This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, March 19, 2026 (9 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: 5 squares
First letter
D _ _ _ _
First and last letters
D _ _ _ M
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DEISM as a word: A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such...; (philosophy) A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied....
DEISM has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since March 19, 2026.
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