This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, July 2, 2026 (21 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.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
P _ _ _
First and last letters
P _ _ A
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PICA as a word: (pathology, usually uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand; (typography, printing, uncountable) A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
PICA 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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