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3 squares · NYT Crossword · November 26, 2025 · The answer stays hidden until you tap it

This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 (4 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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DDT as a word: (professional wrestling) a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head...; (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide. [(organic chemistry) A chlorinated hydr....

DDT has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 26, 2025.

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