This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, July 16, 2026 (20 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.
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"Abbr." or "for short" means the answer is itself an abbreviation or a shortened form.
Answer length: 3 squares
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ACL as a word: (sports, by ellipsis) An injury to the ACL; (computing) Initialism of access control list. [(computing) A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the s....
ACL has been an answer 6 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since July 5, 2026.
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