This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, February 28, 2026 (37 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.
Answer length: 6 squares
First letter
S _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
S _ _ _ _ R
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SAMBAR as a word: (cooking) A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of vegetables and lentils (usually pigeon peas, also called toor dal) in a spicy ta...; (zoology) A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).
SAMBAR 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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