This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, January 1, 2026 (23 Across). 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: 6 squares
First letter
M _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
M _ _ _ _ W
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MEEMAW as a word: (US, dialect, Southern US) Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”); (intransitive, UK, dialect) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industr....
MEEMAW has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 5, 2025.
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