This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, November 13, 2025 (31 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.
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Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
O _ _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ _ S
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OPEDS as a word: (Cornwall) An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc); (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic, ambitransitive) To open.
OPEDS has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 4, 2025.
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