This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 14, 2025 (117 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
N _ _
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About the answer
NEO as a word: A male given name originating as a coinage; A surname.
NEO has been an answer 14 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 10, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- Hero famously "red-pilled," in film
- New start?
- "The Matrix" character
- Paleo- : old :: ___ : new
- Opposite of paleo-
- "The Matrix" character whose name, aptly, is an anagram of ONE
- Prefix with liberal
- Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"
- Lead-in to liberalism
- ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)
- Prefix with classic
- Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role
More clues from this puzzle
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- Letters for an unscheduled event (116 Across)
- Like a bubble bath (118 Across)
- Surveyed, with "out" (1 Down)
- Early track star Jim (2 Down)
- Resident of Honolulu, e.g. (3 Down)
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