This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Friday, March 13, 2026 (5 Down) and the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 4, 2025 (1 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Friday puzzles are themeless and hard, with clues that are vague on purpose.
NYT Crossword, March 13, 2026, 5 Down
Answer length: 4 squares
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O _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ S
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ORBS as a word: A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star; Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their....
ORBS has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since March 13, 2026.
NYT Crossword, December 4, 2025, 1 Down
Answer length: 6 squares
First letter
C _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
C _ _ _ _ S
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CITRUS as a word: The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or a...; Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
CITRUS 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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