This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, December 6, 2025 (24 Across). 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: 4 squares
First letter
L _ _ _
First and last letters
L _ _ M
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LOOM as a word: A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in kn...; To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
LOOM 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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