This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Monday, June 22, 2026 (22 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Monday puzzles are the easiest of the week, so the clue is likely a plain definition.
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
O _ _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ _ A
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OPERA as a word: (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; (music) The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
OPERA has been an answer 11 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 8, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- "Norma" or "Tosca"
- Work with a libretto
- One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven
- "Don Giovanni" genre
- "L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo"
- Work of Bellini or Bizet
- "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley
- Performance at Milan's La Scala or Naples's Teatro di San Carlo
- Web browser whose logo is a red O
- "The Phantom of the ___"
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- Heading back to where one lives (23 Across)
- Sitting on (28 Across)
- Shows signs of hunger (30 Across)
- Harsh, as a takedown (31 Across)
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