ _ _ _ Y
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GALLEY as a word: (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose; (nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterra....
GALLEY 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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