This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, April 25, 2026 (7 Down), the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 11, 2025 (31 Down), the NYT Crossword on Sunday, November 16, 2025 (30 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
NYT Crossword, April 25, 2026, 7 Down
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
C _ _ _ _
First and last letters
C _ _ _ E
Show the answer
About the answer
CEASE as a word: (formal, intransitive) To stop; (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
CEASE has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since March 4, 2026.
NYT Crossword, December 11, 2025, 31 Down
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
E _ _ _ _
First and last letters
E _ _ _ D
Show the answer
About the answer
ENDED as a word: (especially in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
ENDED has been an answer 5 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 29, 2025.
NYT Crossword, November 16, 2025, 30 Down
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
O _ _
Show the answer
About the answer
ORI as a word: An individual's spiritual intuition and destiny, according to Yoruba beliefs; A surname from Italian.
ORI has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
More clues from this puzzle
- Focus of an employee's first semiannual check-in, perhaps (3 Down)
- When a "sports equinox" (in which all four major U.S. leagues have games) typically occurs: Abbr. (4 Down)
- The thing here (5 Down)
- Big acronym in purifying filters (6 Down)
- "As men in ___ strike those that wish them best": Iago (8 Down)
- Choler (9 Down)
- Guy's carryall (10 Down)
- Make secret, in a way (11 Down)
Play today's NYT Crossword at The New York Times
All crossword clues · Today's NYT Crossword answers · Today's Mini answers